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in a noticeable change in approach the
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cruise lines in the united states have
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into attack mode after six months of in
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staying quiet and professing a
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cooperative relationship
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with the uscdc the center for disease
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control and prevention
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the timing is significant as in the next
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10 days at the time of recording
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the cdc public consultation on the
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cruising ends that's on september 21st
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the no sell order is due to expire on
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the 30th of september from what i'm
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science suggests that everyone expects
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but it looks like the lions are pinning
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their hopes of being able to get
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agreement to start selling in november i
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think that what we're seeing this new
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is them ramping up the pressure to get a
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and agreement to review proposals much
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for example they updated their website
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sailings for november but first let's
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take a look at what the lions have said
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and new attack the heads of the four
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biggest cruise lines operating
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out of u.s ports carnival corporation
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royal caribbean norwegian cruise group
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msc cruises they attended a virtual
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meeting which was hosted
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by the miami-dade tourism and ports
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committee on september the 10th and this
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was about discussing the opening plan
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for cruise lines and here is what they
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with the most conciliatory that was
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president and ceo of the carnival
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corporation so that's
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lies icon america sea born princess and
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so on what he said is we are totally
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committed to working with the cdc
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we've been working non-stop to develop
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science-based covert 19 protocols
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to be sure the cruise industry can
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handle the risks without any burden on
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so he was the most conciliatory msc
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took a slightly more assertive approach
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and they argued quite strongly there are
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that protocols can work based on what's
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happening in europe now rick
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sasso he's the chairman of msc cruisers
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usa and he said and i quote
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our experience to date shows that
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be done safely that we're going above
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and beyond the required standards
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he said that guests are enjoying cruises
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are working so he argues that there are
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that cruising can work they just have to
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now we get to even more assertive and
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outspoken the most outspoken of all was
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norwegian cruise lines
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and that was frank del rio who's the
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president and ceo of norwegian cruise
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that remember includes oceania and
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what he said is we've been quiet
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for too long it's unconscionable
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what's happened to the cruise industry
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is enough he said he's absolutely
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confident it will be safe to cruise from
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just as those lions are doing in europe
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what did they have to say well the royal
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caribbean international president and
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called michael bailey and he said and i
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it's time that the cruise industry
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and we are ready however saying that
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he did admit that the joint royal
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caribbean and norwegian healthy sailing
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which has been going for five months
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hasn't actually finished their proposals
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and he admitted that they haven't even
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submitted proposals on the protocols
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to reintroduce cruising out of the
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united states so what i think
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this strong words that all the cruise
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is it's a plea for the cdc to
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be open to cruising starting and very
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importantly to respond
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quickly once those proposals are in
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what's important is the meeting
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discussed what had happened so far they
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pointed out first of all
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that other industries have been allowed
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but the cruise industry has been totally
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shut down and what they're saying is
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let's take a look at a phased return
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they also pointed out the cdc have been
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particularly slow with cruise lines so
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the cdc in april they said at this
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meeting gave them seven days
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to come up with a layup plan they
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did it they gave them the plan but the
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cdc took 14 weeks to respond to the plan
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and what they are arguing at this
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meeting is they cannot wait
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another 14 weeks or a long time from the
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i think the reason we're seeing this
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assertive push and the cruise lines
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after five or six months of basically
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making no negative comments towards the
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cdc are ramping up the pressure
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for two reasons one of which they are
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a plan which has been worked with
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and europe shows that protocols when put
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in place and adhere to appear to be
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and secondly they are making it very
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need to have engagement and fast
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and fast decisions from the cdc i do
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think that we will see
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the extension of cruising beyond the end
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of september the cruise lines admit that
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they're not even submitting
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proposals until the end of september so
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that happening but the cruise lines are
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on the attack they're
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on the march they're looking for a
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quick response a fast response and
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return to cruising before christmas
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what do you think i think it's very
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clear the cruise lines are ratcheting
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up the pressure i have loads more cruise
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