Advisors said the news about Crystal pausing operations was "heart-wrenching" and "a shock," and they expressed hope that the brand would stay intact amidst its owner's financial collapse.
Johanna Jainchill
In March, as the cruise industry s frustration with the CDC reached a fever pitch, the cruise lines began scheduling cruises for Americans just outside U.S. borders, from countries such as the Bahamas, St. Maarten, Jamaica and Bermuda.
The sailings gave Americans itineraries they could actually book, departing from places that, for most, were no further to fly to than ports in Florida. It also created a narrative seized upon by politicians and travel associations that were lobbying the CDC to allow cruising to resume in U.S. waters: Americans are going to cruise this summer from everywhere but here, robbing U.S. ports of the millions of dollars in revenue that cruising generates every year.