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.”
