Edie Rodriguez
Global Traveler|June 2018

Americas Brand Chairman and Corporate Special Advisor, Ponant Cruises

Edie Rodriguez

Name: Edie Rodriguez

Title: Americas brand chairman and corporate special advisor

Company, city: Ponant Cruises; Marseille, France

Number of employees: We have 30 within the United States and 1,000 worldwide, with many more coming as we grow.

Recent project: The most exciting is our Blue Eye lounges coming to our six Ponant Explorers-class vessels and debuting first on Le Lapérouse. It is the first-ever multisensory lounge located below the waterline, using biomimetic design along with the ability to hear the sea life and the water’s natural rhythms up to three miles away. This will give our guests a truly unique experience.

First job: Telemarketer

Little-known fact about you: I have been to 257 Rod Stewart concerts on four different continents. He sang “Happy Birthday” to me on stage for my 50th birthday.

YOUR BUSINESS

What innovations/initiatives do you foresee in the industry over the next years?

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