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ASEAN Forum
Southeast Asia boasts some of the world’s most magnificent and underexplored waterways. With river cruises expanding in Cambodia and Vietnam, tourists now have unique access to the countries’ interiors.
BY JOANNA MAYHEW
CF Mekong River Cruises is not only the most experienced cruising company on the Mekong but the biggest. Six years as the Asian Director of the largest luxury river cruise company in Cambodia, UK born Naidah Yazdani has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Mekong river and the cruise industry.
Naidah, you have been operating since many years successful cruises up the Mekong River and you must have witnessed a tremendous amount of development in the region. What makes this cruise so special?
Phnom Penh Post
Compagnie Fluviale du Mekong was the first business to offer cruises from Siem Reap to Saigon on the Mekong river aboard a converted barge in 2002. Nine years later, the company has a fleet of four ships with 10 to 24 cabins, bringing in revenue of about US$3 million each year.
The company – which charters it's French colonial-style boats to cruise companies throughout the world – was the brainchild of a Paris-based tour operator who specialised in small cruise adventure trips in exotic global locations. ownership has been since been transferred to British and French investors.