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Paul Gauguin releases 2026 Voyages Brochure
Paul Gauguin has released its 2026 Voyages Brochure which offers an engaging look at the casually elegant lifestyle enjoyed aboard the 330-guest Paul Gauguin on all-inclusive, luxury journeys through the Society Islands, Tuamotus, Marquesas, and Cook Islands. More of a lifestyle magazine than a traditional brochure, the 86-page anthology features articles from travel writers and testimonials from past guests who share their impressions of the truly immersive itineraries, exceptional culinary offerings, and genuine Polynesian hospitality. Through storytelling and bespoke imagery,...
Atlas Ocean Voyages announces Wave Season offers
Atlas Ocean Voyages has launched its Adventure Beyond Wave Season offers earlier than ever, providing travellers with incredible savings and rewards travel advisors for their partnership. Guests can enjoy up to 30 per cent savings—a value of up to $10,000 per stateroom—and up to $600 Onboard Credit on select expeditions in 2025, available on new reservations beginning today. The onboard credit can be applied toward indulgent upgrades like enhanced Wi-Fi packages, small-group experiences such as kayaking and camping in Antarctica, treatments at SeaSpa by L’OCCITANE, or boutique...
Explora unveils summer 2026 collection with EXPLORA III
Explora Journeys, the luxury lifestyle brand of the MSC Group, has unveiled its summer 2026 journeys aboard EXPLORA I, EXPLORA II, and the highly anticipated EXPLORA III. With the introduction of EXPLORA III to the fleet, Explora Journeys will embark on a fresh chapter of "An Ocean of New." This reflects the exploration of new destinations, new experiences, and new itineraries across Northern Europe, Iceland, Greenland, and the East Coast of the US and Canada, including New England. Meanwhile, EXPLORA I and II will explore new itineraries in the Mediterranean, offering guests a range...
Travel advisors can learn and win with Variety Cruises
Small ship cruise company Variety Cruises is announcing new special rates for travel advisors on all of its immersive itineraries available around the world in 2025, as well as a prize trip drawing for advisors who join the brand’s informative webinar on its most unique itinerary, taking place Dec. 17. Variety’s brand director, Constantine Venetopoulos, whose grandfather founded the company in 1949, will host the event on Dec. 17 to share insights on the company’s most unique itinerary, its seven-day Rivers of West Africa trip, which sails roundtrip from either Dakar or Banjul...
Windstar opens 2027 Japan bookings aboard Star Seeker
Windstar Cruises has experienced an unprecedented demand for its 2026 sailings in Japan aboard its newest ship Star Seeker, which joins the small ship company’s fleet in December of 2025. In response, Windstar is now opening up spring 2027 bookings for Japan earlier than planned, and adding an extra fall date, in order to meet customers’ requests for more bookable sailings in this coveted region. Travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto, Windstar’s 10-night Grand Japan itinerary packs in a variety of the country’s highlights (plus a stop in Busan, South Korea) on an intimate...
Seabourn launches “Sail of the Year” event
Seabourn has unveiled its exclusive annual “Sail of the Year” event, featuring savings and benefits on select 2025 and 2026 worldwide ocean and expedition voyages on the line’s fleet of ultra-luxury ships. Available now until Feb. 18, 2025, Seabourn’s “Sail of the Year” event includes the following exclusive benefits: Savings of up to 15% on select Seabourn ultra-luxury ocean and expedition voyages 15% reduced deposits on Seabourn ultra-luxury ocean voyages and expeditions to all seven continents Up to $1,000USD in shipboard credit per suite Guests can enjoy...
Lindblad appoints Natalya Leahy as CEO; Rick Goldberg as CFO
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. has announced two key executive appointments: Natalya Leahy will join as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Jan. 1, 2025, and Rick Goldberg has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective Dec. 31, 2024. "As Lindblad Expeditions moves into its 46th year, I am delighted and confident that the leadership of Natalya Leahy as CEO and Rick Goldberg as CFO will represent an energized, talented and experienced partnership, leading the Company into our next phase of growth in the experiential travel space both at sea and on land,"...
Half Moon Cay to undergo name change; major upgrades
Half Moon Cay in The Bahamas is being renamed RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay in support of its enhancements and the experience guests can expect as they are immersed in this tropical paradise. The announcement was recently made jointly by Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Line. The two cruise lines are partnering on the enhancements, which will include an expanded beachfront experience, lunch venues, a variety of bars, and other features that will reinforce the destination’s natural beauty and tropical appeal. A newly-constructed pier on the north side will allow ships to dock,...