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Operations Is Why Guests Come Back - Valerie Ferguson
In this episode, Valerie Ferguson, the former chair of the American Hotel and Lodging Association, shares why operations is the single function that defines your brand and determines whether guests come back. She explains how cleanliness, safety, and emotional connection form the foundation every brand depends on, and why she always hired for empathy over experience. Valerie also reveals how involving housekeepers and frontline staff in service design led to consistently higher guest satisfaction scores across every property she led.
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