For 2025, the Expedition Cruise Network (ECN) is launching a brand-new live interview series with experts from within the luxury and expedition cruise sectors, bringing unique insights from five experts including a luxury hotels mystery shopper and a captain onboard an expedition cruise ship live from Ushuaia – the launch port for southern polar expeditions.
Experts in sustainability and pioneers in guiding in polar regions will also complete the series.
The Expedition Cruise Network is launching its 2025 Q1 webinar series concurrently to provide the travel trade with essential detail to successfully sell different sectors within the expedition cruise industry. This quarter will examine sailing expeditions within polar regions, luxury, and warm water expedition cruising.
Akvile Marozaite, the CEO of the Expedition Cruise Network said: “We are tremendously excited to provide the travel trade and our expedition cruise network members with new detailed sessions which will make experts of travel trade professionals and secure sales with clients keen to explore new adventures.”
LIVE INTERVIEW SERIES AND Q1 WEBINAR PROGRAMME
| CONVERSATIONS WITH AN EXPERT | ||
| TIME GMT | EXPERT | CONVERSATION TOPIC |
| Thursday 13 February, 4 pm | Graham Charles, Founder of Polar Tour Guides Association | Guiding in Polar Regions |
| Wednesday 12 March, 4 pm | Captain Tuomo Leskinen, Silversea | Live from the Field: Broadcasting from Ushuaia onboard Silver Endeavour |
| Wednesday 9 April, 4 pm | Tudor Morgan, VP Sustainability and Trade Relations at HX Hurtigruten Expeditions | Expedition Cruising and Sustainability |
| Tuesday 13 May, 4 pm | Diego Renda, Head of Training of Strategy and Development at LQA | Redefining Luxury in the Expedition Cruise Industry |
| Thursday 19 June, 4 pm | Sara Jenner, Expedition Leader and Wildlife Photographer | Leading Expeditions at the End of the World |
| WEBINAR PROGRAMME | ||
| TIME GMT | WEBINAR TITLE | PANEL PARTICIPANTS |
| Wednesday 22 January, 4 pm | Sailing Expeditions to Polar Regions | Bark Europa, Quixote Expeditions, Oceanwide Expeditions |
| Wednesday 26 February, 4 pm | Revisiting Luxury Expeditions | PONANT, Silversea, Scenic Eclipse, Atlas Ocean Voyages |
| Wednesday 26 March, 4 pm | A Spotlight on Warm Water Expeditions | Aranui Cruises, Swan Hellenic, and Coral Expeditions |
