Paul Gauguin Cruises is a cruise line owned by Beachcomber Croisieres Limited with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue, Washington

Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...

. Paul Gauguin Cruises operates the award-winning luxury cruise ship, the Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin (ship)

The m/s Paul Gauguin is a cruise ship for Paul Gauguin Cruises. She was completed in 1997 under the Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, which became Regent Seven Seas Cruises in the spring of 2006. She operates primarily in the South Pacific. The ship was acquired in 2009 by Pacific Beachcomber....

, providing a luxury cruise experience to Tahiti, French Polynesia and the South Pacific.

History

The company and ship had been sailing under Regent Seven Seas Cruises from 1998–2010 until Paul Gauguin Shipping Ltd. took over the ship and operations in January 2010. But the parent company Beachcomber Croisieres Limited acquired the line in 2009. The cruise line currently operates one ship the award winning Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin (ship)

The m/s Paul Gauguin is a cruise ship for Paul Gauguin Cruises. She was completed in 1997 under the Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, which became Regent Seven Seas Cruises in the spring of 2006. She operates primarily in the South Pacific. The ship was acquired in 2009 by Pacific Beachcomber....

. On September 30, 2011 the line announced the acquisition of a second ship. The ship will be christened as the Moana in December 2012. The ship will only has 45 staterooms and can carry up to 90 passengers much smaller than there first ship. The ship itself will receive a mutifaceted renovation in November 2012. More details are set to be released in 2012.

Destination

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin (ship)

The m/s Paul Gauguin is a cruise ship for Paul Gauguin Cruises. She was completed in 1997 under the Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, which became Regent Seven Seas Cruises in the spring of 2006. She operates primarily in the South Pacific. The ship was acquired in 2009 by Pacific Beachcomber....

 currently sails year-round to Tahiti

Tahiti

Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

 & Society Islands

Society Islands

The Society Islands are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is generally believed to have been named by Captain James Cook in honor of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands;...

, Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

, French Polynesia

French Polynesia

French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...

, Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

, Marquesas, Tonga

Tonga

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...

, Tuamotus

Tuamotus

The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago are a chain of islands and atolls in French Polynesia. They form the largest chain of atolls in the world, spanning an area of the Pacific Ocean roughly the size of Western Europe...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 & New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The new ship Moana is to debut in the Mediterranean, Caribbean & Latin American a first for the cruise line.

Current Fleet

Ship	Built	Builder	Entered service for Paul Gaugiin	Gross Tonnage Gross tonnage Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage...	Flag	Notes
Paul Gauguin Paul Gauguin (ship) The m/s Paul Gauguin is a cruise ship for Paul Gauguin Cruises. She was completed in 1997 under the Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, which became Regent Seven Seas Cruises in the spring of 2006. She operates primarily in the South Pacific. The ship was acquired in 2009 by Pacific Beachcomber....	1997	Chantiers de I'Atlantique	2010Present	19,200 tons	The Bahamas	Originally sailed for Regent Seven Seas Cruises Regent Seven Seas Cruises Regent Seven Seas Cruises is a cruise line, formerly known as Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company offers luxury cruises which visit over 300 ports world-wide. Regent Seven Seas specializes in ships with small passenger capacity and many included...  transferred to Paul Gauguin Cruises in January 2010.

Future ships

Ship	Class	Delivery	Gross tonnage Gross tonnage Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage...	Planned Flag	Notes
Moana	Yacht	December 2012	3,500 tons	The Bahamas	Currently sailing as Le Levant for Compagnie du Ponant Compagnie du Ponant Compagnie du Ponant is a French cruise line company. It launched the first French cruise ship. It was founded in April 1988 by Philippe Videau and Jean-Emmanuel Saved, and other officers of the French Merchant Navy...