ProShip
Talent booking agency placing musicians, singers, dancers, DJs and technicians with cruise lines, hotels, casinos and venues worldwide.
By Proship Entertainment · 3.0/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Cruise lines, hotels, casinos, resorts and theatres that need vetted live entertainment acts sourced globally.
- Professional musicians, singers, dancers, DJs and guest entertainers seeking international contracts.
- Stage technicians (audio, lighting, rigging, stage management) looking for travel-based production work.
- Performers who want placement without paying commission, audition or registration fees.
Ideal size: Not applicable (talent agency) people · Cruise line, hotel or casino entertainment department
Not for
- Buyers looking for B2B software — ProShip is a talent agency, not a software product.
- Performers seeking local, non-travelling gigs or short-notice single bookings.
- Organisations that prefer to hire entertainment directly without an intermediary agency.
- Teams evaluating integrations, APIs, cloud platform fit or AI tooling.
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Not disclosed
~0 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$0/yr
Starts at $0 · Clients (cruise lines, hotels, resorts, casinos and venues) pay ProShip directly; performers pay no commission, audition or registration fees.
Implementation Friction
1/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not applicable — agency service, not seat-based licensing.
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind ProShip, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 1987 · 39 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsNot listed
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- 24/7
- Response time
- Not stated
The vendor states it provides 24/7 global emergency support to placed performers; there are no plan tiers because ProShip is a booking agency rather than a software subscription. No support SLAs or response times are published.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where ProShip sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- ProShip
- Groups360
- Canary Technologies
- Hospitable
- innRoad
- eviivo
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What ProShip ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
ProShip (Proship Entertainment) is a talent booking agency, not a B2B software product. Since 1987 it has sourced musicians, singers, dancers, DJs, guest entertainers and stage technicians for cruise lines, hotels, resorts, casinos and theatres, reporting over 20,000 contracts booked. Clients pay the agency directly and performers pay no commission, audition or registration fees. The agency vets performers, negotiates conditions and handles visas, medical exams, contracts, travel paperwork and 24/7 emergency support.
Frequently asked questions
Is ProShip a software product?
No. ProShip (Proship Entertainment) is a talent booking agency. Its public pages describe sourcing and placing musicians, singers, dancers, DJs, guest entertainers and technicians with cruise lines, hotels, casinos and other venues; no software edition, pricing page, integrations or API documentation is published.
What does it cost performers to use ProShip?
The vendor states that performers pay no commission, audition or registration fees. ProShip is paid directly by its clients — cruise lines, hotels, resorts, casinos and other entertainment venues — so no per-seat or annual software pricing applies.
What kinds of acts and roles does ProShip place?
Showband and orchestra musicians, bands (duos, trios, quartets), solo musicians and piano-bar entertainers, singers, dancers, guest entertainers such as magicians and comedians, disk jockeys, and technical crew including sound, lighting, rigging and stage management.
Does ProShip handle logistics and paperwork?
Yes. The vendor states its team handles visas, medical exams, contracts and travel paperwork, and provides 24/7 global emergency support from audition through deployment. Room, board and transportation are usually covered by the client.
How long has ProShip been operating and how many placements has it made?
The vendor says it began sourcing musicians for the cruise ship industry in 1987 and has since booked over 20,000 contracts for entertainers worldwide.
Are compliance certifications, integrations or AI features available?
None are published. The vendor's pages contain no security, trust or compliance certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP), no integration or MCP documentation, and no AI features, so those fields are recorded as unknown or false.