‘Lovely to be back onboard’: Princess cruise ships return to sea

Sailing restarts after Covid pause with ‘seacations’ sporting reduced capacity and tracking technology

The first Princess cruise ships are venturing back onto the water – 18 months after the quarantined Diamond Princess became a grim harbinger of the pandemic – in a symbolic moment for a sector hit hard and early by the Covid crisis.

“Initially it was quite emotional, because we haven’t been sailing for over 500 days,” says Tony Roberts, the UK vice-president for Princess Cruises. “The moment we welcomed the first guests onboard, it felt like we’d come full circle.”

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3yIWqQd

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