"We're honored that elite design and innovation organizations like Red Dot continue to recognize the OceanMedallion for its game-changing impact on the guest experience and the leisure travel category," said John Padgett, chief experience and innovation officer for Carnival Corporation. "This past week alone, more than 10,000 guests on board three magnificent ships from Princess Cruises have enjoyed a MedallionClass™ vacation. The most rewarding aspect is that the guest-centric Medallion design ensures that an enhanced, personalized and simplified experience unfolds before guests without them giving the enabling technology a second thought."

The Medallion is a proprietary wearable, quarter-sized device that seamlessly connects a cruise guest's unique digital identity with a patented intelligent shipboard Experience Internet of Things™ (xIoT™) ecosystem to enhance guest-crew interactions and deliver a high level of service and personalized attention.

The Medallion enables keyless stateroom entry, hassle-free payment, turn-by-turn shipboard wayfinding, shipmate locator and personalized itineraries; speeds up embarkation; facilitates on-demand services like ordering food, drinks and retail items; powers anywhere wagering; and more. MedallionClass vacations enabled by the Medallion are currently available for all guests sailing on three Princess Cruises Ships – CARIBBEAN PRINCESS, REGAL PRINCESS and ROYAL PRINCESS

The award is the fifth prestigious recognition Carnival Corporation's patented IoT innovations have received in the past five months. In November, CES recognized the company as a CES 2019 Innovations Award Honoree for the OceanMedallion. In December, the company received a 2018 Gold New York Design Award for Digital IoT for its Ocean Guest Experience Platform. Early this year, IoT Breakthrough awarded the Medallion with its 2019 IoT Wearables Innovation of the Year and last month the OceanMedallion was announced as a 2019 Edison Awards Finalist.