Onefinestay Looks to Personalization to Hook More Guests

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Personalization is a word that gets bandied around a lot in travel, but to mean anything it’s got to make a difference.

Companies first need to obtain the right information and then they need to deploy it in the correct way.

Luxury vacation rental operator Onefinestay thinks it has come up with something that its guests will love. The new service, called Higher Living, will allow customers to book experiences like event tickets and make restaurant reservations. In theory, the more customers use it, the better it will become.

As well as being a neat add-on to the Onefinestay offering, it should also give the company some protection from developments at Airbnb.

The San Francisco-based company is planning to offer a new luxury level following the purchase of Luxury Retreats last February.

Onefinestay will be hoping that by tailoring experiences, guests will have more reasons to keep coming back.

— Patrick Whyte, Europe Editor

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