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Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is threatening to skip Florida ports because of the governor’s order banning businesses from requiring that customers be vaccinated against COVID-19

A popular cruise line may stop setting sail in Florida after an executive order from Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans businesses, schools and government entities from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations.

The debate over the use of vaccine passports, digital or analog documentation of immunization against Covid-19, could determine what travel looks like in 2021.

After months of pressuring the CDC, Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain said the agency’s new cruise Covid policies are “achievable, practical and safe.”

Royal Caribbean Cruises is temporarily suspending all assignments for its staff from India and will halt hiring in the country.

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“There is a hesitancy to create a roadmap to reopen international travel,” said Tori Barnes, executive vice president of the U.S. Travel Association.

Florida’s governor said the state will sue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding cruise ships be allowed to resume sailing immediately.

Carnival Cruise Line said Wednesday that it has seen a record level of bookings during the first quarter, up about 90% from fourth-quarter levels.

Norwegian Cruise Line’s parent company wants to resume sailing from U.S. ports in July

The CDC released a long list of guidelines Friday to help get cruise ships sailing once again. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports

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Wells Fargo Securities’ Chris Harvey is building a major part of his strategy on a consumer comeback.

The trade group for the world’s biggest cruise lines on Wednesday called on the CDC to allow a phased-in resumption of sailings from U.S. ports in early July.

Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub said he believes the reopenings will be bigger and benefit more industries than Wall Street thinks.

Two U.S. cruise line companies announced all passengers and crew must get the COVID-19 vaccine in order to sail. American Queen Steamboat Company and Victory Cruise Lines both issued “SafeCruise” guidance that states a vaccination is required for all sailings beginning July 1, 2021. The cruise lines, both part of the Hornblower Group, said the mandate “will further ensure the…

Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cut short a four-day itinerary, returning to Singapore early after an 83-year-old passenger tested positive for Covid-19.

Norwegian CFO Mark Kempa said last month that the company does “not expect a straight line recovery.”

Mary Roberts lost $60,000 in contracts when Covid-19 decimated the cruise line industry. Now, she’s working five jobs and struggling to stay afloat.

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