Are discounts enough to float the afflicted cruise industry?
With coronavirus-ridden liners making all the wrong kind of headlines, the cruise industry may never be the same again
15 March 2020 - 09:10
In the wake of the coronavirus, enticing people to set a course for adventure on a floating mega-palace will be a difficult proposition.
The public image of cruises, which for many older people are still associated with the 1970s American TV series The Love Boat, has been tarnished by the pandemic. On Thursday, Carnival said it would suspend all voyages by its Princess Cruises division, which suffered the only known outbreaks of coronavirus at sea, for 60 days...
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