Tasmania waves goodbye to small luxury cruises claiming passengers are “high risk”
APT’s MS Caledonian Sky has been forced to cancel all sailings to Tasmania this year and in 2022 after the local health authorities enforced ...
VIDEO: Ponant launches the world’s first hybrid-electric exploration ship
Named after the legendary French polar explorer and scientist, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French line has launched the world’s first PC2 luxury hybrid-electric polar exploration ship, ...
Talks on cruise return to start once Australia hits 80 per cent
As Australia prepares to open its borders, cruise fans are pinning their hopes on a local restart in early February 2022 as both state ...
As overseas travel starts in November, experts say we’ll cruise abroad before locally
Australian cruisers face the prospect of cruising internationally before setting foot onboard a ship in local waters. As Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed Australians ...
NEW VIDEO: See the Antarctic with Andrew Daddo and Ponant
“The sheer vastness of the seascape, the excitement of seeing my first iceberg, the second, third…and later emerging on the horizon, land, but one ...
‘My 24 hours on the ice at the North Pole’ – the ultimate adventure with Ponant
Alastair Newtown, the Director of National Geographic Partnership at PONANT, has been to a few places.  He’s been an expedition leader, taken private jet ...
PONANT announces Antarctica 2022-23 season including two new itineraries to catch Aussie eyes
PONANT, a world leader in luxury expeditions, has revealed its newest selection of voyages for the Antarctic season in 2023 These voyages aboard Le ...
Ignored and disrespected – why the cruise industry is angry as wave season hopes are all but dashed
Health Minister Greg Hunt has extended the ban on overseas travel and foreign flagged cruise ships for a further three months, all but dashing ...
Ponant goes tropical – the luxury line reveals new sailings to destinations like Okinawa and Zanzibar
Luxury French line Ponant has announced new itineraries for 2022 and 2023 for cruisers looking for a tropical getaway. Visiting places like Okinawa, one ...
Indigenous tour operators face tough times without cruise passengers in the Kimberley
Indigenous operator, Wijingarra Tours on the Kimberley coast, is struggling to survive with 70 per cent of its bookings cancelled – thanks to the ...
Welcome to your new post-pandemic cabin
As some travellers head out on their first cruises in Europe, they will face many new health protocols and enhanced cleaning procedures to make ...
Tourism minister Dan Tehan promises review as cruise ship ban expires in 13 days
Australia’s Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has promised a mid-June review of the ban on foreign flagged ships, raising hopes that the 2021 cruise season ...
Ponant reinvents fly-cruise so Australians can sail from New Zealand
Australians will soon be able to cruise from New Zealand and the South Pacific after luxury French line Ponant revealed bubble sailings between November ...
Exclusive: Home Affairs says all foreign-flagged cruise ships must employ Aussie staff
The government is insisting cruise ship operators wanting to sail Australian waters must employ Australians to take on hospitality and other non-specialised jobs, despite ...
Price rises on the cards as cruises set to resume in America and Europe
Cruise lines in America have been thrown a lifeline after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a letter saying lines will ...
Revealed: the extraordinary fight to save Australia’s 2021 cruise season
Europe will see a flotilla of ships set sail next month from Britain and around the Med. Asia has been sailing since November. Even ...
