Scaling recommendations & capturing the customer experience digitally: How Iglu-Dorf successfully leveraged hypt for the 2024 winter season

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Initial Situation

Iglu-Dorf offers unique experiences in snow igloos – including overnight stays, fondue, and winter adventures. Recommendations play a central role in attracting guests, but until now, there was no simple, scalable solution to digitally engage guests during this short period, collect feedback, and increase public visibility.

Goal

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Recommendations as a growth channel

Guests should be able to easily notify friends and acquaintances about the igloo experience directly on-site, without any extra effort

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Simplifying customer satisfaction measurement

The emotional experience was to be captured in a structured way using a new interactive solution, in order to increase the feedback rate.

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Increase public reviews

Satisfied guests were to be actively invited to leave a Google review.

Use of recommendation and feedback solution hypt

hypt was deployed at the breakfast table – via strategically placed QR codes that guests could scan with their smartphones.

The chatbot guided guests intuitively through an interactive conversation:

  • Satisfaction survey
  • Option to recommend via WhatsApp, SMS, or email (for satisfied guests)
  • Option to leave a Google review (for satisfied guests)
  • Sending a real postcard as a surprise element

The chatbot responded dynamically to individual feedback, generating three different benefits from a single customer interaction in just two minutes.

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Results

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Guests become brand ambassadors

Over 50% of guests who provided feedback actively recommended the experience.

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One in four satisfied guests leaves a Google review

As a result, the location rating in Zermatt and Gstaad increased by 0.1 stars within just one winter season – in Innsbruck Kühtai, it even rose by 0.3 stars.

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Deeper insights into the experience

The written feedback provided concrete insights for improvement and confirmation of quality – directly from the guests’ perspective. In Innsbruck Kühtai, the feedback rate was doubled compared to the previous solution.

With hypt, Iglu-Dorf was able to make their unique experience publicly visible and generate three benefits from each guest: feedback, recommendations, and Google reviews – all within an intuitive digital process.

The solution hit not only the right tone but also the right timing. This allowed Iglu-Dorf to systematize the generation of recommendations, gain valuable insights into guest satisfaction, and strengthen their online reputation.

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