Share 'Swine Flu the Final Nail in the Cruise Ship Coffin??'

Although reports are still preliminary, the Swine Flu outbreak is worrisome on multiple levels. As those who were in Asia during the SARS outbreak several years remember, Cruise Ship passenger numbers dwindled rapidly. And now this, during the current economic downturn could really leave the travel industry hurting. In 2008, the World Bank estimated that a flu pandemic could cost the global ec…