Heritage Expeditions Celebrates its New 130-Guest Expedition Ship

Australasia’s only family-owned and operated expedition cruise company, Heritage Expeditions, is celebrating the launch of its new 130-guest expedition ship, Heritage Discoverer, following a roadshow across Australia.

Held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, the roadshow reunited Heritage Expeditions with Australia’s leading travel agents, media and guests during a series of exclusive lunches and evening events announcing the company’s maiden 2027–28 season aboard Heritage Discoverer.

Led by Commercial Director & Expedition Leader Aaron Russ, the events showcased the company’s unique positioning, luxury of experience and ‘only with Heritage Expeditions’ opportunities along with Heritage Discoverer’s exciting new itineraries. 

Heritage Expeditions is looking to expand its presence in the North American market too. The company recently announced the appointment of Canadian industry veteran Meg Murgatroyd to the newly-created role of Sales Director Americas.

“Meg’s appointment represents an important investment in strengthening our relationships with travel advisors and trade partners across the region,” Russ said at the time. 

“Her deep industry relationships, commercial expertise and proven ability to build successful trade partnerships make her the ideal person to lead this next phase of our growth in this market.”

Guests at the Australian events saw an exclusive preview of the company’s seven new itineraries exploring Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland, intimate explorations of the Atlantic coast, British Isles, Faroe Islands, Scotland and Ireland, and Heritage Expeditions’ return to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and South Shetland Islands.

“It’s been fantastic to connect with some of Australia’s leading travel agents, media and our guests to share the Heritage Expeditions story ahead of Heritage Discoverer’s preview voyage this November,” said Aaron.

“With exciting new itineraries exploring Europe and the Arctic, alongside our return to the Antarctic Peninsula, Heritage Discoverer offers an incredible range of authentic, new expedition experiences for agents to sell and travellers to discover.”

With the inaugural voyage setting sail in May 2027, Heritage Discoverer, formerly Silver Explorer, is the third vessel in Heritage Expeditions’ fleet, joining the 140-guest flagship, Heritage Adventurer, and the 18-guest expedition yacht, Heritage Explorer.

Find out more about Heritage Discoverer here.