Sunday, 12 January 2025

Win a Kimberley Expedition Cruise - but hurry!

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Win this Kimberley expedition cruise worth over $21,000!
Up for grabs are two spots to sail Australia's untouched Northwest in a luxurious Balcony Cabin with Coral Expeditions.

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Saturday, 11 January 2025

Australia and Indonesia work together to open up new expedition cruise ports

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A dispatch has just been received from Justin Friend, a long-time supporter of this website and a major player in the provision of excursions through his company, Austronesian Expedition Services.

Justin has been instrumental in opening numerous destinations to cruise ships, including Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Indonesia.

[Pic above: L-R Justin Friend, Director of Austronesian Expedition Services, Australian Consulate-General, Glen Askew, Captain Thomas McCandless of Le Laperouse, Acting Governor of East Java, Adhy Karyono, Mick Fogg, Australian Director of Expeditions at Ponant.]

Wednesday, 8 January 2025

American Cruise Lines Doubles Capacity in Alaska for 2025

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American Cruise Lines announces their biggest Alaska cruise season ever. The company will have two small ships in Alaska and five extraordinary itineraries, delivering once-in-a-lifetime experiences aboard sailings operating this May through September.

Monday, 6 January 2025

Natalya Leahy appointed Lindblad Expeditions CEO

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Natalya Leahy, the former president of Seabourn, became the CEO of Lindblad Expeditions on January 1, 2025.

Leahy has a background in the luxury cruise industry and has held leadership positions at Holland America Group, The Procter & Gamble Company, The Coca-Cola Company, and the United Nations. As president of Seabourn, she oversaw the operations of the luxury cruise line and led a global team of over 4,000 employees.

Leahy's appointment to CEO of Lindblad Expeditions comes as the company's founder, Sven-Olof Lindblad, transitions to the role of co-chair of the board. Rick Goldberg was also appointed as CFO of Lindblad Expeditions, effective December 31, 2024

New Discoveries on the Mekong

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Captain Dinh Hoe Holds The Line
Major February discounts on CFM Mekong River TT2 cruises

Captain Tran Dinh Hoe looks at me and smiles. He remembers. It was a year ago when he let me take the helm of the Toum Tiou 2 on the New Discovery Tour. We were cruising the Mekong River from Tonle Sap Lake, S.E. Asia’s largest freshwater lake between Cambodia and Vietnam. Everything would have been okay had the boat not taken a bearing off course prompting the Captain to nudge me aside to restore control.