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  • Hurtigruten Expeditions Announces 10% Bonus Commission for Galápagos Itineraries

    Seattle, WA (October 18, 2022) – Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world's leading expedition cruise company, has announced an additional 10% commission for 2022 and 2023 Galápagos itineraries booked through November 30, 2022. The bonus commission is offered on all four year-round itineraries in the destination, which includes three new itineraries for 2023 and beyond.
    The bonus commission complemen

  • Hurtigruten Expeditions completes industry-first fleetwide installation of SpaceX’s Starlink


    Hurtigruten Expeditions will be the first cruise line to implement SpaceX’s innovative broadband service Starlink across all ships. In cooperation with long-time connectivity partner Speedcast, the installation will be completed in October.
    “As the world leader in exploration travel, it’s only fitting that we bring the world’s most innovative technologies onboard our ships to further enhan

  • New opportunity for funding from Hurtigruten Foundation

    Hurtigruten Foundation is about giving back to the beautiful places that Hurtigruten explores. After supporting 26 projects in 12 countries over the last year, the Foundation is now seeking applications from new projects, before the deadline on 1 November.
    Hurtigruten Foundation is especially looking to support projects and organizations that create a lasting positive impact, and which allow co

  • Hurtigruten Expeditions updates and simplifies Covid-19 protocols

    Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s largest and leading expedition cruise line, has updated, adjusted and simplified the Covid-19 protocols.
    The main change is removing pre-departure testing across all departures and ships - except for Antarctica expedition cruises - effective no later than October 1.
    For Antarctica expedition cruises, guests must still provide a proof of a negative Covid-1

  • Hurtigruten Expeditions adds 7 new Arctic adventures for 2023

    Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s largest and leading expedition cruise line, expands its 2023 Arctic Summer season with seven brand new adventures – taking guests closer to the local people and communities, and deeper into the wilderness of the north.
    Spanning 11 to 19 days, the new departures from June to September 2023 will take in some of the most spectacular areas beyond and above the A

  • Designed to educate American consumers about the tongue-twisting pronunciation of the company’s name - alongside iconic imagery of its destinations - new ads showcase Hurtigruten Expeditions in Denver and Hurtigruten Norway in Minneapolis-St Paul

    (September 13, 2022) – Hurtigruten Group, the world's leading adventure travel company, officially unveiled its latest broadcast, radio, and digital advertising campaign today in Denver and Minnesota’s ‘Twin Cities.’ Conceived to drive brand name awareness – by teaching consumers how to pronounce Hurtigruten – the campaign showcases the Hurtigruten Expeditionsand Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Expr

  • Hurtigruten Americas More than Doubles Canadian Team

    Hurtigruten Americas, which handles both Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s leading expedition cruise company, and Hurtigruten Norway, which has operated the legendary Hurtigruten Norwegian Coastal Express since 1893, has more than doubled its Canadian sales team this summer. The company will now significantly increase its presence in the Canadian travel trade market with greater support and out

  • Up to 50% Off All Hurtigruten Destinations, including Antarctica, Alaska, Galápagos, Greenland, Norway, and West Africa

    Hurtigruten Group offers some of the year’s best deals on select departures to all cruise destinations during its annual Summer Sail campaign
    Seattle, WA (June 29, 2022) – Hurtigruten Group, the world leader in exploration travel, is offering some of the best rates of the year for all its destinations during its Summer Sail campaign. Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s leading expedition cruis

  • Hurtigruten Group’s own foundation aims summer grants towards local destinations across the world

    Beach cleaning in Svalbard, a new walking path in Ålesund and turtle protection in West Africa are among the actions supported by Hurtigruten Foundation in their summer round of grants for 2022. The foundation aims its efforts towards local contributions in areas and waters where Hurtigrutens companies travel to.
    - Hurtigruten Foundation is dedicated to the development of living local communiti

  • Hurtigruten Expeditions Celebrates Travel Advisor Appreciation Week with Galápagos Incentive

    Seattle, WA (May 2, 2022) – Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s leading expedition cruise company, is supporting the Travel Advisor Appreciation Week, which takes place May 2-6, with a Galápagos sales incentive. Any travel advisor booking three of the cruise liner’s 9-day Galápagos adventure launched earlier this year for travel in 2022 will receive a free trip on the same itinerary to use for th

  • Hurtigruten Group launches ESG report – calls for more transparency from travel industry

    Hurtigruten Group opens its books on emissions and social responsibility and commits to science-based targets in its new ESG report. The adventure travel group emphasizes how reducing emissions must be the number one goal for travel companies while calling for greater transparency in the industry – particularly from those that operate cruise ships.
    “We operate in an industry which negatively im

  • IAATO Appoints New Chair to Executive Committee

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed Tudor Morgan to its leading role. Morgan is VP Government and Industry relations at IAATO member operator Hurtigruten Expeditions.

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