CEO of Carnival Corporation to Offer Opening Keynote at CES

Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corp., will offer conference 'keynote' CES® opening in 2017. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association, CES 2017 will be held on January 5 to 8, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV, USA.

The conference 'keynote' Mr. Donald will be held at 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 5 at the Palazzo The Venetian hotel lounge, which show an innovative "Connected Experience" using IoT (Internet of Things, for their acronym in English) to raise the vacation experience. This technology, first of its kind, will create a completely new level of guest experience based on personalization and simplicity to scale. About eleven million passengers take cruises with ten global lines Carnival Corp.

"We are happy to embark on this journey with Carnival Corp. and welcoming Arnold Donald the stage of CES," said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Association of Consumer Technology. "The visibility of Carnival Corp. at CES reflects our revolutionary approach to innovation and stresses that technology is no longer strict and defined borders. Altera traditional business sectors and empower consumers in ways never before imagined. A recent study by CTA found that consumers use the technology overwhelmingly to enhance their travel experiences. Mr. Donald conference will demonstrate how Carnival Corp and its cruise brands, in turn, are using innovative technology to provide a more personalized experience and improved their consumers, "he concluded.

Since I became President and CEO of Carnival Corp. in July 2013, Donald has overseen the most recent innovation strategies of the company focused on improving the guest experience vacation by taking advantage of the scale of the company. He also directed the recent launch of three programs original travel content on national television networks while running the company world's largest cruise ships, with a portfolio of 10 cruise brands in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The brands include Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Princess Cruises and Seabourn in the United States, AIDA Cruises in Germany, Italy Costa Cruises, Cunard and P & O Cruise Line in England, and P & O Cruises in Australia. Together, the company's brands operate 101 ships that visit over 700 ports around the world.

Source: travel2latam