{"id":18288,"date":"2014-04-16T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/news-from-ponant-new-itineraries\/"},"modified":"2014-04-16T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T13:50:00","slug":"news-from-ponant-new-itineraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/04\/news-from-ponant-new-itineraries\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Ponant &#8211; new itineraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<span>#expeditioncruising <\/span> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8027\/7614393308_8db67a6261.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3824\/9659349251_e6eb269098.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>COMPAGNIE DU PONANT: APRIL-OCTOBER 2015 ITINERARIES ON SALE FROM 15 APRIL 2014<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in 25 years, COMPAGNIE DU PONANT\u2019s cruises are available to take bookings more than a year in advance. The new itineraries for Summer 2015 will be on sale from 15 April 2014: 70 cruises are programmed from April to October 2015 in the Great Arctic North, Northern Europe and the Baltic, East and West Mediterranean and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Moored as close to protected sites as it is possible to be while enjoying five-star comfort and service, passengers travel in the company of enthusiastic experts, historians and lecturers as their guides.<\/p>\n<p>Much more than a cruise, an authentic travel experience awaits them, be it a Five Star Expedition in the Arctic or Alaska, a coastal cruise along Mediterranean shores or a themed cruise.<\/p>\n<p>EVER MORE ADVANTAGES!<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with the Summer 2015 departures, COMPAGNIE DU PONANT passengers will enjoy a host of extra benefits due to an advantageous pricing policy:<\/p>\n<p>The Open Bar will be included on all itineraries. From embarkation throughout the cruise, unlimited complimentary drinks will be available, including a wide selection of fine wines, champagnes, spirits, mineral water and soft drinks.<\/p>\n<p>There are also exclusive new advantages for Ponant Yacht Club members: free excursions, internet package, discounts, upgrades, and more.<\/p>\n<p>A 50% discount will apply to Wi-Fi connection rates.<\/p>\n<p>NEW DESTINATIONS<\/p>\n<p>Two new destinations are on offer for the Summer 2015 season:<br \/>Alaska, which completes the Arctic offer from Compagnie du Ponant already present in the Russian Arctic, Spitzbergen, the Norwegian fjords, Iceland, Greenland and the Great Canadian North.<\/p>\n<p>Japan, which in addition to the autumn sailings is also on the programme during hanami, the cherry blossom season.<\/p>\n<p>Advice &#038; Reservations<br \/>Australia 1300 737 178 or +61 2 8459 5000 &#8211; www.ponant.com Or your local travel agent and specialist tour operators<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#expeditioncruising COMPAGNIE DU PONANT: APRIL-OCTOBER 2015 ITINERARIES ON SALE FROM 15 APRIL 2014 For the first time in 25 years, COMPAGNIE DU PONANT\u2019s cruises are available to take bookings more than a year in advance. The new itineraries for Summer 2015 will be on sale from 15 April 2014: 70 cruises are programmed from April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ponant-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}