Tagged: Lindblad Expeditions

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)

National Geographic Endurance, a next-generation expedition ship, purpose-built for polar navigation and the first polar new build for Lindblad Expeditions, has successfully completed her first sea trials in Storfjorden, which is the entrance of the iconic Geirangerfjord. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions has become the first self-disenfecting fleet in the cruise industry. (more…)

The first X-BOW® polar vessel for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., was launched into her right element on Saturday 7 December 2019. ​Due to Polar Class 5 (PC5), the ship can venture far into polar areas. The X-BOW® secures a comfortable transit for her 126 passengers across harsh stretches of sea. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has announced “Panama & Colombia: Exploring the Caribbean Coast”, an exhilarating 8-day expedition that will navigate the South American coast, from Cartagena to Panama City, to explore the region’s astonishing trove of natural and cultural treasures. (more…)

Lindblad Expeditions and Ulstein celebrated the keel laying of Lindblad’s second polar new build at the CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. The occasion also served as the official naming ceremony of the vessel. (more…)