GES Recognized by J.D. Power and Associates for Providing an Outstanding Customer Service Experience
It’s the fourth year in a row GES has earned this prestigious certification
LAS VEGAS – January 5, 2012 – Global Experience Specialists (GES), a leader in exhibition, event and retail marketing services, has been recognized for call center customer satisfaction excellence for a fourth consecutive year under the J.D. Power and Associates Call Center Certification Program℠ The Call Center Certification Program distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by GES call center operations to provide “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience.”
To become certified, the call center operations successfully passed a detailed audit of more than 100 practices that encompass the call center’s customer satisfaction measurement and analysis strategies, recruiting, training, employee incentives, quality assurance capabilities, and management roles and responsibilities. As part of its evaluation, J.D. Power and Associates also conducted a random survey of GES customers who recently contacted its call center, located in Las Vegas.
“For a fourth consecutive year, Global Experience Specialists has earned this distinction and is to be congratulated on this significant achievement,” according to J.D. Power and Associates. “Call center customers report that GES’ interactive voice response experience was excellent, and that the GES agents were courteous as they solved customer issues quickly during the interaction.”
For certification status, a call center must also perform within the top 20 percent of customer service scores, which are based on benchmarks established in J.D. Power and Associates’ cross-industry customer satisfaction research. The evaluation criteria include the customer service representative’s courtesy, knowledge and concern for the customer; promptness in speaking to a person; and timely resolution of the problem or request. Additionally, the experience with the automated phone system is evaluated based on the clarity of the information provided, the ease of navigating the phone menu prompts and the ease of understanding the phone menu instructions.
“GES was the first in the industry to develop a centralized call center, and we continue to raise the bar in providing superior service,” said Steve Moster, GES president. “Earning certification by J.D. Power and Associates for a fourth year in a row is a great honor that recognizes the investment we have made in the training and development of our dedicated team members and in the call center’s technology.”
The Call Center Certification Program was launched by J.D. Power and Associates in 2004 to evaluate overall customer satisfaction with call centers and to help call centers in various industries increase their efficiency and effectiveness by establishing and continually updating leading practices for handling service calls.
For more information on the Call Center Certification Program, please visit JDPower.com.
About GES
Global Experience Specialists, Inc. (GES), a Viad Corp (NYSE: VVI) company, is a leading marketing agency that produces exhibitions, events, exhibits and retail environments. GES provides a wide range of services, including turn-key official show services, cutting-edge creative and design, marketing and measurement services—all with an unrivaled global reach. GES partners with leading shows and brands, including the International CES, Spring Fair Birmingham, International Woodworking Fair, CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE, Bell Helicopter, Genzyme, L’Oreal, Warner Bros., and Simon Property Group. The GES National Servicenter® has been recognized with certification under the J.D. Power and Associates Certified Call Center Program℠ for the past four years, and Ad Age has twice named GES a “World’s Top 50 Agency Company.” For more information, visit ges.com or the GES blog at defyingconvention.ges.com.
About J.D. Power and Associates
Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information services company operating in key business sectors including market research, forecasting, performance improvement, training and customer satisfaction. The company’s quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually. For more information on car reviews and ratings, car insurance, health insurance, cell phone ratings, and more, please visit JDPower.com. J.D. Power and Associates is a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
About The McGraw-Hill Companies
McGraw-Hill announced on September 12, 2011, its intention to separate into two public companies: McGraw-Hill Financial, a leading provider of content and analytics to global financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education, a leading education company focused on digital learning and education services worldwide. McGraw-Hill Financial's leading brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Indices, Platts energy information services and J.D. Power and Associates. With sales of $6.2 billion in 2010, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees across more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.
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