Consumer Demand Will Dictate When Carnival Cruises Return

Protocols are 'evolving,' said CEO and president Arnold Donald

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It’s not up to Arnold Donald, the CEO and president of the world’s largest cruise line, Carnival Corporation, to decide when his ships are back in the water. It’s a decision that consumers will make.

“When society has decided at what level of risk it’s willing to live with this particular virus, then we can begin to talk about cruise and the protocols that will ensure that cruise is no worse from a risk standpoint than a shoreside social gathering activity,” Donald said on Monday in an interview hosted by travel website The Points Guy.

Technically,

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