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With the bankruptcy of American Queen Voyages, the American Queen paddlewheeler is currently not in service.

Travel sellers assess strategies for surviving supplier shutdownsThe shuttering of American Queen Voyages and Gogo Vacations has served as a wake-up call.

Tom Jenkins

Tom Jenkins of the European Tourism Association on Paris and the OlympicsIn the past, the association has noted a negative effect on inbound tourism during the Olympics. Could this be true for Paris?

Attendees at the ASTA River Cruise Expo in Amsterdam.

Travel advisors encouraged to jump into river cruise groupsAdvisors at the ASTA River Cruise Expo participating in a panel discussion talked about how lucrative selling river cruises to...

Getting a look at several river ships during ASTA's Expo

Getting a look at several river ships during ASTA's ExpoThe ships at the 2024 ASTA River Cruise Expo drew a lot of interest from attendees, who were curious to see how these vessels...

Zane Kerby welcomes nearly 1,300 travel advisors to the third annual ASTA River Cruise Expo in Amsterdam.

ASTA River Cruise Expo is bigger than everThe expo returned to Europe for its third year, featuring more ships, more travel advisors and an even larger venue.

Budapest and the Danube in wintertime.

Viking will bring winter sailings to the DanubeViking last year started winter cruises on the Rhine, and in 2025 will expand to the Danube with Budapest-Passau itineraries.

A French balcony room on the S.S. Victoria, which will sail for Uniworld in Europe this year.

Uniworld to take delivery of a new ship, S.S. Emilie, in 2026The Emilie is inspired by and named after Emilie Floge, the life partner and muse of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt.

The American Queen paddlewheeler in Cincinnati.

American Queen Voyages ships have uncertain destinationsThe fleet includes four classic U.S.-flagged paddlewheelers: the flagship American Queen, the American Duchess, the American...

The American Countess, a one-time casino ship rebuilt into an overnight cruise vessel, debuted in 2021.

Pleasant Holidays and others are listed as American Queen Voyages' creditorsPleasant is the second-largest unsecured creditor with a claim of nearly $1 million. American Express, Vacations To Go and...

The House of Slaves museum and memorial site on Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. The building was the largest slave-trade center during the transatlantic slave trade and now serves as a museum and a memorial for the lives lost during the centuries-long trade.

History, culture and wildlife on Variety's West Africa river cruiseWhile you can expect to see pyramids on a Nile cruise, or Big Five wildlife on a Southern Africa river cruise, it was hard to...

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