Royal Caribbean Group's Richard Fain could not help but boast about being aboard the 2,900-berth Celebrity Edge — the first passengership to sail from the US since Covid-19 struck — when speaking to TradeWinds.

The chief executive said he was extremely proud when the 2018-built cruiseship embarked on its voyage from Miami to the island of Cozumel in the Caribbean Sea, but it was something else that resulted in his broadest smile in months.