Cruise news (InternetWiFi-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Celebrity launches the first digital cruise ship experience in the Metaverse
Celebrity Cruises revealed it is sailing into the future with the launch of a brand new virtual experience named "Wonderverse". In a cruise industry...
December 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Eclipse is the first cruise ship in Australia-New Zealand with SpaceX’s Starlink...
Celebrity Cruises started offering internet services via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network onboard its Celebrity Eclipse ship, making it the...
December 2, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Expeditions is the first to implement SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet fleetwide
Hurtigruten announced it will install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service fleetwide, joining RCI-Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Silversea...
October 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Lloyd’s Register approves NAPA Stability management software for passenger ships
NAPA’s new stability management software for passenger ships, NAPA Stability, has been approved by the classification society LR-Lloyd’s...
October 13, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DeCurtis Experience Platform driving a new kind of cruise experience on Virgin Voyages’ fleet
DeCurtis Corporation (a leading location-and-proximity-based software developer) announced that its DXP/DeCurtis Experience Platform was driving a...
September 17, 2022 - Cruise Industry
SeaDream Yacht Club is the first boutique cruise travel brand to offer Starlink Internet
A satellite Internet constellation that is operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Starlink now delivers high-speed Internet connectivity onboard the...
September 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises' newest ship Celebrity Beyond first to offer Elon Musk's Starlink Internet
The new Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity Beyond is set to be the first to offer guests the use of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet. The...
September 3, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCG adds Starlink Internet on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Silversea ships
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group (the world's second-largest cruise shipowner/after Carnival Corporation) announced it was planning to implement SpaceX...
August 31, 2022 - Accidents
Carnival cruise ships Magic and Legend experience satellite issues impacting their Internet service
Two CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ships operating in Northeast USA - Carnival Magic and Carnival Legend - are currently experiencing satellite antenna...
August 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
1M Carnival Cruise Line passengers have utilized “VeriFLY” free travel app
1 million CCL-Carnival Cruise Line passengers have now utilized “VeriFLY” by Daon, a secure/free travel app allowing vaccinated...
August 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages deploys Aruba Edge Services Platform network to deliver premium experiences
The Aruba-based Hewlett Packard Enterprise company announced that Virgin Voyages was deploying an end-to-end Edge Services Platform (ESP) network to...
August 5, 2022 - Cruise Industry
SES to provide global connectivity services to Explora Journeys
SES signed a contract for its O3b mPower satellite fleet to provide connectivity to the Explora 1 cruise ship of MSC Explora Journeys. Explora...
July 18, 2022 - Accidents
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line agrees to pay $6+ million after wave of cyberattacks
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line will pay USD 6+ million to end two separate lawsuits filed by 46x US states after sensitive, personal information on...
June 29, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean to partner with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink
RCI-Royal Caribbean is looking to partner with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink in order to bring Wi-Fi capability to its cruise ships. Starlink is...
June 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Carnival Corporation implements significant price increases on services/offerings onboard its...
The world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corporation implemented significant price increases on several types of services/offerings onboard...
May 9, 2022