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Viking River Cruises announced details of the newest addition to its river fleet, Viking Ra™. Recently acquired, the vessel has been stripped down to the steel to undergo a complete renovation that will reflect Viking’s award-winning Scandinavian design. (more…)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Cruises announced it has signed on to sponsor National Geographic’s first fully scripted global anthology series, “Genius,” which in its debut season tells the story of the 20th century’s most brilliant icon, Albert Einstein. (more…)
Tags: Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen announced more news for Viking River Cruises and added that it will be the first foreign company allowed to have a license to operate ships along the Nile River. (travelagentcentral.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking River Cruises today (March 7) marked 20 years of innovation and growth by welcoming two new additions to its fleet of Viking Longships®. (more…)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Cruises, the deep sea and river cruise operator, has announced details of a new promotion for the travel trade, in celebration of the company’s 20th anniversary. (cruisebusiness.com)
Tags: Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Star, Viking Ocean Cruises’ first ocean-going vessel, has arrived to the United States and is about to begin its inaugural Caribbean season. (cruisecritic.com)
Tags: Viking River Cruises
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Viking River Cruises’ eventual move into the North American domestic waterways market is appearing to still be going forward, according to filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking River Cruises will offer its first European river sailings on a ship dedicated to Chinese cruisers later this fall. (cruisecritic.com)
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The recent news that TPG Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) put up $500 million for a combined 17 percent stake in MISA Investments Limited (the parent company of Viking Cruises) have led to more insight about the company’s ownership structure and future plans. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Tags: Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking River Cruises
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TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have invested $500 million for a minority stake in MISA Investments Limited, the parent company of Viking Cruises. (pehub.com)
Tags: Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking River Cruises
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Two officers navigating the Viking River Cruises cruise ship Viking Freya were killed overnight when the vessel struck a bridge on Main-Donau-Kanal in Erlangen, Germany. (gcaptain.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking River Cruises’ Viking Freya crashed into a bridge in Erlangen, Germany, in the middle of the night, killing two crewmembers and destroying the wheelhouse. According to a company statement, no passengers or other crewmembers were injured. (cruisecritic.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Ingvi in Cologne (Photo Rolf Heinrich, Köln)
The Ingvi is a sister ship to the dozens of 190-passenger “long boat class” Viking riverboats entering service since 2012. (Steven B Stern)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking Mani, one of Viking’s Longships, sustained minor damage after being hit by a small cargo ship last week while sailing on the Rhine River. (cruisecritic.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Viking River Cruises is delaying its entry to the Mississippi River market by at least a year. In 2015, Viking had announced two newbuilds for the Mississippi to debut in 2017, to be followed by four more. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Today (March 1st) the world’s largest river cruise line, Viking Cruises, continued to expand with the christening of six new river boats in Europe. (cruisecritic.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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O’Connell will be in Amsterdam on March 1, along with five additional godmothers, as all will christen a total of six new Viking Longships simultaneously. (travelagentcentral.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Vacation.com, Viking River Cruises
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Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, is currently undertaking a substantial modification and maintenance contract for six inland cruise vessels owned by Viking River Cruises. (more…)
The city of Davenport is considering an alternative to the proposed downtown docking site for Viking River Cruises boats along the Mississippi River, riling outgoing Mayor Bill Gluba. (washingtontimes.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking River Cruises
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Tor Hagen is nothing if not bold. The brash founder of Viking River Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises obviously subscribes to the “build it and they will come” theory. (travelpulse.com)
Tags: River - Inland Navigation / Barges, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking River Cruises
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