Royal Caribbean Group has announced that the company has experienced a decline in bookings along with an uptick of cancellations in a statement published Thursday as the tourism industry continues to grapple with staff shortages and business disruptions. Omicron, the latest variant, now seen in more than 90 countries, is highly-transmissible and anyone infected can “spread the virus to others, even if they are vaccinated or don’t have symptoms,” according to recent observations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Omicron is having a big short-term impact on everyone, but many observers see this as a major step towards COVID-19 becoming endemic rather than epidemic,” said Richard Fain, Chairman and CEO, in a press release. “We don’t like to see even one case, but our experience is a fraction of the comparable statistics of virtually any other comparable location or industry.” Omicron has been found to cause milder …
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