/24-7PressRelease/ - CHICAGO, IL & HORSHAM, PA, February 27, 2008 - Shell Vacations Club (SVC), a leader in the development, sales and operation of high-end vacation ownership properties throughout North America, has selected LRA Worldwide to help measure and enhance the SVC prospect experience. LRA will build a mystery shopping program designed to measure the performance of SVC sales representatives at thirteen sales offices.
LRA, a leading consulting company in the rapidly-growing discipline of Customer Experience Management (CEM), will recruit, hire, train and deploy mystery shoppers to evaluate the sales experience as if they were a prospect. The evaluations will take place in every market where SVC sales offices are located: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Canada, and Mexico.
"We are excited about implementing this program and using the data to enhance the experience with a partner of LRA's caliber," explained SVC Chairman and CEO Sheldon Ginsburg. "Their reputation in their industry, methodology for data collection, back-end analytical capabilities and overall point of view on the importance of customer experience made LRA the logical partner in this important endeavor."
LRA's Quality Assurance & Mystery Shopping practice works with a number of the leading hospitality companies in the world, conducting nearly 13,000 evaluations each year across all sectors of the industry. In addition to lodging clients such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Choice Hotels and Hyatt Hotels Corporation, LRA provides QA services to industry leaders in sports (Troon Golf, the PGA TOUR), Conference Centers (ARAMARK), Timeshare (Interval International), the National Park Service (Yosemite National Park, Kennedy Space Center), Gaming (Churchill Downs, Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos), Homebuilding (Toll Brothers) and Travel (The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey).
"Shell was seeking a partner who could utilize data to determine more efficient ways to sell and market" said Jeff Gurtman, LRA's Account Director for SVC. "We design and deploy our programs with a specific business goal in mind, regardless of whether that goal is improved efficiency, customer experience or sales numbers. The LRA approach was a natural fit for SVC."
About Shell Vacations Club:
Shell Vacations LLC is one of the nation's leading independent vacation ownership developers, currently operating 23 resorts in seven states, Mexico and Canada. The company's 2,500 employees currently serve more than 100,000 owner/member families.
About LRA Worldwide, Inc:
LRA Worldwide, Inc. is a leading consulting, organizational development and research company that specializes in Customer Experience Management (CEM). LRA helps companies and brands design and deliver the optimal customer experience across all key touch points using an integrated suite of services that measure and improve service quality, customer satisfaction, employee performance, loyalty, customer advocacy and profitability. LRA specializes in "operationalizing the brand" - turning brand promise and customer strategy into operational reality. LRA's CEM practice areas include Customer Experience Strategy Consulting, Standards Development & Content Management, Organizational Development & Training, Research and Quality Assurance & Mystery Shopping; these are either deployed together in a strategic manner to continually monitor and improve the customer experience or deployed individually to address a specific tactical client need.
LRA's clients include some of the world's leading companies and brands, including Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos, the PGA TOUR, Albertsons Supermarkets, the NBA and First Niagara Financial Group. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.LRAworldwide.com.
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