What Has Been the Success Factor for a Casino in New Mexico?

What has been the success factor for a casino in New Mexico? “We geeked out on data.” In today’s interview, I had the opportunity to chat with one of the smartest executives in gaming, Trevor Taylor, Director of Marketing Route 66 Casino Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He’s been in the business for over 25…

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The Emotional Toll of Not Knowing What Comes Next

We spend a lot of time talking about how to keep our businesses moving forward, how to keep our doors open and how to keep our teams and guests healthy. But through our roles as leaders, sometimes we forget about our individual well-being and the emotional toll of not knowing what comes next. Helping us…

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Straightforward Tips for Host and PD Teams

Successful hosts have such passion and energy when they talk about their casino properties and how they make their guests happy. Well, that exuberance applies to our player development road warriors, Raving Partners, Steve Browne and Janet Hawk who paid their dues on the casino floors and are now helping clients across the globe. You’ll…

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What Security & Surveillance is Really Like After Re-Opening

Interview with Derk Boss, Raving Partner and Director of Surveillance, Angel of the Winds Casino Now that several casinos have re-opened, we caught up with Derk Boss, Director of Surveillance at Angel of the Winds Casino and longtime Raving Partner. He’s an expert in the field of gaming security and surveillance, litigation support and expert…

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Do Casinos Need to Change Their Guest Service Strategy?

In this week’s Raving On Air, we check in with Raver’s Steve Browne, Raving Partner, Guest Service and Player Development and Paula Allen, Director of Leadership Development and Guest Services 7 Cedars Casino and Enrolled Tribal Citizen of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Browne and Allen deliver a one-two punch: Browne has established guest service programs across…

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A New Approach to Hospitality

Food as fuel for players – how can we service our guests with new and yet unknown safety guidelines? In this week’s Raving On Air interview, we chat with Raving Hospitality Partner, Brett Magnan. We’ll be talking about all those guest touch points, both in our hotels and food outlets, and how we modify or…

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A New Dynamic for Casino Marketers

In this uncertain world created by the Coronavirus attack, one thing is for sure, market conditions and marketing will be very different when the gaming industry starts up again. It will not be productive to blindly hold onto the strategies for a world that – from a few weeks ago – no longer exists. As…

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