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Royal Caribbean Buys 55,000 Intel Tablets

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The Royal Caribbean cruise line is providing Intel tablets to its crew members for business and personal use. The company is installing 15,000 Intel-based Dell Venue tablets at point-of-sale locations on the new ship. It is also using 40,000 Intel-powered tablets built by Hexa Electronics, to give to every crew member throughout its fleet.

The tablets at point-of-sale will perform various hospitality functions, including check-in, reservations, entertainment options, activity scheduling and billing transactions throughout the ship.

[Image courtesy: Royal Caribbean]

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