No One in the Cruise Industry Is Losing Sleep Over Zika
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Cruise passengers — who are, on average, 49 years old in North America — don't seem to be panicking over the mosquito-borne illness that appears to pose the biggest threat to pregnant women.
Travelers aren't letting the threat of a mosquito-borne illness scare them away from tropical cruises.
The Zika virus has been making headlines for the last few months as it spread through the Caribbean and Latin America. But despite the attention, several cruise line executives said during the Seatrade Cruise Global conference this week that the impact on their business has been negligible.
"I think most of us hardly saw even a blip from cancellations," said Rick Sasso, president and CEO of MSC Cruises USA. "We really didn’t see an impact that was something even measurable."
He and others sounded more concerned about future press cov
