Viking has been voted each the Greatest River Line and the Greatest Ocean Line by Condé Nast Traveler within the publication’s 2022 Readers’ Alternative Awards. Viking was not too long ago named #1 for each rivers and oceans by Journey + Leisure, making it the one cruise line to achieve the highest of its classes in each publications in the identical 12 months.
Greater than 240,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers submitted responses ranking their journey experiences for the 2022 Readers’ Alternative Awards. As a part of the awards, Viking will likely be featured within the November U.S. and U.Ok. print editions of Condé Nast Traveler; the total outcomes of the awards may be discovered at www.cntraveler.com/rca.
“We’re honored to have as soon as once more been named Condé Nast Traveler’s #1 river and #1 ocean line. These new awards, together with being voted to the highest by Journey + Leisure, showcase our crew’s exhausting work and encourage us to proceed delivering the significant journey experiences that set us aside,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “Thanks to our friends and the readers of Condé Nast Traveler. They are saying whenever you attain the highest, there is just one option to go – we are saying that manner is onwards.”
At present’s announcement follows a 12 months of great milestones as the corporate celebrates its 25th anniversary. Viking Expeditions launched in January with the purpose-built Viking Octantis®, and her sister ship, the Viking Polaris®, debuted final week. Earlier within the 12 months, the corporate welcomed eight new Viking Longships® on the rivers of Europe, new purpose-built vessels for the Nile, Mekong and Mississippi Rivers and one new ocean ship, the Viking Mars®. By the tip of the 12 months, an extra equivalent ocean ship, the Viking Neptune®, may even be part of the ocean fleet.
