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What does the expedition cruise sector have in store over the next two years?

Luxury
Harry Kemble
7 August 2024

From the Arctic to Antarctica, and every expedition destination in between, TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble identifies the opportunities for agents wanting to sell more adventurous cruises in 2024, 2025 and 2026 – as well as some of the potential barriers they need to be aware of.

Antarctica was one of the first destinations Wildfoot sold when it launched 34 years ago

AE Expeditions is returning to eastern Antarctica for the first time in 15 years in December 2025

It’s fair to say that expedition cruising is sometimes viewed with trepidation by travel agents. After all selling expedition sailings can often be a tricky task for the trade. 

Why? Well, agents have to learn about new destinations far away from the popular ocean cruise ports in the Med or the Caribbean, understand the product differences and more often than not build new relationships with brands they may never have heard of before. 

To make things a little easier, we’ve picked out some highlights in the expedition cruise calendar that we think agents need to know about.