Pontant launching four new cruise ships

By Sally Macmillan
Updated April 24 2016 - 1:33am, first published 12:15am
Ponant's L'Austral. Photo: Nath Michel
Ponant's L'Austral. Photo: Nath Michel
The pool deck and bar on board Scenic Spirit.
The pool deck and bar on board Scenic Spirit.
NCL Cruise Line, Pride of America, Nawiliwili, Kauai. Photo: Danny Lehman
NCL Cruise Line, Pride of America, Nawiliwili, Kauai. Photo: Danny Lehman
Star Clippers.
Star Clippers.

In 2004, the award-winning "first lady" of cruising, Sarina Bratton, launched Orion Expedition Cruises with one boutique expedition ship. Since then, the demand for luxury expedition and soft-adventure cruising has boomed and as Asia-Pacific chairman of French cruise line Ponant, Bratton recently announced the company is building four new luxury expedition vessels.

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