Cruise bookings for the first half of 2021 ran slightly ahead of the previous year up to the beginning of March, but in the two weeks to 15 March, the pace of bookings fell significantly behind the pace of a year before, Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping group said.
“For the first half of 2021, booking volumes since its last conference call in mid-December through March 1, 2020, have been running slightly higher than the prior year,” the company said in a statement.
“Also for the first half of 2021 and during the two weeks ended March 15, 2020, the Corporation booked 546,000 Occupied Lower Berth Days (“OLBD”), albeit considerably behind the prior year pace,” Carnival said.
“As of March 15, 2020, cumulative advanced bookings for the first half of 2021, are slightly lower than the prior year,” the company concluded.