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Viking said its target demographic -- couples over age 55 -- tends to plan ahead, which helps to naturally extend the booking curve.

Viking is 70% booked for 2025As of Nov. 3, Viking compiled $4.33 billion in advance bookings for 2025 departures, 26% higher than the 2024 season at the...

AAA anticipates record-setting Thanksgiving travel

AAA anticipates record-setting Thanksgiving travelFrom Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, AAA estimates that 79.9 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home.

The Tauck Savor riverboat.

Cruise Planners introduces new events, including river cruise trainingRiver Cruise Academy will be held on the Tauck Savor next March, just before the ASTA River Cruise Expo.

ASTA CEO Zane Kerby with Globus chief sales officer Camille Olivere at ASTA's Travel Advisor Conference last May.

Globus is now a top-tier ASTA partnerThe Globus family of brands is now on the Sapphire level, the highest partnership tier ASTA offers.

'This is how you Europe' is the theme of new Avalon adsThe ad campaign is set for a variety of digital media channels.

After Vacation Planners president Jenn Lee, second from right, was named godmother of AmaWaterways' AmaSintra, other AmaWaterways godmothers took the stage. From left, Cruise Planners' Michelle Fee, Jackie Friedman of Nexion and Debbie Fiorino of Dream Vacations and Cruise One. Alex Pinelo of AmaWaterways is at the right.

Jenn Lee to be an AmaWaterways godmother: 'One of those honors you dream of'AmaWaterways revealed from the CruiseWorld stage that Jenn Lee, president of Vacation Planners, would serve as godmother of its...

Budapest and the Danube in winter.

Options for winter river cruising in Europe are heating upSeveral river lines are experimenting to see what level of demand might exist during the winter months.

ASTA to produce weeklong, virtual river cruise showcaseThe inaugural River Cruise Week, which runs Nov. 18 to 22, features seven river cruise lines and is designed to deliver...

Riviera River Cruises' Thomas Hardy riverboat on Danube. The line is planning to rebrand in the U.S. to Riviera Travel and will offer more products.

Riviera River Cruises plans to rebrand and expandThe river line has begun the process of rebranding itself in North America as Riviera Travel, a process that will lead to a...

Executives from small-ship and river cruise lines talk up what kinds of products and offers they can bring to different clients.

At CruiseWorld, pitching small-ship and river cruises to all kinds of clientsDuring the panel, moderators posed a series of questions and client scenarios. And the small ship lines' sales executives...

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