Ponant’s ninth ship, Le Dumont-d’Urville, has been delivered to the luxury cruise company. Le Dumont-d’Urville is the fourth in the PONANT EXPLORERS series, all of which have been delivered in the last 12 months. She was accepted by the company on 14 June, 2019, departing the port of Søvik in Norway bound for Bergen, ready to commence her maiden cruise.

Abercrombie & Kent will offer a new luxury expedition cruise of the Baltic in 2020 utilising the yet-to-launch Le Dumont d’Urville, an all-balcony mega-yacht. The voyage will encompass the grand historic cities and fascinating cultures of seven Baltic countries – Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Russia.

Ponant has opened sales for Arctic 2021 cruises aboard its hybrid electric ship Le Commandant-Charcot. Powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Le Commandant-Charcot will be the first to bring guests to the Geographic North Pole at 90 ° latitude north.

French billionaire Bernard Arnault and the LVMH Group have committed to assist with the reconstruction of the partially damaged Notre Dame Cathedral.

PONANT successfully took delivery Le Bougainville, the third vessel in its exceptional PONANT EXPLORERS series, exactly on schedule. The ship left Søvik in Norway on the morning of 8 April and is currently sailing to Spain to start her maiden cruise on 15 April from Malaga. She will be officially inaugurated on 4 June.

A group of lucky Brisbane-based travel advisors were treated to a spectacular night out with PONANT Yacht Cruises and Expeditions recently, equipped with VIP Access to meet the “Ab-Fab” Joanna Lumley as she hosted and narrated Blue Planet II Live in Concert.

Representatives from Ponant and National Geographic met with select travel advisors at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium this week to celebrate their recent partnership and to share details of a new special for guests and a trade incentive for sellers. 

Ponant is offering a $1,300 per person credit towards the cost of flights when the 2019/2020 cruise is booked before 31 March, 2019.

Sydney welcomed the arrival of one of the world’s youngest ships, PONANT’s small luxury expedition ship, Le Lapérouse, on Friday 8 February 2019. Launched in July 2018, bucking the current world-wide trend to build ever-larger ships, Le Lapérouse features just 92 staterooms and suites, yet lacks nothing in the way of luxurious appointments and facilities, including a Jules Verne-like world first, Blue Eye, an underwater observation lounge perfect for viewing and listening to surrounding marine life.

Ponant and National Geographic have joined forces, combining their specific areas of expertise to offer a range of unique and enriching expedition cruises. A collection of 18 expeditions stretches from Alaska to Antarctica, a taste of what is to come from this recently announced partnership which will number 130 expeditions by 2021.

Australia’s “First Lady” of cruising, Sarina Bratton, will be the dignitary joining Ponant’s “Chairman’s Cruise” to Papua New Guinea in the first half of 2020.