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Cruise ship bookings for 2021 are already on the rise despite multiple COVID-19 outbreaks

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Despite multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 on cruise ships in 2020, bookings for cruises are already on the rise of 2021, according to multiple reports.

In the past 45 days — as multiple cruise ships had serious COVID-19 outbreaks onboard — the cruise booking site CruiseCompete.com saw a 40% increase in its bookings for 2021 over its 2019 bookings. A recent report from UBS also found that 76% of the people who had a canceled cruise in 2020 have chosen to accept credit towards a future cruise in 2021 as opposed to 24% who accepted a refund.

The loyalty of many cruise lines' customer base and the rise in bookings even in the midst of a pandemic show a sliver of hope for an embattled industry. Bookings for cruises are already on the rise of 2021, according to multiple indicators, despite multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 on cruise ships in 2020.

In the past 45 days as multiple cruise ships had serious COVID-19 outbreaks onboard and, in many cases, were stranded for days before finding a place willing to let them dock and offload passengers,

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I hope I can see 2021 coming

🤣 👆🏼... no chance!

They have massively dropped the prices from what I’ve seen.

And there are those that would have us believe the world will never be the same after Covid-19! This news is hardly a pronouncement of recovery, but it does indicate a dormant market that is keen to return to normal. Businesses be prepared...

Let's buy some CCL stocks 😂

Marketing

Let me guess, 50% off? 60% off? 70% off?

Ждём и готовимся к чему-нибудь новому в 2023-2025.. видимо получится на старые дрожжи +потепление климата ...

You have a better chance of catching something in a hotel or on a plane or even at an all-inclusive resort, let alone the mall, school or sporting event.

Americans will continue to be stupid for a cheap deal.

When a ship's gotta sail, a ship's gotta sail

Not surprised there are a lot of space cadets walking the earth

“Hi yes, you can either eat the penalties or take the waiver and rebook in 2021”

Of course. They rebooked all the canceled cruises for future dates

Fools rush in...

Nope. If all this didn’t solidify the fact that you’d never want to be stranded at sea w/ hundreds of people & shortages of food, I don’t know what will. But it’s a NO for cruises forever for me!

Lol for real ? I really don’t see it ! The second wave is coming

Live life fully

DoKscho I hope there have max protector in there right

Humans are desperately looking forward to being outside again

Is this natural selection?

Interesting that 'paid advertisement' isn't on this.

I'm not buying it. Numbers are fixed to give false confidence

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