Tagged: Lindblad Expeditions

Just in time for the holiday season, Lindblad Expeditions has announced an exciting new collaboration with women artisans that will benefit artisans around the world. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions will have more news in the coming year as it relates to future hardware (i.e. new ships) according to CEO Dolf Berle, speaking on the company’s third quarter earnings call. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has acquired an 80% stake in Classic Journeys, LLC, a leading luxury cultural walking tour company. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. today (September 30) took delivery of “National Geographic Resolution” from Ulstein Verft, marking the official completion of the line’s second polar new build. (more…)

The sea trial of the “National Geographic Resolution” has been successfully carried out over the weekend. The sea trial commenced Friday and the vessel returned to the shipyard, Ulstein Verft, in the morning of 6 September for the final construction phase before she goes for her first expedition cruise in Antarctica. (more…)

Based on Canadian travel restrictions, Lindblad Expeditions has announced a revised itinerary for their October 2021 British Columbia and San Juan Islands voyage that will now provide guests an extraordinary American wildness experience in the Salish Sea. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions officially launched the newest addition to their fleet, “National Geographic Endurance”, at a dockside christening ceremony in Reykjavik, Iceland today (July 22, 2021), the first christening of an international vessel in Reykjavík Harbor. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions has announced the long-awaited inaugural voyage of the world’s most advanced polar expedition ship, “National Geographic Endurance”. The 126-guest state-of-the-art expedition vessel will make her maiden voyage on July 21, 2021 from Reykjavik, Iceland. (more…)

After months out of sight in the dock hall at Ulstein Verft, Norway, the 126-passenger expedition cruise vessel ‘National Geographic Resolution’ for Lindblad Expeditions was docked out on 8th June 2021. Specially designed for polar waters, the vessel is scheduled for delivery in Q4. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions has announced it will be reactivating National Geographic Explorer for a series of voyages in Iceland this summer. Plans call for the 148-guest polar vessel to explore the mythical land of the midnight sun on two alternating itineraries, “Wild Island Escape” and “The Circumnavigation of Iceland”. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dolf Berle as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board, effective May 10, 2021. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions’ intrepid expedition developers have not ventured far from home during the pandemic, but their travel experience and ambitions roamed widely, creating new expeditions—spectacular new portals into beauty, wildness and the seldom-seen. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc, a global provider of expedition cruises and adventure travel experiences today announced that it has acquired majority stakes in DuVine Cycling + Adventure Co., a leading luxury cycling and adventure travel company, and Off the Beaten Path LLC, a leading active travel operator with a specialization in U.S. National Parks. (more…)

In February 2020, 50 exemplary educators were selected for the “Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship”, a field-based professional development opportunity made possible by a partnership between The National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. announced today (Nov. 11, 2020) it has named David Goodman as its Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, effective November 9, 2020. (more…)

On 22 October 2020, the hull of the ‘National Geographic Resolution’, a polar expedition cruise vessel for Lindblad Expeditions, arrived at the Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway. Comprehensive outfitting work will now commence. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions has announced that it will explore the fascinating region of Japan on two new adventurous itineraries in 2021. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions announced today it has appointed Gina Gabbard to serve as Chief Sales Officer. In this newly created position, the company said Gabbard will oversee and direct the company’s strategic sales growth with a focus on the retail travel sector and group sales. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. reported that it has entered into an agreement with a group of investors, including MSD Partners, L.P., Durable Capital L.P., Headlands Capital, Deep Field Asset Management LLC and Declaration Capital, for the private placement of $85 million of convertible preferred stock. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions has cut its monthly cash burn from $30 million to $15 to $10 million with its ships laid up, according to executives speaking on the company’s first quarter earnings call on Friday. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Twenty million people took to the streets on April 22, 1970 to celebrate the first Earth Day. Obviously, that is not an option for us today. (more…)

This month, National Geographic Endurance would have been proudly welcoming guests aboard inaugural voyages in the Arctic and beyond. But her grand entrance had to be postponed. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions today (March26) announced that it has appointed Thomas S. (“Tad”) Smith, Jr. and Sarah Farrell to serve as independent directors of the Company. Tad Smith has a long history of successful leadership positions, including his most recent position as President and CEO of Sotheby’s (NYSE), where he developed and implemented a successful growth strategy resulting in its sale for $3.7 billion in October 2019. (cruiseindustrynews.com)