The value of loyalty: How Qantas and Bookworld built profitable businesses

This event report looks at how two different companies have successfully utilised loyalty programs to acquire customers and increase profitability.

The value of loyalty: How Qantas and Bookworld built profitable businesses

Andrea Sophocleous

From customer acquisition to customer retention and the cultivating of brand advocates in between, a good loyalty program can have a huge impact on a company's bottom line as two of the best in the business demonstrated at the ad:tech conference held in Sydney in March 2015.

For Australian airline Qantas, the benefits of its Qantas Frequent Flyer loyalty scheme, first launched 27 years ago, keep adding up. With 10.6 million members – effectively every second Australian household – the pay-off for Qantas is substantial, according to...

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