With Medallia, City Cruises harnesses guest feedback to streamline digital touchpoints and shape the future of hospitality on the water

Medallia, Inc., the global leader in customer and employee experience, today announced a new partnership with City Cruises, the leader in dining and sightseeing cruises worldwide and part of the Hornblower Group. City Cruises is leveraging Medallia to capture real-time insights and feedback from users across its digital channels, empowering data-driven actions to continuously improve the customer experience.

With a long-standing history of expertise and innovation, Hornblower Group has continually redefined the maritime hospitality industry. Hornblower Group’s global portfolio covers over 10 countries, over 50 U.S. cities and serves more than 20 million guests annually, with offerings including dining and sightseeing cruises, land-based experiences (walking and food tours) and ferry and transportation services

Seeking maximum visibility into its guests’ digital friction points, City Cruises chose Medallia for their strong reputation in the CX industry. Utilizing Medallia’s comprehensive digital capabilities to combine digital feedback with Digital Experience Analytics provides City Cruises with an end-to-end understanding of how customers are navigating their journeys online, especially what’s keeping them engaged versus what is causing frustration and lost revenue.

“Initial digital engagement plays a vital role in shaping the tone for customers’ onboard experiences, whether that’s celebrating a special occasion, exploring iconic landmarks or enjoying a once-in-a-lifetime concert opportunity,” said Kacy Roseberry, Vice President of E-Commerce and CRM at Hornblower Group. “Partnering with Medallia will enable City Cruises to listen to and act upon the voices of our users, elevating decision-making processes and ensuring the best possible interaction every time.”

Medallia equips City Cruises with the ability to identify friction points in the checkout experience, track user satisfaction over time, and detect patterns in issues. These contextual details will be used to inform website improvements, refine search and discovery opportunities, drive self-service enhancements, shape user communication strategies, and more.

“The work City Cruises is doing with Medallia will not only amplify the voices of their customers, but also empower the team with the right actions and strategy to stay ahead of customers,” said Mark Bishof, CEO of Medallia. “Unifying customer signals and automating insights across the organization will help City Cruises accelerate digital transformation. It will also improve guest satisfaction, driving customer loyalty and lifetime value with the brand.”

As visibility into the guest experience grows, City Cruises will analyze user sentiment shifts on channels, Net Promoter Score (NPS) conversion rates, and changes in revenue to measure and drive success. Through these improvements recognized with Medallia, City Cruises aims to improve customer loyalty while growing revenue. The information gathered from Medallia will also be used to support the strategy and development of more customized websites for Hornblower Group, creating a tailored, tiered product experience for each brand within its extensive portfolio, that includes City Cruises.

For more information about Medallia for Digital Experience, visit: https://www.medallia.com/suite/digital-experience/

Source: BUSINESS WIRE