Vaccine passports would create a “significant barrier” between cinemas and their customers and would not make visits safer, the general manager of Vue in the UK and Ireland says.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed on Monday that England would proceed to Step 4 of the road map on July 19.
While people will no longer be legally required to wear face masks or socially distance, Boris Johnson has encouraged businesses and large events to use so-called “vaccine passports”.
But Toby Bradon said the industry did not believe that asking customers to provide certification when seeing a film would work and people were already feeling more comfortable about returning.
Mr Bradon told the PA news agency: “Obviously, we heard the comments from the Health Secretary in terms of the use of Covid status certificates, or Covid passports.
“As I say, we aim to deliver a safe and enjoyable environment and we believe we deliver that at Vue. We, in general, believe that is delivered across the cinema industry as well.
“We have had a growing number of people coming back to the cinema so…
