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Fain: Covid will change travel, and we must adapt

Royal Caribbean
Tom Parry
21 May 2020

Travel companies must adjust to a world in which “everything we do will have changed” as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Royal Caribbean chief Richard Fain.

Royal boss says company will “raise our standards to entirely new levels” when sailing restarts

Speaking during a 2020 Q1 earnings call on Wednesday (20 May) Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd’s chair and chief executive said the group’s mission upon returning to service was to “raise our standards to entirely new levels” to meet consumer expectations.

RCCL announced yesterday it was “expecting” to sail again from 1 August.

Fain said since its initial suspension of operations in March “the pace of new information and understanding [of the virus] has been astounding”.