Episode 690

Sandals Resorts: Redefining Loyalty Through Experience and Community with Peter Menges (#690)

Published on: 29th July, 2025

This episode is available in audio format on our Let's Talk Loyalty podcast and in video format on www.Loyalty.TV

The Wiser Loyalty podcast series is produced in partnership between Let’s Talk Loyalty and The Wise Marketer™. Twice a month, we bring you an interview with a C-level executive who has transformed strategy into practical application to generate business results.

In this episode Bill Hanifin speaks with recognized industry figure Peter Menges, SVP Customer Engagement and Loyalty with Sandals Resorts International. Sandals is a boutique luxury resort,brand that is Caribbean based and global in its appeal.

In this session, you’ll hear Peter’s take on why loyalty is a by product of behavior, how to build and nurture vibrant customer communities and how customer experience is central to maintaining long term customer loyalty.

Show Notes:-

1) Peter Menges

2) Sandals Resorts International

3) The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

4) George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

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Paula Thomas

Paula Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Loyalty and Loyalty TV.

Paula Thomas is an award-winning podcaster who founded the “Let’s Talk Loyalty” podcast and business in 2019, and Loyalty TV in 2023.

She has over twenty-five years blue-chip marketing experience, including almost a decade leading consumer loyalty programmes in multiple sectors including telecommunications, the energy sector, banking and airline loyalty programmes.

She is from Ireland and lives in Dubai.

Paula is a former judge for the “International Loyalty Awards”, and the author of the book “Driving Loyalty in Convenience Retail”.

She holds an Executive MBA from Smurfit Business College, one of Ireland’s top universities, and is a “Certified Loyalty Marketing Professional”.

In 2025, she was chosen as the International Loyalty Industry Personality of the Year.