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Viking announced that for the first time it is offering guests destination-focused experiences in Mongolia with the new Spirit of Mongolia extension program. (more…)
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Viking last week, (on March 20, 2024) celebrated the start of its 2024 river season in Europe, as the award-winning Viking Longship® fleet begins sailing itineraries throughout the region. (more…)
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Viking announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Hathor—was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water. (more…)
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Viking cruise ships anchored in Thunder Bay and their passengers enjoying a day in Alpena have become common occurrences over the last several years. (more…)
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Viking today (March 5, 2024) announced its expedition team supported the discovery of a new colony of chinstrap penguins not previously known to science on Diaz Rock, near Astrolabe Island, in Antarctica. (more…)
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Viking announced that its 2026 ocean voyages are now open for booking. With many 2024 dates already sold out and 2025 departures selling fast, strong demand among North American travelers has led to an early opening of 2026 departures across the company’s ocean fleet. (more…)
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The newest Viking vessel will carry the name Viking Vesta. According to the company’s website, the newbuild is set to enter service in mid-2025. (more…)
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Viking announced three new, first-of-their-kind itineraries that will provide guests with exclusive access to China in 2024. (more…)
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Viking announced the Discover More sale, providing North American travelers with a variety of new booking incentives across the company’s collection of river, ocean and expedition voyages. (more…)
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Viking announced that the 2026 season of its European river voyages is now open for reservations. (more…)
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Viking announced it will welcome an additional 10 Viking Longships® to its river fleet in the coming years. (more…)
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A Norwegian-flagged cruise liner disengaged its engines on Friday and connected to Grand Habour’s onshore electricity supply, becoming the first locally docked ship to take its electricity supply completely from shore. (more…)
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Viking is celebrating the start of its third expedition season in Antarctica, as the Viking Octantis® and her identical sister ship, the Viking Polaris® have arrived again in the region. (more…)
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Viking Vela, the first of a new series of cruise ships that Fincantieri is building for the shipowner Viking, has been floated out today at the shipyard in Ancona. The delivery is scheduled for late 2024. (more…)
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Viking announced an expansion of its river fleet in Southeast Asia with the new Viking Tonle. (more…)
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One cruise line is taking an insurance company to court for millions of dollars. A recent court filing shows that Viking Cruises is suing Arch Insurance Group after the insurance company failed to reimburse millions of dollars to the cruise line. (more…)
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The vouchers, created in response to demand from travel agents wishing to experience Viking first-hand, enable travel agents to redeem Rewards by Viking points for vouchers toward their next Viking voyage. (more…)
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Ocean cruise lines aren’t the only cruise operators making changes in response to the ongoing Hamas attack in Israel. (more…)
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Demand for Chinese outbound cruise tours is strong and these services have tremendous potential, a senior executive of Viking Cruises, one of the world’s leading cruise operators, told Xinhua. (more…)
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Today, (September 26, 2023) a court in Hungary sentenced the captain (master) of the Viking Sigyn river cruise ship to five years and six months in jail for his negligence in causing the sinking of a Hungarian sightseeing boat, the Hableany (“Mermaid”), on the Danube River during the evening of May 29, 2019. (more…)
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Viking announced voyages on its newest Nile River ship, the Viking Sobek, are now available for booking. (more…)
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Viking today (Aug. 19, 2023) named its newest river ship, the Viking Aton, with a special celebration in Aswan, Egypt. (more…)
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Three years ago, Viking, the luxury cruise line, struck a deal with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to launch passenger cruises on the Great Lakes with a scientific bent. (more…)
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Viking has released its 2023-2025 Expedition brochure which explores some of the world’s most pristine and remote regions on its award-winning, state-of-the-art expedition vessels Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris. (more…)
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The Viking Neptune transformed into a cross-continental petri dish as more than 100 passengers onboard the cruise ship fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus this month. (more…)
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12.7% of the 838 passengers aboard the Viking Neptune cruise ship are experiencing abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (more…)
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This month, Viking christened Viking Saturn at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. This newest Viking ship is one of ten identical, 930-passenger, ocean-going vessels launched by the company since 2015. (more…)
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Viking today (June 6, 2023) named its newest ocean ship, the Viking Saturn, with a celebration in New York City. (more…)
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Viking announced voyages on its newest Nile River ship, the Viking Hathor, are now available for booking. (more…)
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Toronto cruise season is well underway with record-breaking numbers, and soon, you’ll be able to embark on an epic journey which takes you to explore the polar north in Greenland. (more…)
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Viking announced “Treasures of the Rhine”, a new river voyage allowing guests the opportunity to experience Europe’s rich culture during winter. (more…)
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Viking announced three new summer season expedition voyages in the Arctic. Debuting in July 2025, the new itineraries, which range from 13 to 27 days, explore the polar north in Canada and Greenland, with two of the three voyages visiting the Canadian High Arctic. (more…)
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For those studying polar ice, a berth aboard Le Commandant Charcot is like a winning lottery ticket. (more…)
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The unit will be placed in the small cruise ship segment. As its sister ships, she is about 47,800 tons, 465 cabins with accommodation for 930 passengers. (more…)
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Viking announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Aton—was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time the ship has touched water. (more…)
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Viking announced its new Paris & D-Day 80th Anniversary voyage for the 2024 European river season. (more…)
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Viking announced the launch of the Viking Travel Advisor Academy (www.myvikingjourney.com/advisor), a new training program designed to provide travel advisors with the tools to promote Viking and the opportunity to earn exclusive benefits. (more…)
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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. (more…)
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Viking today 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. (more…)
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As the 2023 Antarctica cruise season continues through March, the U.S. Coast Guard publicly has confirmed that it’s heading to Ushuaia, Argentina, along with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and other global agencies. (more…)
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