A cruise executive on customer safety
Carnival’s Josh Leibowitz says the company’s five small ships might actually be some of the safest places on Earth
New York — US airports are seeing more travelers than at any point throughout the pandemic, with daily passenger volumes consistently topping 1-million. Some hotels are selling out well past their peak seasons. The pent-up demand for travel is finally materialising as movement — whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approves or not.
But one sector of the industry is still stuck in place. After a disastrous few months in early 2020, when large cruise ships became early super-spreaders for Covid-19, the CDC has kept them moored until further notice, calling cruising a level 4 (maximum) risk...
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