Tag: Customer service

This week in CX: the digital revolution in travel, finance & customer service

Happy Friday! ‘This week in CX’ brings you the latest roundup of industry news.This week, we explore the evolving landscape of airport customer experience, the benefits and challenges of CX consulting, and how Zoom’s AI-driven workflows are transforming digital interactions.We’re also...

Greek airline Aegean goes AI cloud-hopping for first-class CX

Flying over 16 million passengers each year, Aegean is an airline on the way up. It brought itself out of Greek state ownership in 2023 and is expanding aggressively. Aegean has 8 Airbus A321 neo aircraft on order, plus new...

GoTo’s AI receptionist will take your call now

As the every-platform-has-to-have-AI battle heats up, more contenders arrive daily in our news inbox. Today’s turnout alone will see another half-dozen services unveiled in the coming weeks. Entering the fray today is GoTo, offering a Connect AI Receptionist, presumably for...

Intercom’s Fin voice AI agent heralds the end of support hold music

As a consumer, it is scary and annoying that I can call a technologically literate, often multi-billion dollar, business and have my ears wounded by crackly hold music. Worse, the kind that loops every 30 seconds for 10 minutes, before...

Right answers, right users: Talkdesk AI tailors knowledge delivery  

Talkdesk has launched Talkdesk Knowledge Creator, a feature designed to automate and enhance knowledge management for customer service teams. By utilising generative AI, the tool eliminates the inefficiencies of traditional knowledge bases by identifying gaps and generating reliable, up-to-date information...

Financial services lead in customer support, while retail falls behind

New research from WhatsApp business communications provider Esendex reveals stark differences in customer service across industries, with financial services ranking highest and retail performing the worst. The study assessed key factors like wait times to speak with a human representative...

Zoom AI goes agentic: workflows transformed across the platform

Zoom has unveiled major AI updates, evolving its AI Companion from a personal assistant into an agentic tool that streamlines workflows across Zoom Meetings, Team Chat, Docs, Phone, Whiteboard, and more. The AI Companion now executes tasks, manages multi-step actions,...

Taking flight: navigating the complexities of modern airport customer experience

In the fast-paced world of air travel, customer experience can make all the difference between a stressful journey and a seamless adventure.“We take away the stress… we look after them from curb to wing,” Suzanne Tormey, operations manager at Dublin...

What really matters when choosing a BPO provider?

Ah, the great BPO debate. Every CX leader has had it at some point: Should we outsource? And if so, who do we trust with our customers?Most companies start with the same approach: comparing hourly rates like they’re shopping for...

NICE ends customer service silos with CXone Mpower Orchestrator

NICE has introduced CXone Mpower Orchestrator, a unified automation solution for customer service. Announced at Enterprise Connect, the platform seamlessly integrates virtual agents, live agents, and back-office workflows within a single AI-powered ecosystem.“CXone Mpower Orchestrator changes the game—eliminating silos, unifying...