# Can Cruise Companies Correct Course After COVID-19?

Published 2020-05-04 · Updated 2026-07-23 · Professional AV on MarketScale
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> The cruise industry is one of the business sectors and workforces most negatively impacted by COVID-19. With many ships and their crews stranded at sea with little to no timeline on when they can dock, cruise lines are under scrutiny for their response. On this Business Casual segment, hosts Daniel Litwin, Tyler Kern and…

The cruise industry is one of the business sectors and workforces most negatively impacted by COVID-19. With many ships and their crews stranded at sea with little to no timeline on when they can dock, cruise lines are under [scrutiny](https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/1/21244432/carnival-princess-cruises-congress-investigation-covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak) for their [response](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article242380421.html).

On this Business Casual segment, hosts [Daniel Litwin](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/daniel-litwin/), [Tyler Kern](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/tyler-kern/) and [Taylor Bagley](https://marketscale.com/industries/contributors/taylor-bagley/) lay out the situation for hundreds of thousands of crew workers and their employers, breaking down…

- How much the virus itself has spread on cruise ships
- Some of the public responses from cruise lines
- Why crew members are still stranded on these cruise ships
- How the process for repatriating crew members might unfold and why cruise lines and countries aren’t on the same page
- Whether or not cruise companies will see a permanent hit on business due to their response

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