The new ship, the largest in Asia, will be replacing its current ship, Quantum of the Seas, from April 11. It will be welcoming the cruise line's first international guests here since Covid-19.
Such testing is unlikely to work because of the logistics and time involved, as port of calls tend to last only about six to eight hours before passengers have to return to the ship, said Ms Chang. Such stringent measures will give Singapore leverage when it negotiates with other regional governments on port-of- call arrangements, she added.the vaccinated travel framework in place,
Port of calls, especially to neighbouring countries, would be a huge boost to Royal Caribbean, which aims to capture more of the nascent Asian cruise market.