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Ponant (officially, Compagnie du Ponant (CDP); "Ponant Company") is a French cruise ship operator. It was founded in April 1988 by Philippe Videau, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvé, and other officers of the French Merchant Navy and launched the first French cruise ship. [1] The company operates eleven ships, all of which operate under the French flag.
Paul Gauguin Cruises is a cruise line that was owned by Beachcomber Croisieres Limited until 2019, when it was purchased by French company Compagnie du Ponant. Paul Gauguin Cruises operates cruises with one ship, the Paul Gauguin, to Tahiti, French Polynesia and the South Pacific. [1] The cruise line is named after the 19th century painter Paul ...
[4] [5] [6] In March 2016, Ponant confirmed that Le Boreal would resume service in May. [7] The investigators' report was released in July 2016, and attributed the fire to a ship's officer's misidentification of a clogged fuel filter; the report noted that the officer did not have a mechanic's rating, and Ponant subsequently changed several ...
Artémis bought the news magazine Le Point in 1997, the auction house Christie's in 1998, [6] [10] and the luxury cruise company Ponant in 2015. [11] Pinault has been the owner of the Rennes football club since 1998. [12] In September 2023, Artémis acquired 53% of Creative Artists Agency for $7 billion. [13] François Pinault and his son ...
Artémis bought the news magazine Le Point in 1997, [10] the Stade Rennais F.C. in 1998, [11] the History-focused publisher Tallandier in 1999, [12] the luxury cruise operator Ponant in 2015 [13] and the Brittany-Japan fusion Breizh Café. The group launched the tech-focused investment fund Red River West in 2017. [14]
Cruise lines are spending millions on private islands and ports exclusive to their guests. These private Caribbean properties are money trees for companies like Carnival and Royal Caribbean.
Its initial operations were likely focused on luxury cruises, given Compagnie du Ponant's reputation for offering high-end cruise experiences primarily around the French territories and beyond. She operated with Compagnie du Ponant as Le Levant until December 2012 when she was refurbished and transferred to Paul Gauguin Cruises, operating under ...
As of 2021, the cruise industry was estimated to be around US$ 23.8 billion with 13.9 million passengers per year. The following is a list of the largest cruise lines with over 1,000 passengers per year and their market share by passengers and revenue as of 2021 according to Cruise Market Watch.