Save thousands with the best solo cruise deals for 2019 to 2021
Once, sailing solo meant a passenger had to pay two fares, making holidays at sea hugely expensive. But thanks to rising demand, more lines ...
Ponant reveals Antarctica luxury expeditions for 2020/21
French luxury line, Ponant, has announced its 2020/21 luxury expedition cruises to Antarctica, featuring 22 departures ranging from 10 to 21-nights. The line has ...
The destination guide: Korcula, Croatia
According to legend, the tiny Croatian island of Korcula was founded by the Trojan hero Antenor, a councillor to King Priam of Troy who ...
State-by-state: the ultimate 2019/20 season preview
The summer cruise season is drawing to a close, but you can be sure that the lines and guests are already gearing up for ...
On board Le Laperouse – Ponant’s newest adventure ship
To say Ponant does things their own way is a bit of an understatement. While others are building big, they are building small. And ...
The cruise lines that offer free WiFi
French line Ponant this week became the latest luxury line to offer free, unlimited WiFi to all guests even in the most remote destination ...
NZ court fines expedition line and captain
French luxury company Ponant has been ordered to pay NZ$70,000 in fines after L’Austral entered into a prohibited zone in the remote New Zealand ...
Silversea questions expedition “gimmicks” like helicopters and submarines
One of the most senior expedition managers in the cruise industry has questioned the growing trend towards “gimmicks” like helicopters and submarines, claiming they ...
Ponant scales up with Nat Geo for Australia and Asia Pacific
National Geographic Expeditions and French luxury brand Ponant have joined forces to market small ship adventure cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic in Australia, ...
First pictures inside Ponant’s underwater lounge
In true French style, luxury line Ponant christened Le Laperouse, the first explorers series ship equipped with the much-anticipated underwater Blue Eye Lounge, which ...
Le Laperouse completes trials ahead of 2019 Australian debut
Luxury French Line Ponant’s first ship in its Explorers series, Le Laperouse, has just completed her first sea trials in Norway, taking her one ...
Viking Ocean Cruises adds another six ships to its fleet
The line that conquered Europe’s rivers by sheer weight of numbers, launching so many ship it made the Guinness Book of Records, has now ...
Record number of Aussies book North West Passage
Luxury expedition line Ponant launched its 2020 North West Passage cruise on Thursday – and by lunchtime, 60 per cent of the ship’s cabins ...
Ponant reveals hybrid luxury icebreaker
French luxury shipping line Ponant was today announced a world first with a hybrid electric-LNG powered icebreaker. The luxury vessel promises to deliver around ...
Sydney capacity concerns threaten “Golden age of cruising”
Australia’s amazing love affair with cruise was being celebrated at a global conference today – with the international CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines Arnold ...
Passengers can get under-sea views in Ponant’s new lounge
First it was helicopters, then submersibles. Now it is the Blue Eye – the world’s first multi-sensory underwater lounge. Luxury French line Ponant unveiled ...
