Dream Achieved: Viking Celebrates 100 Ships

Historic Milestone Continues Viking’s History of Connecting Curious Travelers in Every Corner of the Globe LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) today announced the naming of its nine newest river ships—including the company’s 100th ship—during a simultaneous ceremony in Basel, Switzerland. Read More …

Viking Announces Exciting Global Winter Cruise Adventures

Viking is setting a new standard for winter travel with a remarkable 2027-28 deployment that sees six of its ships sailing exciting itineraries across Europe. This commitment means nearly half the fleet will be dedicated to exploring the wonders of Read More …

Viking Names Newest Ocean Ship in Croatia

998-Guest Viking Vesta Was Welcomed to Award-Winning Fleet During Ceremony in Split Viking named its newest ocean ship, the Viking Vesta®, with a traditional ceremony in Split, Croatia. Serving as ceremonial godmother of the Viking Vesta was the Norwegian journalist, Lene Tangevald-Jensen. The Viking Read More …

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 …