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More collaboration 'crucial to restarting travel'

Government
Rob Gill
9 March 2021
Governments need to adopt a more “collaborative approach” with the travel industry and other countries to successfully restart travel later this year.
NCL boss Harry Sommer addressed attendees during Prima's handover event in Venice on Friday (29 July)

Harry Sommer, chief executive of cruise firm NCL, told a panel discussion at the ITB Berlin virtual event: “The key ask is to approach this from a partnership perspective.

“Until quite recently governments have operated independently of other governments and independent of the tourism industry.


“A more collaborative approach would get us a little more quickly to our end goal.”


Nick Careen, from airlines organisation Iata, called for international standards on Covid protocols to be agreed to allow travel to resume effectively.