Smitarani Tripathy, Influencer Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The influencers sentiments were largely positive about the company's announcement of resuming cruise services with vaccinated guests and crews from June 2021. A few of the influencers also raised virus concerns over allowing unvaccinated children.”
The news on Royal Caribbean's decision to resume cruising in June 2021 received a lot of traction from influencers on Twitter. Below are a few most popular influencers tweets captured by GlobalData’s Influencer Platform:
Peter Schiff, America’s Cruise Expert, tweeted: “Here we go. This is for real! @CelebrityCruise restarting with #CelebrityMillennium sailing 7-night Caribbean sailings from #StMaarten, beginning June 5, 2021.”
Paul Brady, Articles Editor at TravelLeisure, tweeted: “Royal Caribbean says it's re-starting cruises from the Bahamas in June, and will require all adult passengers to be vaccinated. (Was already mandatory for crews.):”
Gary Bembridge, Cruise & Destination Vlogger, tweeted: “Royal Caribbean joins sister line Celebrity in launching ex-Caribbean departures in June while waiting for USA CDC to have a timing and details to resume in USA. The line does not say if same approach as Celebrity (vaccine adults & under 18 tests)” .
Jennie Fielding, Cruise expert, tweeted: “Welcome back @CelebrityCruise! It's great to see that kids will be allowed when cruising resumes” .
Jim Walker, Miami Maritime Lawyer & Publisher of Cruise Law News, tweeted: "Where will infected & quarantined @RoyalCaribbean #cruise guests stay while in Bahamian waters? While going to or from Mexico? Who will pay for food & accommodations re: quarantine? For medical expenses? For expenses of flying the infected guests home?”.
