The cruise company Fred Olsen Cruise Line, based in the United Kingdom, announced that the port of Havana will be the base for its vessels in the 2021-2022 season in the Caribbean, in the context of relaunching itineraries in the area for next year. According to the executive, the decision responds to the fact that the conditions of a port such as Havana will allow to show customers the Caribbean in all its splendor. In addition, during their stay in this city, they will have the possibility to enjoy the beauties of the city with port departures at night or overnight stays when possible.
Havana has always generated satisfaction among the travelers of that cruise company, so he considered it great to offer them more opportunities to get to know it, in addition to those that are available to them in the destinations of St Kitts and St Maarten, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Jamaica , Belize and the Mexican island of Cozumel, the executive said, according to a report from Cruises News Media Group. It is important to remember the appreciation of that company towards Cuba, when last March the port of Mariel served as an evacuation place to the United Kingdom for 682 passengers and 381 crew members of the British cruise ship MS Braemar, of the Fred company. Olsen Cruise Lines, because they were not given shelter in any other destination in the region, because several travelers had fallen ill with Covid-19.