Quark Expeditions has appointed Ed Bonner as vice president of product.
Bonner will oversee Quark Expeditions’ growth plans and lead all product, brand strategy and customer experience activities.
His key initial focus will be the launch Quark Expeditions’ first hybrid, luxury expedition vessel World Explorer for 2018/19 Antarctica season.
Bonner was previously executive vice president at Leisure at Worldview Travel.
Quark Expeditions president Andrew White said: “Ed is an outstanding business leader with extensive experience driving growth through innovative product development and the creation of exceptional customer experiences.
“His wealth of knowledge and entrepreneurial experience will be invaluable as we enter our next phase of growth.”
Bonner recently returned from his first Antarctica trip where he experienced first hand what Quark Expeditions had to offer.
He said: “I am looking forward to the challenge of building on Quark Expeditions’ heritage of polar firsts and delivering exciting, new polar expeditions.”