Cruise Lines Still in Early Stages of Framework, What's Next?
On April 2, 2021, the CDC finally released phase two of the Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). It has been five months since the CDC released phase one; while there are a total of five phases the cruise lines will need to work through before they are allowed to sail with guests once again. We look at why the process is taking so long, what the cruise lines have done so far, and what they will need to do in the upcoming period to enable cruises to start up again. Phase 1: Mass Testing and Lab Capacity Building Phase one could and should have been a relatively short phase, as this step only incl...