Expedition cruise

Line confirms range of new sailings during its first-ever Seminar at Sea onboard Le Champlain this week

The line will sell Coastal Express and Expedition sailings through the travel technology provider’s iSell platform

Diana, the line’s third and largest vessel, will sail the Mediterranean from 2023

The line’s second Ice-class cultural expedition cruise ship sailed from Tromso on its first cultural expedition cruise of the Arctic

Undiscovered Philippines and Indonesia, departing 27 June 2023, visits the "whale shark capital of the world"

It comes after the shipyard invited tenders for the vessel after Russian-owned leasing company GTLK Europe defaulted on payment

The former Tradewind Voyages business development executive will join the existing UK team of Jos Dewing and James Turner

The new Svalbard Express and North Cape Express itineraries will be added to the line’s existing Coastal Express product

The line also announced a new selection of 2023 Arctic and British Isles voyages aboard Sylvia Earle

The association’s website will be expanded with a ’love cruise’ section and a sustainability hub

Guests sailed from Dublin and will stop at Donegal’s Inishowen Peninsula and Tory Island, Sligo, Connemara, Dingle Peninsula and The Skelligs

Howlett’s appointment comes as Natalie Holder leaves the business to ’pursue a new opportunity’

The former Surf Hardware International boss will join the company on 1 June

Secret Atlas will offer micro cruises for 12 guests to Svalbard

Both Minerva and Vega will serve the region

The event will take place from 20-22 May in Southampton

The long-term investment sees the group take a 24.9% share in the company

Move to reposition vessels comes following conflict in Ukraine and the Covid-19 situation in Asia

New offering includes several new itineraries such as a UK voyage and the line’s first expedition to the Atlantic islands

’Given the brand’s strong position... I feel that now is the time to step away to pursue a new challenge’

New cruises combine destinations such as Alaska, Iceland, Greenland, the Northwest Passage, South America and Antarctica

Four sailings have been called off due to a ‘rapid spread’ of coronavirus infections

The show will air on Channel 5 at 9pm Monday (20 December)

The line will add three new, year-round itineraries in 2023