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.
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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.
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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)
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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®.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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