Viking has announced that its seventh ocean ship, Viking Venus, will join its award-winning fleet in early 2021, further solidifying the company’s standing as the largest small-ship ocean cruise line. The newest 930-guest sister ship will spend her maiden season sailing popular itineraries in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, including British Isles Explorer, In Search of…
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Viking Orion Named By NASA Astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher
Viking Cruises has named its fifth ocean ship, Viking Orion, during a spectacular celebration in Livorno, Italy. The ship was delivered to Viking last week and is currently sailing a maiden voyage with her ceremonial godmother, American chemist, emergency room physician and retired NASA astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher, along with dozens of Dr. Fisher’s friends,…
Viking Ocean Cruises Celebrates Float Out Of Viking Sea
Viking Ocean Cruises today announced its second ship—the 930-passenger Viking Sea—was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. The traditional ceremony took place yesterday, June 25, at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard—little more than a month after the new ocean line christened its first ship, Viking Star,…
Viking River Cruises Launch Ocean Cruise Line
Viking River Cruises has announced the launch of its ocean line, marking the introduction of the travel industry’s first new cruise line in nearly a decade. At a gala launch event on Thursday in California, Torstein Hagen, CEO of Viking River Cruises, announced that the company would launch its ocean cruise line with the first…
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