7th Oct 2020 10:38
(Alliance News) - Carnival PLC on Wednesday said Seabourn, a unit of the cruise-line operator, has cancelled upcoming 2020 and 2021 voyages for three cruise ships in its fleet into spring 2021.
The three ultra-luxury cruise ships include Seabourn Odyssey, Seabourn Ovation, and Seabourn Encore.
Seabourn said: "The decision to cancel additional voyages is a proactive action to deal with the circumstances continuing to evolve from the global response to the Covid-19 situation."
Odyssey will pause its operations until January 15, 2021; Ovation until April 18, 2021 and Encore until May 28, 2021.
Seabourn President Josh Leibowitz said: "Our highest priorities are compliance, environmental protection and the health, safety and well-being of our guests, crew and the people in destinations we visit. We know our past guests and travellers are eager to travel when the time is right and that time is on the horizon, so I would encourage anyone to look at their calendar and start planning a trip today to let the excitement build."
Guests impacted can request a full refund and will receive extra compensation in the form of future cruise credits.
Seabourn currently operates a fleet of five ships.
Carnival shares were down 2.1% at 1,005.00 pence each in London on Wednesday morning.
By Greg Roxburgh; [email protected]
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