Cruise ships arriving at the port
An alert, with WhatsApp to the guides, when a cruise ship enters the port.
What it does
Every hour: passenger ships that entered the cruise port area, emailed to your tour desk and sent to the guides on WhatsApp so tours are ready when guests come ashore.
In one sentence: Every hour at :00, in the area drawn on the map, watch the ships, see which enter the zone, then email the list to you and send message in WhatsApp Business.
Why it is useful
Thousands of passengers come ashore within an hour of arrival. Tour desks that know first fill their buses first.
Who it is for
Hotels, travel & tourism. Hotels, tour operators and destination teams watching guests, rivals, weather and partners. Every use case for hotels & tourism
Best use cases
- A tour operator at a cruise port
- A port shuttle company
- A city tourism office
What each run gives you
- An email
- WhatsApp to the guides
The time it saves
Every hour at :00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 5 minutes each time; it runs about 720 times a month, so it saves about 40 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 6 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every hourTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- The cruise portWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Passenger ships in the portxMap data · Ships (AIS)Ships at sea or in port right now, from AIS (the signal ships send with their position, speed and heading; live from AISStream): every vessel heard in the Area of interest before this block, or around a point.
- Arrived in the portLogic · Zone alertReports items (ships, for example) that entered, crossed, are inside or left a zone.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
- Tell the guidesApp · WhatsApp BusinessSend text, media and template messages from your WhatsApp Business number.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Zone alerts: know when something enters an area: Ships, vehicles or any moving item crossing your zone.
- Ships (AIS): Ships in a sea area, their type, speed and destination.
- Draw your areas and points: Shapes, circles and points with a distance around each.
- Get messages on WhatsApp: Add your number once; your AI employees write to you from xMap’s WhatsApp, nothing to connect.
- Geofencing: A virtual boundary that triggers something when an item enters or leaves it.
- AIS (ship tracking): Radio messages ships send with their identity, position and course.
- How to be alerted when ships enter a port area: A zone, a live AIS stream and an alert.
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