SNEAK PREVIEW: Introducing Never-Before-Seen Technology that will Revolutionize the Travel Industry Customer Experience With Jennifer Jolly, Emmy® Award Winning Consumer Technology Journalist &Travel Tech Expert
Last year at CES, smart homes were all the rage. In 2017 smart vacations will take center stage with advances in technology that will revolutionize the travel industry.
For consumers, all they need is a quarter-sized, 1.8-ounce disc known as the “Medallion” that can be accessorized with jewelry, clips, key chains and bands or simply carried in a pocket or purse. The medallion contains information that guests provide when they book their cruises.
Behind the scenes, is a huge, invisible network of intelligent sensors and computing devices that seamlessly syncs with the medallion to provide a personalized, interactive and simple experience. The goal: to help consumers make the most of every second of their precious vacation time.
Emmy® award winning consumer technology journalist and travel tech expert, Jennifer Jolly will unveil the “Medallion” technology with a demo and details on how Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise company, will use this never-before-seen technology to revolutionize the guest experience. She’ll also explain how this technology will go beyond the travel industry to change the world around us.
Jennifer Jolly will introduce, demo and discuss the Medallion technology and what it does for consumers including:
- Customizes guest experience: Enables crew to respond to who guests are, their needs and wishes by giving them a better understanding of the guests they are serving
- Eliminates time-wasting lines: Streamlines and expedites port embarkation and disembarkation
- Convenience: No need to carry card keys, paperwork or anything unnecessary
- Navigation: Sophisticated wayfinding helps guests find their way around the cruise ship
- On-demand dining: Delivers enhanced dining experiences on demand based on past food and beverage preferences
- Anywhere gaming: Creates an array of interactive gaming and other personalized entertainment experiences
- Enhanced interaction with crew members and other guests
- Virtual concierge wherever you are: Digital displays around the ship advise guests about previously arranged reservations, shore excursions and activities
About: Emmy award-winning consumer tech journalist and travel tech expert, Jennifer Jolly, is your BFF for advice on all those digital doodads, techy tools, and cyber services that are supposed to make your life easier, more organized, and just plain better. Jennifer is a New York Times Wired Well columnist, hosts two digital lifestyle series; TechNow for USA Today and Tech’s Appeal, the girlfriend’s guide to gadgets(tm) and contributes consumer technology segments for the Today Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, The Talk, CNN, HLN, Dr. Oz, and many others. As a journalist, public speaker, and no-geek-speak go-to for your wired world, Jenn is always game to help people get more satisfaction out of their digital day, right now.
Interview provided by Carnival Corporation
