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Loyalty program of a selected accommodation facility in Prague
Polatová, Karolína ; Jenčková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Kalábová, Markéta (referee)
This bachelors thesis deals with loyalty program of accommodation facilities. The thesis characterize principles of the program and describes its functioning. The loyalty program is used by many firms, therefore the aim of this work is to assess its effectiveness through the evaluations of the particular loyalty program, Starwood Preferred Guest, which is founded by hotels chain called Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Inc. The evaluation is done from two different points of view. From the members point of view it focuses on its benefits and satisfactions., whereas the companys point of view the prior focus is on its profitability. The study is based on real impacts of the loyalty program on selected accommodation. The impacts are pictured in the statistics form, which are provided from internal sources of the chosen hotel. The figures are used for calculation of the profitability, which includes computation of how much the income from a member differs from a regular guest. To evaluate the advantageous of the program for a customer the information gained from the characteristic of the program has been used. To determine members satisfaction, the analysis of the guests review has been used. This thesis contributes to increase an awareness of the importance of loyalty programs, particularly of accommodation loyalty programs.
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