In an era when every-day baseball statistics now are WHIP, WAR and OBP, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that measuring success for the cruise industry now includes statistics from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For example: Norwegian is publicizing the fact that in one 20-day period on the Escape, its customers logged 576,896 Facebook… Continue reading Cruise Advertising From Customers
Tag: Internet on Cruise Ships
Evolution Of Free WiFi On Ships
In the hotel industry, it started — at least for us — with Best Western. Free WiFi. In those days, it was a bonus because most hotels were charging up to $20 a night for checking your email. The next phase was free WiFi in the lobby and, today, most hotels offer some kind of… Continue reading Evolution Of Free WiFi On Ships
Cruise Gambling…Cruise WiFi
News item: Cayman Islands government attempting to legalize gambling on cruise ships. There is no gambling in the Cayman Islands, which seems a little odd considering that the Caymans have long been known as a place extremely wealthy people can hide money so they don’t have to pay taxes. That’s irrelevant, of course, when it… Continue reading Cruise Gambling…Cruise WiFi
Ships, Internet Connected For Cruisers
There are people who go on cruises because they want to escape from their daily routines, and these days daily routines almost always involve being online. When they’re cruising, they don’t want to touch a computer, read from an iPad or see a smartphone. Well, as one of our friends once said: “Include us out.”… Continue reading Ships, Internet Connected For Cruisers
Cruise Question: To Surf Or To Drink?
An online travel agency called Cruise Holidays conducted a quickie survey on its Facebook page recently, asking readers to choose between two options for “something free” if going on a cruise: • Free Internet • Free drinks The creators could’ve called it De-vices vs Vices but they didn’t. They also resisted the urge to call… Continue reading Cruise Question: To Surf Or To Drink?