." "They're well aware of it and they have reacted warmly to it, so I'm actually quite positive that we're doing exactly what we should do."The cruise companies are splitting the compensation costs for the "brain trust," as Fain called it, Royal Caribbean spokesman Jonathon Fishman told CNBC. The panel began meeting in June, the companies said Monday in a statement, and will present their recommendations by August.
It's still unclear exactly how cruising might change and if sailing will be able to resume in mid-September, which the companies are currently targeting. The panel "has only just started on the process," Fain said. Norwegian's Del Rio said, "early on, some conclusions were jumped to that perhaps are not valid today."
Despite the concerns around the role of cruises in the pandemic, Del Rio said bookings for 2021 are "remarkable given the circumstances."
Sounds like a future merger in the works.
Two companies hire in-house researchers who will justify their own policies for opening during the pandemic. Can’t go wrong here.
Turn those ships into floating jails for prisoners in California Texas Florida before the state falls to Coronavirus
Save us the suspense...they can’t
Are their crews still stuck at sea?
Don't
They don’t need to do that since they can’t return to business safely during this pandemic. They couldn’t even control Norovirus outbreaks pre- COVID__19