October 24, 2022
Newest POLAR EXPLORER bound for Australia’s North West in 2024
PONANT has revealed it will position expedition ship Le Jacques-Cartier in the Kimberley for its highly-anticipated 2024 program.
Read More…October 14, 2022
Seabourn Pursuit to sail Australia’s northwest coastline
Seabourn Pursuit, the second of two luxury, purpose-built expedition ships to be operated by Seabourn, has been confirmed to sail the Kimberley coastline in mid-2024.
Read More…August 9, 2022
Questions remain for small-ship operator’s 2022 Kimberley program
The future of Island Escape Cruises’ 2022 Kimberley deployment remains uncertain after the small-ship operator cancelled a fourth scheduled voyage of its only vessel, the super yacht Island Escape.
Read More…July 26, 2022
5-star expedition cruise competition heats up for the Broome-Darwin route in 2023
Swan Hellenic has released full details of its 2022/2023 cultural expedition cruises as its fleet grows to two and then three purpose-built, ultramodern ice-class expedition cruise ships.
Read More…July 12, 2022
Back-to-back expeditions on luxury cruise terminated
Passengers on the next Kimberley expedition with Island Escape Cruises have been informed of their voyage’s cancellation this coming weekend. Guests booked on the cruise paid between NZ$14,950 and NZ$20,950 per person for their suite.
Read More…July 5, 2022
Chaos for Kiwi company’s Kimberley program
EXCLUSIVE: The travel plans of guests booked to sail with Island Escape Cruises in the Kimberley have been thrown into disarray after the small-ship operator is understood to have cancelled last weekend’s sailing at the 11th hour.
Read More…June 7, 2022
Australia touted as “key market for growth” for luxury cruise line
Silversea Cruises resumed operation in Australian waters last weekend after a more than two year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic. Silver Explorer broke the silence, setting off on a 10-day exploration of the Kimberley coast from Darwin on Saturday 4 June 2022.
Read More…June 6, 2022
Plaque ceremony in Darwin for Silver Explorer
Silversea Cruises and Darwin Port conducted a plaque exchange to signify Silver Explorer’s maiden call in Darwin last week, as the luxury cruise line marked its long-awaited return to Australian waters after more than two years.
Read More…May 22, 2022
APAC Development Team represented at multiple trade events in recent weeks
Since welcoming the resumption of cruising in April 2022, PONANT’s newly restructured Asia Pacific Business Development Team have been making a vast impact on the Australian travel industry through a variety of dedicated partnership opportunities.
Read More…May 4, 2022
Triple-mast yacht to offer northern and southern Kimberley voyages from Apr to Oct
Imagine cruising the Kimberleys in a three-masted luxury yacht with only 32 other guests. It’ll be possible from April next year when PONANT debuts its iconic sailing yacht Le Ponant that’ll be based in the Asia Pacific region for six months of the year.
Read More…April 26, 2022
First of two small luxury expedition ships readies for Kimberley cruise resumption
PONANT’s small expedition ship Le Lapérouse arrived into Darwin, Northern Territory, yesterday following a 2-year pandemic stand-by in Noumea, New Caledonia.
Read More…April 13, 2022
Le Soleal to lead Ponant’s Australian rebound from 28 April
PONANT will restart its highly anticipated Kimberley 2022 expedition season after Western Australia said it would welcome small interstate and international expedition ships to its waters. WA’s current ruling permits vessels up to a maximum of 350 persons.
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