Cruise ship owners, travellers set sights on summer sailing

Cruise ship owners, travellers set sights on summer sailing

May 11, 2020 6:44 pm MST.

Grounded planes may be keeping globetrotters from travelling but the cruise industry is hoping to lure passengers to the high seas with a couple companies accepting bookings for ships departing as early as Aug. 1, seeing a surge in interest.

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