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From Skeptic to Believer: The Choice Hotels Story on AI-powered Virtual Agents for Voice

SmartAction

Director of Customer Care Strategy and Pauline Aponte, WFM. While the AI could do the booking for us all the way through, we like to put a human touch on the call and provide an opportunity for upsell. For the first time, they spoke out about their bumpy journey to getting a conversational AI experience worth talking about.

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9 Roadblocks to Excellent Call Center Agent Experience

NobelBiz

Freeing agents’ time allows them to focus on higher-value tasks like upselling. At the same time, customers nowadays want to be able to conduct some tasks on their own, which is encouraging businesses to integrate self-care technologies. All of this squandered time equals greater fees for your agents.

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Top 5 Customer Service Trends to Look out for in 2017

aircall

This constant quality control would provide preemptive customer service. It might mean predicting malfunctions, observing customer habits, or identifying opportunities for upselling. It would favor both customer retention, and the means of capitalizing on a mutually beneficial relationship.