Viking Earns Top Honors in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Cruise Line Rankings

For the fourth consecutive year, Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) has been named Best Luxury Line, Best Line for Couples and Best Line in the Mediterranean by U.S. News & World Report in the publication’s 2025 Best Cruise Line rankings. The U.S. News & Read More …

Condé Nast Traveler Readers Name Viking #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans and #1 for Expeditions for Second Consecutive Year

For the second year in a row, Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) has been voted #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans and #1 for Expeditions by Condé Nast Traveler in the publication’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards. This achievement marks the first time a travel company Read More …

My Viking Story, Every Bit Of It

My Viking story started with the inauguration of Viking Longships in Amsterdam and there has been no looking back ever since.   It’s the last part of that statement “…and there has been no lookng back,” that is of particular Read More …

Viking Ocean Cruises In Photos

Taking a look back during the Coronavirus lockdown, a repost of some photo-heavy articles we wrote in the past featuring images from around the world. Viking Ocean Cruises by CHRIS OWEN on Exposure

Hate To Fly? New Gear, Travel Services Can Help

It’s one of the biggest disparities between imagined and actual in the entire cruise travel process: air to get there.  Once on the ship, regardless of the cruise line, odds are extremely high that your experience will be a good Read More …

Viking Continues Conde Nast List Domination

Viking has been voted the Best River Cruise Line by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler in the 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. That’s a consistent win,  something they have done every year since the river cruise category was introduced. Viking was also Read More …

Designing Your Enriched Travel History: A Great Big Global View

Cruise travelers continue to be engaged with destinations visited by ship, now more than ever before. It makes sense if you think about it.  After all, don’t ships take us from place to place around the globe in a cost- Read More …

Follow Viking Star In Real Time Satellite View

Viking Ocean Cruises new 930-passenger Viking Star is headed Into The Midnight Sun and we will be on board.   We’re counting down the days until we fly to London to sail for 15-nights    Follow along on Viking Star’s voyage and Read More …

Smithsonian’s Mighty Cruise Ships Debut This Week

The Smithsonian is back with a new season of Mighty Cruise Ships, this week featuring Star Clippers unique tall ship with sails, Royal Clipper. Previously, Mighty Cruise Ships programming has included a profile of R.M.S. Queen Mary and others.  Land Read More …