26 Sep 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Leah Pummell
Edelman for Viking Cruises
VIKING CRUISES SAILS THROUGH 2016 AWARD SEASON
In an unprecedented year, Viking Cruises has won a clutch of awards including “Best River Cruise Company” by The Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards 2016. The company's growing collection of accolades recognises the consistent quality of Viking Longships, itineraries and customer service. Viking Cruises has also won:
- Best River Cruise Company at the Food and Travel Awards 2016
- Best Overall Cruise Company at the Food and Travel Awards 2016
- Top 3 for the Small Ship category at the Condé Nast Traveller Reader Awards 2016
- Best River Cruise Company at the Travel Bulletin Awards 2016
Wendy Atkin-Smith, Managing Director Viking Cruises UK commented: “2016 has been an amazing year for Viking Cruises: in the last 6 months alone we have debuted our first ever Caribbean sailings, christened our second Ocean ship in London and sold 80% of cabins for the inaugural World Cruise itinerary. These award wins reflect the hard work of everyone at Viking and how much guests enjoy travelling all over the world with Viking Cruises.”
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About Viking Cruises:
Viking Cruises offers culturally-enriching, destination-focused river and ocean cruises for travellers curious about the world, its rich culture and varied history. Viking Cruises takes its guests on curated, elegant voyages to some of the most iconic destinations in Europe, the Caribbean and the Far East, allowing a unique window on inspiring destinations and rewarding experiences. Featuring onboard cultural enrichment and included shore excursions, Viking's journeys are competitively priced for genuine value.
Since its 1997 inception the company has grown to become the world's leading operator with a fleet of 65 vessels and in 2015 Viking debuted its maiden season of ocean cruising. The sophisticated state-of-the-art Viking Star and Viking Sea (debuting 2016) can each host 930 guests on itineraries that start from the brand's homeland in Scandinavia and the Baltic through to the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.
The most award-winning river cruise line, Viking has consistently won customer-voted and industry-recommended awards. The 2015 award season saw the seventh consecutive year Viking held onto the 'Best River Cruise Line' award at British Travel Awards and, most recently won best River Cruise Company at the 2016 Travel Weekly Globe Awards for the 3rd year in a row.
Viking is committed to bolstering its agent offering and has a series of FAM trips later this year to allow them to experience first-hand the Viking Cruises offering.
In 2015, Viking launched an exclusive new agent online training programme, Made for Trade where agents can increase their river and ocean cruise product knowledge.
For additional information on Viking's River and Ocean offering, contact Viking Cruises 020 8780 7995 or visit the company at www.vikingcruises.co.uk. Follow Viking River Cruises on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VikingCruisesUK/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/vikingcruisesuk
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