Thanks to integrating Starlink’s low earth orbit (LEO) and SES’s medium earth orbit (MEO) services, cruise lines can now depend on a single managed solution to reap the benefits of low-latency, high-throughput satellite connectivity.
Seabourn migrated its travel advisor website to OneSource Travel Advisor Center, offering tailored marketing assets, access to training and the latest offers.
Traffic to the major cruise line websites plus Virgin Voyages was up 26.5% year over year in July and up 9% from June, according to Similarweb.
Princess Cruises added casual dining, OceanNow and room service delivery and express embarkation to its Princess Plus and Princess Premier packages at no additional cost.
Mondee Holdings introduced its mobile-first AI platform with multi-party conversational commerce integrated into the Mondee Travel Marketplace.
SpaceX's Starlink has been introduced on board Costa Toscana, with Costa Cruises planning to roll out the enhanced Wi-Fi across the rest of its fleet by December.
Atlas Ocean Voyages will offer Starlink's high-speed Wi-Fi on its World Traveller, World Navigator and soon-to-launch World Voyager.
All ships in the AIDA Cruises fleet will be equipped with SpaceX's Starlink broadband service by October, sooner than anticipated.