2021 will be remembered as the year of the global cruise restart. That didn’t happen by accident or through patient forbearance it took a concerted effort on the part of the industry and its stakeholders, from travel advisors to U.S. senators.
Many lines are adjusting their masking, testing and vaccine rules, while criticism is mounting about the lack of transparency in reporting positive cases to passengers and crew members.
An NCL cruise ship that carried at least 17 people and crew members with COVID-19 infections, including one Omicron case, when it docked in New Orleans set sail again with NEW passengers.