Loyalty Programs: The Complete Guide is the most comprehensive book on loyalty program theory and practice available.Loyalty programs, when designed and executed correctly, can work to generate increased visits, spend, brand affinity, advocacy, retention and market share.For this reason, they will continue to attract large amounts of investment and innovation globally.Each chapter of this book provides critical insights which loyalty and marketing professionals can draw on to strategically design, execute, operate and optimise best-practice loyalty programs.Over 150 global case studies of loyalty programs are used to illustrate the core theories.Loyalty Programs: The Complete Guide has been organised into 17 chapters which covers:The history of loyalty programsDo loyalty programs work? An academic research reviewLoyalty psychology, biases and heuristicsLoyalty program design frameworks and rewardsBusiness-to-business (B2B) loyalty programsMember data capture, analysis and usageLoyalty technology and emerging capabilitiesMember lifecycle managementGames and gamificationMonetisation and commercial modellingSecurity and fraud risks, and legal considerationsLoyalty program operationsThe future of loyaltyPhilip Shelper has extensive experience within the loyalty industry, including roles at Qantas Frequent Flyer and Vodafone, as well as running leading loyalty consulting agency, Loyalty & Reward Co. Phil is also the author of ‘Blockchain Loyalty: Disrupting loyalty and reinventing marketing using blockchain and cryptocurrencies’.Loyalty Programs: The Complete Guide was co-created by Loyalty & Reward Co’s senior management team comprising of Max Savransky, Stacey Lyons and Scott Harrison. Max, Stacey and Scott have many years of experience within the loyalty industry working across hospitality, entertainment, financial services, eHealth, property, QSR and online retail companies.The Loyalty & Reward Co team specialise in loyalty program design, commercial modelling, member lifecycle marketing communications, loyalty technology and loyalty operations. Loyalty Programs: The Complete Guide also includes contributions from widely-recognised loyalty industry experts Stuart Dinnis (global expert in loyalty finance), Lincoln Hunter (principal and founder of Loyalty Legal) and Michael Smith (co-founder of the Loyalty Security Association).