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'Restarting cruise means so much to so many people'

Cruise
Tom Parry
21 May 2021

Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. But to those working in, and who are reliant on, the UK cruise sector, that phrase couldn’t be further from the truth.

Alfie and Kim greeted Tom as he boarded and checked over his new Covid-era paperwork

It’s clear MSC Virtuosa, which restarted from Southampton on Thursday (20 May), hasn’t just come to take 1,000 guests around the UK coast on its maiden voyage – it’s brought a wave of hope for an entire industry that despite being suspended has been on a journey over the past 15 months.