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Compagnie du Ponant keen to grow Aussie Market
Sourced from: L’Austral heading down under in 2012 by Louise Goldsbury, Editor, Cruise Weekly The French cruise line wants to carry 1000 Australian passengers a year by 2012. LUXURY YACHT CRUISE OPERATOR, COMPAGNIE DU Ponant, is the latest to chase the Australian cruising market. And the company is putting its money where its mouth is, […]
Compagnie du Ponant keen to grow Aussie Market
Sourced from: L’Austral heading down under in 2012 by Louise Goldsbury, Editor, Cruise Weekly The French cruise line wants to carry 1000 Australian passengers a year by 2012. LUXURY YACHT CRUISE OPERATOR, COMPAGNIE DU Ponant, is the latest to chase the Australian cruising market. And the company is putting its money where its mouth is, […]
Cruise Weekly: Blue Lagoon Cruises to New Islands
“Warriors” perform a meke at Daliconi school (Roderick Eime) Location: Lomaloma Village, Vanua Balavu, Northern Lau Group, Fiji Islands17°17’32″S 178°59’12″W It’s always an exciting time when an established adventure cruise operator announces something new. Established Fiji small ship line, Blue Lagoon Cruises, announced earlier this year they would conduct the first ever cruise visit to […]
Cruise Weekly: Blue Lagoon Cruises to New Islands
“Warriors” perform a meke at Daliconi school (Roderick Eime) Location: Lomaloma Village, Vanua Balavu, Northern Lau Group, Fiji Islands17°17’32″S 178°59’12″W It’s always an exciting time when an established adventure cruise operator announces something new. Established Fiji small ship line, Blue Lagoon Cruises, announced earlier this year they would conduct the first ever cruise visit to […]
Cruise Weekly: Antarctica: Putting the adventure in adventure cruising
As a drama-filled Antarctic season draws to a close, some operators will be counting the cost. A&K reluctantly cancelled one chartered sailing of the French-flagged Le Boreal after an unspecified mechanical issue, while Travel Dynamics International was forced to cancel the December 8 sailing for Clelia II after a freak wave smashed a bridge window. […]
Cruise Weekly: Antarctica: Putting the adventure in adventure cruising
As a drama-filled Antarctic season draws to a close, some operators will be counting the cost. A&K reluctantly cancelled one chartered sailing of the French-flagged Le Boreal after an unspecified mechanical issue, while Travel Dynamics International was forced to cancel the December 8 sailing for Clelia II after a freak wave smashed a bridge window. […]
Cruise Weekly: PS Murray Princess
Vessel: PS Murray PrincessLocation: Port of Mannum, SA. 34°54′S 139°18′E It seems almost perverse to be enjoying a return to normal Murray River itineraries for Captain Cook Cruises’ giant sternwheeler, PS Murray Princess, while we watch the heart-rending dramas unfold in Queensland, Victoria and parts of New South Wales. True, the highest river levels in […]
Cruise Weekly: PS Murray Princess
Vessel: PS Murray PrincessLocation: Port of Mannum, SA. 34°54′S 139°18′E It seems almost perverse to be enjoying a return to normal Murray River itineraries for Captain Cook Cruises’ giant sternwheeler, PS Murray Princess, while we watch the heart-rending dramas unfold in Queensland, Victoria and parts of New South Wales. True, the highest river levels in […]
Day 10: Home of the Blizzard
Location: 66 deg 60′ S, 142 deg 37′ EVessel: Spirit of Enderby, 1750 tons, 50 pax, 71.6m If I was hoping for a re-enactment of Mawson’s legendary ‘Home of the Blizzard’, then I would be bitterly disappointed. After ten days travelling south through NZ’s sub-Antarctic islands, then Macquarie Island to reach this ‘Great White South’, […]
