Compagnie Du Ponant, a high-end yacht cruise operator based in France is planning to start operations in Indian waters from November 2010. The yacht cruise company, which operates five high-end yachts across the globe, will be deploying two vessels from its fleet, Le Ponant (32 cabins and 64 pax) and Le Diamant (113 cabins and suites, 226 pax) for Indian operations. Delhi- based 1-Globe has been appointed as the strategic sales representative in India and will target premium leisure segment and is also open to provide the yachts on charter for groups and incentive market. Itineraries of Compagnie Du Ponant cover South America, America, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Indian operations will commence on November 8, 2010 with Le Diamant offering seven-day cruise covering Marmugao (Goa), Kochi (Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu) as ports-of-call. Le Ponant will offer Kochi-Male (Maldives) and Male-Kochi packages from December 28 – January 04, 2011 and March 10 – March 17, 2011 respectively. Later in March 2011, Le Ponant will offer a seven-day India package with the cruise starting from Kochi. |