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How did peaks 2025 compare with last year?
TTG’s survey of more than 130 travel agents reveals concerns for suppliers undercutting on price, a peaks that is on par with the previous year and tips for new destinations to tempt clients
Expedition Cruise Network outlines plans for second annual conference and agent awards
The ECN conference will return in October following the inaugural event in 2024
Cruise 'performing well' during peaks, but not every agency chief agrees
While some said cruise sales were rolling in this year, one established agency boss flagged concerns around discounting and another said bookings had been slower than anticipated
Hurtigruten and HX finalise separation following buyouts
The lines have been acquired by investment consortia, both led by asset management firm Arini Capital Management. The buyouts are expected to be completed in January 2025.
Atlas Ocean Voyages to launch agent programme and trade portal before 2025
The new luxury expedition line believes now is the right time to put down roots in international markets, including in the UK and Ireland, after a period of building brand awareness among travel agents. Atlas recently fixed pricing in US dollars on its website to help international markets which Bernie Carter oversees
Atlas Ocean Voyages
Atlas Ocean Voyages is reaching new levels in the luxury, small-ship and expedition cruise sectors, offering yacht-style expedition experiences across three genres.
AE Expeditions sales chief: 'We're taking a "less is more" approach to trade distribution'
Andrew Turner tells TTG cruise editor Harry Kemble about shaking up his role – and going for a ’less is more approach’ in terms of its trade distribution
HX Expeditions

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Ponant

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Jos Dewing returns with new platform to help agents boost expedition cruise sales
Former AE Expeditions managing director left the line in February to set up the ExplorEarth platform with Jon Waring
TTG Fairer Travel Festival 2024: AE Expeditions training
AE Expeditions deliver an agent training presentation showcasing what makes them a responsible choice for your clients.
ECN promises agents ‘unprecedented’ insights with new webinar series
Starting 24 July, the cruise trade body will host a series of agent-focused webinars until the end of the 2024
UK a 'key priority' for expedition cruise operators as sales lag behind other markets
Around a third of ECN members have reported ’less’ or ’significantly less’ growth in the UK compared with the international market, according to new ECN data
Quark Expeditions recruits Domes Resorts' Nick Hindle as BDM
The expedition cruise line hailed Hindle’s ’wealth of knowledge and robust network of agent contacts’
AE Expeditions to launch third ‘purpose-built’ vessel next year
The line’s Douglas Mawson ship will join Greg Mortimer and Sylvia Earle in the fleet from December 2025
HF Holidays commercial chief Andrew Turner joins expedition cruise line
The experienced sales director will be responsible for growing AE Expeditions’ brand presence in the UK
HX sales chief plans to boost agents' 'niche within a niche' cruise bookings
HX’s Nathaniel Sherborne talks about his plans for the cruise line, his expanded remit and the blueprint to boost agent sales in the growing expedition cruise sector
APT to charter two Seabourn expedition vessels next year
APT will sail Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit to the UK, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, the Kimberley and Antarctica
AE Expeditions expands BDMs' remits as line focuses on new markets
Senior business development manager Andy Tait will assist agents in the Middle East and Africa as well as Europe and the UK
Authentic expedition cruising at its best in Greenland

It’s a lazy afternoon, and I’m gently falling into a slumber when a procession of giant statuesque icebergs floating gracefully past our balcony jolts me awake.

The scene is one of tranquil beauty, but in an instant it shatters as one starts disintegrating, sending a colossal wall of ice crashing into the sea with such force it creates a mini tsunami that rolls towards our ship, rocking us from side to side. 

Expedition Cruise Network welcomes three ‘diverse’ new members
ECN chief executive Akvile Marozaite said the trade body was ‘delighted’ to have three ‘diverse’ expedition cruise lines in its organisation
TTG Expedition Cruise Network Virtual Conference 2023: Closing remarks
TTG editorial director, Pippa Jacks and the ECN CEO, Akville Marozaite conclude the Expedition Cruise Network Virtual Conference
TTG Expedition Cruise Network Virtual Conference 2023: Quark Expeditions
Tune in for snappy 20-minute training sessions to hear the latest news, updates and tips from Quark Expeditions