Everyone wants to have employees who feel empowered to participate and make decisions in their roles. But how one achieves this is another question entirely. Often, things that can lead to a feeling of empowerment get cut from the budget or people pay lip service to ideas without proper follow-through. Other times, they simply don’t know which moves to make …
Caravan Park Culture: The Power Of Kindness and Empathy
Let’s face it, some people like to put caravan parks into a box – stereotyping not only the people who run them but also those who visit them. Buying into these stereotypes is damaging because they’re mostly outdated and untrue. On a recent episode of the That Bad Review podcast, I chatted to Christie Hamilton about this exact issue. Christie …
Hospitality Trends: The Social Messaging Gold Rush
Research shows that social messaging is one of the fastest growing behaviors online today. This should come as little surprise with WhatsApp, Wechat, Viber and Facebook Messenger coming to dominate how much of the globe communicates. Look at the daily active user (the lifeblood of any application) totals for any of these platforms and you’ll find them consistently outperforming social …
Hospitality Trends: How to Increase Direct Bookings
The holiday booking wars have long been dominated by large online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Agoda or Expedia. But recently, they seem to be loosening their grip, and as technology evolves, new opportunities to compete are constantly being uncovered for smaller operators. At the heart of this struggle is, of course, the customers. In the past, many smaller properties …
Team Culture as an Asset in Your Business
In a recent article, I wrote about how you can attract and retain great staff for your business. I focused on empathising with your employees’ needs, creating a team environment and reward incentives. However, what I didn’t get into in any real detail was team culture. Team culture is intrinsically linked to that of your business, and that’s something I’ve …
How to Keep Both Your Customers and Your Staff Happy
One of the biggest problems and learning curves that business owners and managers alike come up against is striking the balance between keeping customers and staff happy. In most cases, we create a methodology and practices that are client-centric, but that can jeopardise our relationship with our employees. Of course, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out …