Ponant has released a new brochure centred wholly on Luxury Expeditions and Yacht-Style Voyages for March to November 2023.

PONANT has extended an invitation to travel advisors and their clients to attend the ultra-luxury expedition cruise line’s upcoming Roadshow Series Events.

Shipbuilder Fincantieri has inked a contract to build a new ultra-luxury cruise ship for an unspecified customer.

PONANT has added new voyages over the southern hemisphere’s summer season for 2023/24. Among the closer-to-home voyages are new itineraries that will explore the South Pacific Ocean, along with cruises through the Tropics and further afield, including the Northern Lights of Norway.

PONANT is collaborating with Smithsonian Journeys on a series of co-branded sailings for 2023. Each of the 21 itineraries will be led by two Smithsonian Journeys Experts – whether an art historian, a solar astrophysicist, or an international relations expert – whose expertise and knowledge will shed new light on a destination and deepen travellers’ immersion in place.

PONANT has continued to deploy innovative solutions across its fleet, setting the seal on environmental excellence by obtaining Green Marine Europe certification for the third year running.

PONANT has opened sales for its highly anticipated 2023 inaugural Kimberley sailing expedition program offered aboard the three-masted sailing yacht Le Ponant.

PONANT is the first international expedition cruise company to return to cruising in Australia, with the arrival and operation of the 184 guest Le Lapérouse and 264 guest Le Soléal, two modern ships from its fleet of 13 compact purpose-built luxury expedition ships.

Following the successful restart of PONANT’s Kimberley expedition season in April 2022, PONANT has welcomed the arrival of small expedition ship Le Soléal into Darwin, in the Northern Territory.

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.

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.

PONANT’s small expedition ship Le Lapérouse arrived into Darwin, Northern Territory, yesterday following a 2-year pandemic stand-by in Noumea, New Caledonia.