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Hapag-Lloyd Cruises offers virtual tours of fleet at ITB

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is using HypeBox and cyber goggles to offer visitors at ITB Berlin virtual tours of its fleet.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

March 9, 2016

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

HypeBox is an integrated and transparent LCD screen with interactive displays offering visual and text information about the ships and 360 degree animations. Individual buttons on the touch surface activate special add-ons to the virtual tour.

Using cyber goggles users are transported on board, and can go on a virtual tour of all Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ ships. The software in the goggles also contains a world map allowing users to select and destinations.

After ITB Berlin travel trade show, taking place March 9-13, these tools will be used by Hapag-LLoyd at other trade shows and the cyber goggles will be used in the field by sales representatives.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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