Read this article about Sandman Hotel Group, Finalist in the Best Achievement in Operational Excellence to deliver Digital Transformation, selected by the independent judging panel, for the 2021 Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Awards program.
2021 Digital Transformation and Operational Excellence at Sandman Hotel Group
Our small group of top-performers came together during a global crisis to successfully set us up with a complete digital platform in six months and make us the best in our category!
Sandman Hotel Group has been in operation for over 50 years and is proudly one of Canada’s fastest-growing, familyowned hospitality companies. Our hotel portfolio includes three tiers: Economy, Premium and Luxury, with over 60 destinations across Canada, 3 in the United Kingdom, and 1 in the United States ( Plano, Texas).
We knew there was an opportunity to modernize our hotel technology. With the onset of Covid-19 and seeing an unprecedented increase in cancellations and decline in occupancy rates at all of our hotels, we were forced to reduce the size of our teams and find innovative ways to adapt and drive revenue. At the same time, digital transformation began to accelerate rapidly and the adoption of e-commerce sped up by as much as ten years.
We knew we had to fast-track our plan to modernize to remain competitive and ensure future sustainability and longterm success for our hotel brands. So, with a small team of our top 23 team membersworking from home, we embarked on a journey to find the best hotel technology partner to help us develop and launch a strong e-commerce platform for three hotel brands. And move five dated and non-digitalized guest loyalty programs to one digital customer-centric loyalty program under six months.
By April 7, 2021, our team secured a multi-year contract with TravelClick – Amadeus, a global leader in innovative hospitality software solutions, with our principled and effective negotiations during the RFP process. The team leads successfully led the implementation of a plan that ensured everyone on the team understood the strategic objectives so they could collaboratively determine the necessary tasks and take action on a considerably large number of details following a well-thought-out process. Through collaboration and hard work, our small Digital Transformation and Loyalty. Team became the tactical force that successfully developed and launched:
RESULTS
Since our digital transformation and transition to TravelClick, our e-commerce conversation rate has improved significantly, with an increase of 18.62% over the previous year during the same 5-month period. We now send transactional and promotional emails to all of our databases dating back two years with implied and express consent users and have seen an open rate increase of 100.5% and a Click-Through-Rate increase of 280.7%. We can also track offline revenue through our call centre and have seen reservations increase by 818.96% and revenues increase by 1196.5%.
Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Awards 2021
The Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards have been established to showcase globally the most outstanding achievements through the application of Business Transformation, Digital Transformation, Operational Excellence & Innovation Excellence programs. Click here to view the Press Release.
The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at The Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence World Awards (DTOES) on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021, from 6:30 PM at Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®.
The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards are open to all organizations, both private and public sector, across the globe, which have implemented Business Transformation, Digital Transformation, Operational Excellence & Innovation Excellence programs to deliver outstanding business results.
The Awards will be held in conjunction with the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit, BTOES 2021 on December 15, 2021, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®. Click to access the agenda, view the current speakers, and watch the highlights video from last year.
BTOES is the industry’s biggest and best, senior-level, cross-industry gathering of Business Transformation & Operational Excellence industry leaders and senior executives.
With over 150 speakers, over 100 sessions, 12 Keynotes, 9 Track Themes, 5 parallel tracks, 60+ track sessions, 50 roundtable discussions, 20 Interactive Workshops, 6 Thought Leader Panels, 5 Leaders Boardrooms, 5 co-located events, the Industry Awards Program, Site Visits, 20+ hours of social networking including 2 gala cocktail parties, dinners, numerous group activities, this is the ultimate event to benchmark, network and drive Operational Excellence to the next level.
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There is a strong focus on Cultural Transformation, Customer Delight, Sustaining an Operational Excellence program, Need for end-to-end Business Transformation, Keeping up with new technologies/impact of digitalization and Leadership Buy-in & Understanding. We dedicated two tracks to advanced technologies, such as AI, Machine Learning, RPA, Predictive Analytics, Blockchain, Cloud infrastructure etc.
The agenda is designed to encourage active meaningful conversations through all day enhanced networking and interaction opportunities, including
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