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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

October 2nd - Is it possible to have a sustainable cruise ship?

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Cruise lines are often condemned for the environmental impact they have on the planet. But Ponant, the upmarket French small-ship expedition line, has a head of sustainability, Wassim Daoud, who is focused on cutting emissions – and the impact on nature and communities. He also talks about "training" tourists – we could do with more of that.

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0:28.0

Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast. It's Wednesday the 2nd of October.

0:34.0

I'm at the Bankside Hotel in London. Well, worth popping in if you get the chance,

0:39.0

particularly if like me you are lucky enough to meet my guest today.

0:44.1

He is Wassim Daud, and he is the Director of Sustainability for Pondant.

0:51.3

And if you're not familiar with Pond well I think wasim will very kindly help with

0:56.0

that I would describe it as perhaps the most upmarket cruise company that there is based in

1:04.4

France and with a very French flavor ponon is a luxury a, a French one, created since more than 35 years now.

1:15.8

We have 14 vessels fleet at the top of the innovation. And for us, each time we design a new ship,

1:26.8

we try to find the best technology available

1:30.3

to reduce our carbon footprint, our environmental impact, and to have a better experience for our guests.

1:39.3

We are like 50% French gas and 50% international gas.

1:45.0

Now the market is in evolution.

1:48.0

We have more people from United Kingdom, from United States, from Australia, Chinese gas.

1:56.0

Of course, we still a French company, but open to international market.

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