US vice president Mike Pence plans to meet with the cruise sector's top chief executives to discuss Covid-19 coronavirus' impact on the otherwise growing industry.

The meeting with Pence, who is overseeing the Trump administration's response to the virus is set for Saturday in Florida, Reuters has reported.

The virus has caused numerous headaches for the sector over the past several weeks, from quarantines on contaminated ships to cancelled voyages to battered shares.