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Emotional Intelligence in Hospitality Insights & Articles


The Circle of Doom: Why Cutting Costs in Hospitality Keeps Making Everything Worse
Everyone in this industry is talking about a crisis right now and depending on who you ask, it's a completely different one. Owners blame tax and wages, staff blame being run into the ground for less real money than they made last year and guests say the service isn't what it was, despite paying more for it. I've worked all three sides of that triangle over twenty years, across the UK, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong and Australia and none of them are wrong.

Benjamin Smith
3 days ago4 min read


Why the 5-Star Hotel Guest Review System Is Broken (And What Independent Hospitality Deserves Instead)
The hotel guest review system is broken. This post examines why guest online reviews are misleading, how the five-star scale fails independent hospitality, and what improving guest online reviews actually requires.

Benjamin Smith
Apr 287 min read


Read Between The Stars: The Emotional Intelligence Signals Hidden in Hotel Guest Reviews
tar ratings summarise. Guest reviews diagnose. Here's how to read the emotional intelligence signals hiding in every hotel review, and why they matter.

Benjamin Smith
Apr 179 min read


The Real Cost of Hospitality Staff Turnover (And Why Your Reviews Are Paying the Price)
Staff turnover in hospitality costs more than recruitment fees. Discover how losing experienced team members directly destroys your guest experience scores, and what to do about it.

Benjamin Smith
Mar 277 min read


Why Your Guest Reviews Hospitality Rating Is Lying to You
Your star rating only tells part of the story. Discover why traditional guest reviews in hospitality miss what matters most, and how measuring emotional intelligence in real time changes everything for independent hospitality businesses.

Benjamin Smith
Mar 237 min read
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