'The Comeback Will Be Stronger Than the Setback'

By GERRY BARKER

ABOARD CELEBRITY APEX_581 days.

Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo told us that's how long it's been from the original date of Celebrity Apex's grand U.S. debut. Then the pandemic hit. 

But now the time has come, and Ms. Lutoff-Perlo delivered a simple but powerful message to an assembled crowd of travel advisors, media and guests:

"The comeback will be stronger than the setback." Amen.

We were all there for a short preview cruise and the official Godmother naming ceremony. A longtime, maritime tradition, the Godmother for Apex is Reshma Saujani, founder of the non-profit Girls Who Code and author of bestseller, “Brave, Not Perfect.” After remarks by Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO Richard Fain, along with Ms. Lutoff-Perlo, Ms. Saujani initiated the crashing of the giant champagne bottle against the hull. Let the party begin!

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