Jennifer Vandekreeke, who launched Carnival Cruise Line’s international operation in Australia in 2011, is now executive general manager customer - NRMA Expeditions, the tourism arm of Australia’s National Roads and Motorists Association.
While World Navigator was en route to Egypt for the culmination of its inaugural cruise, one passenger was found to have COVID-19 during routine testing, and the ship turned back to Greece.
Hurtigruten Expeditions is adding the West Coast of Africa and its archipelagos — the Bissagos Islands and Cape Verde — to its growing list of new destinations.
Seabourn Venture will now debut in April 2022, missing its planned Norwegian winter season, while a sister vessel will come in early 2023.
Amid the pandemic, a new brand is born as Atlas Ocean Voyages’ first, newly constructed expedition ship World Navigator embarks today on its maiden voyage from Piraeus.
Henrik Lund, the newly appointed MD at Hurtigruten Foundation, aims to ‘turn our guests' vacation into a vocation’ and ‘empower travellers to become natural allies for the communities they visit long after they explored with us.’
After resuming ship operations in June, by end-July Lindblad Expeditions had eight of nine vessels in service. Bookings for 2022 are 36% ahead of the bookings for 2021 a year prior.
Fincantieri’s subsidiary Vard Søviknes delivered the one-of-a-kind Le Commandant Charcot to Ponant.