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At the beginning of this year, I asked a flight waiting for another Graham Crocker. The camera back with three. In a small, cheap gesture for the airline, but the one who held on with me.
A few weeks later, in my local grocery store, I asked where to find Dijon Mustard. The employee brought me into the aisle and helped me find the brand I wanted. (Well, the brand my wife wanted. I’m a yellow mustard guy.) No control list, no script – just a truly useful human moment.
In the neighborhood of Body Shop, the waiting room was supplied with refreshments, drinks and a remark on the wall: personal number of personal cell, invitation to call anytime with questions or concern. Who is doing that?
These moments, across completely different industries, had one thing in common: they made me feel something. Respectable. See. Took care of. This is not a service. This is hospitable.
The service is what people get. The hospitality is how you force them to feel.
As a spokesman for hospitality, the way it is everywhere – busy businesses, but lack of hospitality. The service is a transaction. The hospitality is a connection.
I enrolled in hotels where the agent at the reception greeted me too much again, which felt more like a theater than a welcome. Day of Flying Airlines, where Crews Chirp slogans as “You’re the reason we’re flying!” In the most robotic tone it is imaginable. And the road went into restaurants with fast service and was welcomed “Next Custory in a row!”-when I was the only customer.
This happens when we confused the process with the present. You can check all the boxes and still make people feel like another number.
Real hospitality is not scripted. It’s empathetic. He’s a man. It is different between serving and seeing.
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The hospitality is not specific to industry. It is a specific intention.
The hospitality is thinking. Whether you are operating a technological startup, boutique or Lanscaping.
We focus on repetition of the cruise, our server not just remembered our names – he remembered our preferences, asked our day and even shared something. Every meal felt personally as if we were more than just table 12. The connection? It increased the whole experience.
You do not make loud or extrovert to provide hospitality. Some of the strongest contexts I felt came from the people who were, but deeply present. It is not a personality – it is an intention.
The best businesses not only sell – forcing you to feel something
When I operated the franchises of the edible arrangements, I thought we were in the business of fruit baskets. It turned out that we were in the field of delivery of joy. The moment I realized it, everything changed.
Drivers became ambassadors of celebrations. They were not just the product transfer – they created an experience. They smiled, engaged and adapted to the moment. This energy cared as the arrangement itself.
We trained our team in the shop to surprise and please. At a warm welcome. A useful proposal. The assurance that this gift would land exactly as the sender intended. These were the magical moments that people remembered – and returned.
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Want to be unforgettable? Be more human.
People do not remain loyal to the brands. They remain loyal to how the brands feel.
And here’s the best beginning: hospitality is not expensive. It’s not splendid marketing or large budgets. It takes:
- Hiring the people who care
- Sees them to act in this care
- Building a culture that rewards empathy and presence
- Encouraging small, unstable toches that create loyalty
If you are the owner of the company or leader, ask yourself: When was the last time to interact with the customer someone surprise – in a good way? When was the last time someone left to smile because of the way you hurt with them, not just what you sold them?
It is not always easy – especially in busy. However, companies that do well are those that people remember. And return to.
So yes, I’m talking and writing about it. I’m training for it. But it’s not just because I love a good guest experience. This is because I believe that hospitality is the most scalable and portable business skill that we still underestimate.
Whatever industry, hospitality is your human edge. And in a world that feels increasingly automated, it depends on the fact that it is more than ever on the edge.
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