April 22, 2024
Three departures to Snow Hill Island released for 2025
PONANT has unveiled exclusive voyages to the majestic Emperor Penguin colonies of Snow Hill Island during their 2025 Antarctic season.
Read More…March 15, 2024
Five ships, 40 departures including the return of Le Commandant Charcot
PONANT has released its Antarctic 2025/26 program, spanning October 2025 to March 2026 with 34 departures sailing eight itineraries aboard PONANT Sisterships – Le Boréal, Le Soléal, L’Austral and Le Lyrial, as well as six departures aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker.
Read More…February 13, 2024
Advisors experience the world’s first luxury icebreaker and Emirates A380 biz cabin
CT Partners spent three days in Christchurch, New Zealand last week with 11 members from the consortia enjoying a famil hosted by PONANT and Emirates.
Read More…December 19, 2023
PONANT heads to the Baffin Sea, first, for the Arctic summer of 2025
PONANT has launched sales aboard luxury icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot to the Baffin Sea for Arctic summer 2025, where being alone on the edge of the world is a promise.
Read More…July 20, 2023
Four 11-night departures in January/February 2025
Le Commandant Charcot to embark on world-first expedition to St Lawrence River during heart of Boreal Winter
Read More…June 15, 2023
Extra savings on select 2023 and 2024 sailings – book by 5 July
PONANT has announced a special promotion in celebration of its 35th anniversary. Guests can enjoy an extra 10% savings on more than 200 departures to a variety of captivating destinations around the world, including The Kimberley, Antarctica, Alaska, Seychelles, Japan’s old sea routes and subtropical islands, Melanesia, the European Arctic, the Mediterranean and more.
Read More…May 29, 2023
Global media campaign as French expedition operator commits deeper to science
PONANT is celebrating 35 years in 2023, revealing a new global media campaign that carries the tagline of “Nature is our guide”. The promotion was previewed to Australian media last week in Sydney by Hervé Gastinel, CEO of PONANT — who also revealed further details about the next vessel in the French luxury expedition cruise line’s fleet, Ship 14.
Read More…May 15, 2023
History making itinerary to explore geographic and magnetic North Pole
Almost a century after Explorer Umberto Nobile crossed the Artic via the North Pole aboard the Norge airship, PONANT is preparing to set a new record as the first cruise line to sail through both geographic and magnetic North poles in one journey, setting sail in September 2024.
Read More…April 16, 2023
18 day North Pole Expedition on sale for 2024 departure
Abercrombie & Kent has chartered the inaugural departure of Le Commandant Charcot’s North Pole Expedition Cruise: The Ultimate Frontier, departing on 10 July 2024. A&K’s award-winning Expedition Team will be on board the 18 day, $77,7680 per person expedition, leading the way to the northernmost point on the planet.
Read More…February 22, 2023
New regional CEO Chris Hall outlines first key objective exclusively with LATTE
Having firmly established a foothold in the expedition space, Ponant Asia Pacific is set to place a greater emphasis on filling the French luxury cruise line’s yachting program, new regional head, Chris Hall, says.
Read More…February 14, 2023
80 trade partners from Australia/NZ get to know luxury icebreaker
Ponant’s luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, made its first-ever voyage to the Oceania region this week, with the 240-passenger French-flagged ship docking in Lyttelton on Sunday. Le Commandant Charcot arrived into Christchurch’s cruise port following a 3.5-week half circumnavigation of Antarctica from Ushuaia, Argentina sailing through Marie Byrd Land and the Ross Sea.
Read More…December 19, 2022
Guest’s tale from aboard Le Commandant Charcot
PONANT’s Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s only luxury icebreaker, has been able to give her guests one of the most exclusive wildlife viewing experiences on the planet – reaching the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, in the Weddell Sea, on two unique voyages.
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