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Radisson to manage Gauguin until 2007
29/12/2004
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises signed a deal with the new owners of Paul Gauguin to continue managing the ship in Tahiti and French Polynesia through Jan. 6, 2007.
Radisson has operated the 320-passenger vessel in the South Pacific since it entered service in 1998.

The ship’s new owners, Paul Gauguin Shipping Ltd., have extended the management contract with Radisson for an additional year. Grand Circle Corp. and Vantage Deluxe World Travel of Boston jointly own Paul Gauguin Shipping Ltd. and will sell some Paul Gauguin inventory on select sailings on a limited basis to their database of customers. However, Radisson pledged it will guard the confidentiality of client data gained by the cruise line from travel agent bookings and will not share that information with the ship’s new owners.

Mark Conroy, president and ceo of Radisson Seven Seas, expressed satisfaction with the agreement, which he said will allow the line ‘to carry on with the management of this acclaimed ship to the very same standards that have made her so successful.’ According to Conroy, the deal is a plus for agents, as well, because Paul Gauguin is experiencing record levels of advance bookings as the ship enters its eighth year in Tahiti. ‘The vessel is virtually sold out for the next few months,’ he said.

Paul Gauguin in 2005 will operate 35 seven-night Society Islands itineraries plus an expanded series of 10-, 11-, and 14-night sailings reaching the Marquesas, Tuamotus, Australs, Cook and Pitcairn Islands (for a total solar eclipse cruise).