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Cape Cods leading whale watch operator selects Carus as technology partner

With a new season fast approaching Steve Milliken knew he had to find a solution to his growing need to manage his booking process both in-house and via the web. Having seen fellow Cape Cod operator Hyline successfully implement the CarRes system he had no hesitation in contacting Carus and, just weeks later, signing up for a Managed Service deployment from their US based Data Centre.

“I visited Hyline and saw ...

Carus continues to expand by attracting people with the best combination of ferry, booking and eCommerce experience.

Niklas Kärkinen has a genuine combination of ferry and IT experience having previously worked for Hogia Ferry Systems as both a Project/Account Manager and as one of their Sales Managers. He joins Carus from Igence, where he has been managing the implementation of IBMs eCommerce tool, WebSphere Commerce, for Eckerö Line, a ...

April 2011

Yet another island ferry operator has chosen Carus as supplier for their booking and ticketing systems. After a thorough evaluation, Ven-Trafiken concluded that Carus offered the best solution in terms of skills, experience, cost and quality.

Ven-Trafiken is going through a major business upgrade which includes a new ferry, a new terminal in Landskrona and the renewal and modernization of their systems. Carus will deliver its CarRes reservation system for booking and ticketing which will include systems to enable ticket ...

March 2011

Fjord Line will be one of the first Norwegian ferry operator to connect to the Norwegian Ministry of Trades travel portal, Visit Norway, using the CarRes interface.

Thanks to the existing interface that the reservation system from Carus already has to the Citybreak destination booking platform, Fjord Line will be able to market and sell their ferry services through the Visit Norway web site. “This is one of the big advantages by using a truly standardized booking system that already ...

December 2010

Icelandic shipping company Eimskip signs SaaS contract for the CarRes booking, ticketing, departure-control and administration solution.

This ‘Software as a Service’ agreement follows the recent license sale of CarRes to Azam Marine in Tanzania and the Eckerö Group in Finland, which leads to Carus implementing their sought after ferry solution for three customers in distant markets under two different deployment models, two as SaaS implementation from the Carus Data Centre in Mariehamn and the other as a licence model on ...

October 2010

Carus PBS have at the 35th InterFerry Conference in New York released the latest version of their leading booking, ticketing and departure control solution bringing a host of new features & functions to the industry.

CarRes is already well established as a best of breed solution for ferry operators and version 3.0, which will be rolled out to all existing clients as part of their Maintenance Agreement, includes over 15 new features, 20 major enhancements to existing functions and 25 ...

Aug 2010

John Bertell joins from Hogia Ferry Systems

At a time when ferry operators are reviewing their costs and preparing for an up-turn in the market, Carus are expanding their activities in the European market with the recruitment of a Sales Manager for the regions of Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.

John W. Bertell, who has 15 years of experience within the ferry and shipping industry, will be responsible for the development of the Mediterranean market for Carus as well as maintaining ...

July 2010

After only three months traffic it’s clear that the new St. Peter Line link between Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia, is a huge success that has exceeded all expectations.

Andrey Mushkarev, Director of Sales and Marketing, states “We took the decision to initiate the traffic at the beginning of February with the first sailing scheduled for 21 April. In less than 2 months we set up a fully-fledged Cruiseferry-operation from scratch in terms of both our organization and all ...

October 2009

Carus is proud to announce that the Eckerö Group is to join the expanding world of Carus.

The Eckerö Group will utilise the Carus Managed Service out of their Mariehamn data centre, moving all their brands into a single installation of CarRes, the booking, ticketing, departure control and administration solution from Carus. This means that Birka Cruises ́ pure cruise product will be installed in the same database as Eckerö Linjen ́s and Eckerö Line ́s more traditional ferry and ...

September 2009

Carus is proud to announce that TT-Line Pty Ltd, better known as Spirit of Tasmania, have joined the rapidly expanding world of Carus.

Following an in-depth Request for Information, Request for Proposal and Proof of Concept process CarRes was selected to partner TT-Line in their quest to gain market share and increase internet sales in a market where both passenger traffic and freight movements are subject to intense competition.

Carus was selected from a strong field of interested parties because their ...