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Ritz-Carlton Marketing Case Study Essay

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1. How does the Ritz-Carlton match up to competitive hotels? What are the key differences? The Ritz-Carlton doesn’t just “match-up” to its competitive hotels in its market, it actively exceeds the expectations of the guests in that competitive set. How does the Ritz do this? I think the 2 main steps the Ritz have taken to ensure their guest success has been taking care of their internal customers and by doing that they are taking care of their external customers, this makes for very happy guests. The second step is that they are empowering their staff to satisfy customers’ needs and make them loyal to the Ritz name. By using the credo, “We are Ladies and Gentleman Serving Ladies and Gentleman” It gives the staff a sense of pride …show more content…

Hart). All of this information is transferred into a corporate-wide guest history database, and next time the guest check in, their personal preferences are brought to life. These preferences are then again reviewed by supervisors and managers prior to arrival to see what other surprises could be brought upon the guest during their stay to make them more at home. Your experience at the Ritz-Carlton Was not accidental, but something Planned and coordinated, the result of an explicit strategy of mass Customization. This strategy is embodied in a management system that combines a focus on the individual guests’ needs, information technology, flexible processes, empowered employees and perhaps most important continuous learning about guests needs based on observation overtime. (Christopher W. Hart).
It is the ”wow” stories that keep me in this business, that make me hospitable and let me know that
Customer service is still alive. These stories are the ones I share in my customer service classes, hoping that someday, they will “pass it on” or find that right time where they get to be the hero! It doesn’t always have to be a big thing, small things can mean big, if they mean it from the heart.

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Christopher W. Hart, P. (n.d.). Creating Competitive Advantage Through

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