SWAN HELLENIC CELEBRATES RECORD 2024-2025 ANTARCTIC SEASON AS INTEREST CONTINUES TO GROW
Impressive 25% growth in guest numbers testifies to the cultural expedition cruise pioneer's increasing reputation for taking its guests to “see what others don't” on the White Continent. |
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SWAN HELLENIC CELEBRATES RECORD 2024-2025 ANTARCTIC SEASON AS INTEREST CONTINUES TO GROW
Impressive 25% growth in guest numbers testifies to the cultural expedition cruise pioneer's increasing reputation for taking its guests to “see what others don't” on the White Continent. |
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Swan Hellenic today announced the results of its recently concluded 2024-2025 Antarctic Season.
And they’re exceptionally strong, showing an impressive 25% increase in guest numbers and 35% jump in net revenue compared with 2023-2024.
This level of achievement makes it clear that all the glowing guest reports to travel advisors, on social media and more widely are really gaining traction, continuing to elevate Swan Hellenic’s distinctive reputation for an outstanding onboard and expedition experience worldwide.
An exciting development trialed in the season was the opportunity to walk on the wild side in included expert-led snowshoeing expeditions. Following their great guest success, these will now be a distinctive standard feature of Swan Hellenic’s Antarctica cruises, depending of course on the snow conditions.
Typically around one and a half hours long, each will be led by two experienced mountaineers and enable beginner and experienced guests alike to explore further than a normal landing activity, since snowshoes make it much easier to walk in soft snow.
With developments like this maintaining the momentum of guest posts and recommendations, the company confirmed there is already even stronger interest in its 2025-2026 Antarctic cultural expedition cruises.
Swan Hellenic’s Chief Commercial Officer Patrizia Iantorno commented: “We’re extremely proud of what these impressive results say about guest satisfaction with our itineraries, onboard experts, expedition guides, chefs and crew, with many guests recommending us to and returning with family and friends. But we’re not resting on our laurels, continually seeking to elevate our exceptional guest experience, as shown by the distinctive innovation of included snowshoeing expeditions.”
About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly advance the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the company pioneered in the 1950s. Building on its British roots, the new company has a distinctly cosmopolitan culture dedicated to providing guests with global opportunities to see what others don’t.
Swan Hellenic's purpose-built boutique ships feature elegant Scandi-design interiors, extensive outdoor spaces and dedicated expedition facilities. SH Vega is a 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ship with ice-strengthened hull that was launched in July 2022. She accommodates 152 guests in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the majority with large balconies. SH Diana is a slightly larger PC 6 ice-class vessel launched in April 2023. She accommodates 192 guests in the same distinctive comfort and style in 96 staterooms and suites.
While sharing the unique design features of her sister ship, SH Diana also introduces certain key enhancements, including a dedicated presentation and lecture theatre overlooking the lounge, and on-board Tender boats to take guests ashore in addition to and in greater comfort than the customary expedition Zodiacs. Like her sibling, SH Diana features a state-of-the-art gym, spa, panoramic sauna, club room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
Both ships feature three dining venues – the Swan Restaurant, Club Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are built in full compliance with SOLAS Safe Return to Port requirements. Dedicated to guests with a passion for adventure and cultural exploration, the company’s meticulously planned itineraries explore the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and cultures of the world’s less travelled and most historic regions.
The crews each include a team of 12 seasoned expedition guides, expert speakers and lecturers, for a total complement of 120 and 140 persons respectively, offering outstanding staff-to-guest ratios to deliver the highest standards of attentive personal service.
Swan Hellenic’s cultural expedition cruises have always been distinguished by the company, guidance and expert lectures of famous explorers, seasoned expedition guides and leading authorities in their fields. Now, many of the cruises are also enriched by partnerships with unique organizations to bring very different experts on board in the same way, including JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs and the SETI Institute.
Maris Culinary Discovery at Sea brings a different JRE gourmet chef aboard each in a series of exclusive cruises which take guests on a parallel voyage of gastronomic discovery. While the SETI Explore Space at Sea Series brings a different world-renowned scientist from the SETI Institute aboard each cruise to provide guests with expert insights into the history and latest discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, astrobiology and planetary science, as well as the quest to find other forms of life within and beyond our solar system.
On many cruises, guests can also participate in Swan Hellenic’s Citizen Science partnerships, contributing valuable data obtained during their expeditions and on board, reporting cloud data with NASA, recording whale sightings with Happywhale, monitoring phytoplankton with the Secchi Disk Study, and Antarctic seabird numbers with Stony Brook University.
Headquartered in Cyprus with offices in London (serving the UK and Ireland), Dusseldorf (serving Continental Europe), Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Greater China, India and South-East Asia), and Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand), together with a partnership serving Japan, Swan Hellenic supports the travel trade with local specialist partners to provide customers with expert personal service worldwide.
 Impressive 25% growth in guest numbers testifies to the cultural expedition cruise pioneer’s increasing reputation for taking its guests to “see what others don't” on the White Continent
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