Kiki Tauck Mahar, the wife of Tauck CEO Dan Mahar and the daughter of Tauck Chairman Arthur Tauck, will serve as godmother to Compagnie Du Ponant’s new 264-passenger, 466-foot luxury small ship, Le Soléal, when it is christened next July in Italy.
The announcement was made jointly by France-based Compagnie Du Ponant and Tauck, during a launching ceremony for Le Soléal at Fincantieri Shipyard in Ancona, Italy, where the ship is under construction.
Tauck has partnered with Compagnie Du Ponant on small ship cruises since 1993, and the Connecticut-based company is Compagnie Du Ponant’s single largest customer. For 2013, Tauck reports it will offer six itineraries on four different Compagnie Du Ponant vessels, including the new Le Soléal, its sister-ships Le Boréal and L’Austral, and the 60-passenger sailing vessel, Le Ponant.
Among the Tauck itineraries that feature Compagnie Du Ponant ships are “Venice & the Dalmatian Coast,” “Treasures of the Mediterranean,” “Sicily, the Amalfi Coast & Rome,” “St. Petersburg & the Baltic Sea,” “Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice” and “Antarctica.”
Le Soléal will be featured next year on Tauck’s Iceland cruise, and on a brand new itinerary to be announced in the coming weeks. Each is all-inclusive, with shore excursions, all gratuities, airport transfers, onboard alcoholic beverages, most meals, and more included in Tauck’s cruise prices.
“We are so honored to have Ms. Mahar as Le Soléal’s godmother,” said Compagnie Du Ponant’s CEO, Jean-Emmanuel Sauvee. “The Tauck name is synonymous with the highest levels of quality, service, guest care and value – standards of excellence we share at Compagnie Du Ponant, and that have made Tauck and Compagnie Du Ponant such perfect partners. It’s wonderful to have a member of the Tauck family join the Compagnie Du Ponant ‘family’ as Le Soléal’s godmother.”
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