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Sourcetoad Wins Seatrade Cruise’s Product of the Year Award
Last week, the Sourcetoad OnDeck team attended Seatrade Cruise Med 2024 in beautiful Málaga, Spain, and we’re thrilled...
How to Harness the Power of AI for Your Cruise Guests Today
While AI is already widely being used in the cruise industry for fuel efficiency and route optimization, there remains...
The Future of AI in Cruise Webinar: Insights from Industry Leaders
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming nearly every industry on the planet, and the...
Apple Reverses Decision to Remove Progressive Web Apps in EU
Apple's recent policy reversal on the functionality of iOS web apps in the European Union is great news for the cruise...
How Apple’s New EU Policies Affect Cruise Apps
The EU's Digital Markets Act In the ever-evolving digital landscape, Apple's recent policy updates aimed at complying...
The Next Wave of Innovation: LLMs Onboard Cruise Ships
The cruise industry has always been at the forefront of adopting innovative technologies to enhance guest experiences...
Anchored in Empathy: The Art of Onboard Guest Communication
At Sourcetoad, we thrive on solving complex problems for our clients, which is why we love solving problems for the...
Riding the Sustainable Wave: Sailing Through Seatrade Europe 2023
A few Toads recently had the pleasure of attending Seatrade Europe 2023 in Hamburg. As one of Europe’s largest port...
Cruise Mobile App Features: How to Stand Out in 2023
As a software development company specializing in cruise technology, Sourcetoad is very interested in the latest...
Onboard Apps: Off-the-Shelf or Custom?
Adoption of a guest mobile app is an essential part of digital transformation for cruise lines. Onboard mobile apps...
2023 Cruise Mobile App Trend Predictions
Since we began investing time and research into mobile cruise apps in 2018, we have seen a lot of transformation and...
The State of Mobile Apps in the Cruise Industry
Since 2018, Sourcetoad has been very interested in the world of cruise mobile applications and their features. We’re...
Cruise Technology: How It Could Look After COVID-19
Speculations on the Future of Cruise Health and Safety As cruise lines prepare to reopen, we are starting to see some...
Software Design Methodology in Cruise
Designing and building anything that requires more than one person can be a challenge. The work becomes even more...
What Oscar Wilde can Teach You About Cruise Technology
The first vessel built exclusively for luxury cruising launched in 1900. Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and playwright,...
The Future of Cruise Brands
Cruise passengers have a strong sense of brand loyalty. The variety and offerings of different cruise lines is...
Progressive Web Apps for Cruise Lines (Part 1 of 2)
There is an ever-growing excitement building around progressive web applications (or PWAs) in almost every industry....
Progressive Web Apps for Cruise Lines (Part 2 of 2)
If you haven't read the first part of the article and want to learn more about the basics of PWAs, you can read part...
The Future of Shore Excursions
As cruise passengers have enjoyed increasing abilities to customize their experiences over the last decade, the...
Building Innovation Cultures Inside of Cruise Lines
I recently learned the most powerful lesson of my entire career in technology. I was sitting on the top deck of a...
The Cruise Industry’s Problem with Technology ROI
A significant concern in the cruise industry at the moment is the seemingly decreasing ROI on guest-facing software....
5 Mistakes Cruise App Developers Make
Designing software for cruise lines can be extremely tricky. Cruise ships are strange beasts; they have all the...
Data Synchronization in the Cruise Industry
For the past few years, one of the biggest trends in tech has been the transition to the cloud. Almost every industry...
Buying Technology For Cruise Ships – Lessons Learned
Custom software and hardware systems are driving the cruise industry forward at a remarkable pace. However, over the...