Viking Cruises News
VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW EXPEDITION VOYAGES IN THE ARCTIC
Three New Itineraries Exploring Canada and Greenland Launching in 2025
VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW TREASURES OF THE RHINE ITINERARY
New Winter River Voyage Establishes Viking as the First Line to Operate Year-Round in Europe
VIKING DOUBLES CAPACITY FOR SECOND SEASON IN NORTH AMERICA’S GREAT LAKES
The Viking Polaris Makes Her Great Lakes Debut in Toronto, Joining the Viking Octantis
FOOD & WINE NAMES VIKING #1 IN FIRST-EVER GLOBAL TASTEMAKERS AWARDS
Viking Voted The Best Cruise Line In The Publication’s Inaugural Awards Recognizing The Best Culinary Experiences Around The World
VIKING MARKS FLOAT OUT OF NEWEST EGYPT SHIP
Set to Debut in Summer 2023, the New Viking Aton Continues to Build on Viking’s Commitment to Egypt
VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW RIVER VOYAGE FOR 2024: “PARIS & D-DAY 80th ANNIVERSARY”
Viking® has announced its new Paris & D-Day 80th Anniversary voyage for the 2024 European river season. With departure dates running from March through November 2024, the special 12-day voyage from London to Paris will commemorate Operation Overlord and the historic battles of Normandy, which took place nearly 80 years ago and served as the catalyst to the liberation of Western Europe from German occupation.
VIKING ANNOUNCES RECORD-BREAKING SALES IN JANUARY
As Viking® continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the company has marked a new milestone—the most successful single month of bookings in its history. From January 1 to 31, 2023, the company also experienced 18 of its all-time top 20 booking days, including the strongest single day in its 25-year history.
VIKING EXPEDITION TEAM PUBLISHES FIRST SCIENTIFIC PAPER FROM INAUGURAL ANTARCTIC SEASON
Viking® has announced its Viking Expedition Team has published the company’s first scientific paper, following observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jellyfish.
VIKING ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SEINE RIVER SHIP FOR 2025
Viking® (www.viking.com) has announced it will welcome a new Viking Longship®, purpose-built for the Seine River, to its fleet in 2025. Sailing the company’s popular eight-day Paris and the Heart of Normandy itinerary, the new sister ship will join four Viking Longships that were officially named in 2022, the Viking Fjorgyn®, the Viking Kari®, the Viking Radgrid® and the Viking Skaga®.
VIKING ANNOUNCES NEW 2024-2025 WORLD CRUISE ITINERARIES
Viking® yesterday announced its 2024 -2025 World Cruise itineraries, including the new Viking World Voyage I, which sails around the world in 180 days, visiting 37 countries and 85 ports, with overnight stays in 13 iconic cities.
VIKING TAKES DELIVERY OF NEWEST SHIP
Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced it has taken delivery of the company’s newest ocean ship, the Viking Neptune®. The delivery ceremony took place this morning when the ship was presented at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy
Viking marked the company’s 25th anniversary with a historic celebration in Amsterdam
Viking® (www.viking.com) today marked the company’s 25th anniversary with a historic celebration in Amsterdam. To commemorate the milestone, for the first time ever, three classes of Viking ships—a river ship, an ocean ship and the company’s newest expedition vessel, the Viking Polaris®—met in Amsterdam