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CruiseCompete Releases January 2012 CruiseTrends Report

Six Interesting NEW Trends Reflected From CruiseCompete Consumers

DETROIT (Jan 5, 2011) -CruiseCompete has released its for the month of January 2012.

The CruiseTrends report for is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit CruiseCompete's Press Room or .

In addition, based on consumer feedback, CruiseCompete is seeing six (6) other interesting trends. They include affluent travelers making a spending comeback, an increased choice in dining options, more green cruise travel choices, cruise pricing climbing, and the resurgence of an American River Cruise Line, the Great American Steamboat Company.
For purposes of the CruiseTrends report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary.

Most Popular Cruise Lines
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Carnival Cruise Line
2. Luxury: Oceania (replacing Cunard last month)
3. River Cruises: Viking River Cruises

In second place is Royal Caribbean International for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and AmaWaterways Waterways for river cruises.

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Ruby Princess
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: American Queen, Great American Steamboat Company

Next in popularity are the Norwegian Gem for premium/contemporary, Oceania Marina for luxury, and the MS La Marguerite, AMA WATERWAYS for river.

Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Europe
3. River: Europe

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Mediterranean for luxury, and Asia/Far East for river cruises.

Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale, FL
2. Luxury: Fort Lauderdale, FL (changed from New York, NY last month)
3. River: Budapest, Hungary (changed from Amsterdam, Netherlands last month)

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, Southampton, UK for luxury, and Amsterdam, Netherlands for River.

Most Popular Cruise Ports Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each port visited during cruise itineraries, excluding departure ports)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Nassau, Bahamas (replacing Cozumel, Mexico from last month)
2. Luxury: Corfu, Greece (replacing Kusadasi, Turkey from last month)
3. River: Vienna, Austria (replacing Cologne, Germany from last month)

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Kusadasi, Turkey for luxury, and Regensburg, Germany for river cruises.

Most Popular Countries Visited
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each country visited during cruise itineraries, excluding countries of departure)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Bahamas
2. Luxury: Greece
3. River: Germany

Second are Mexico for premium/contemporary, Italy for luxury, and Austria for river cruises.

Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
4. Premium/Contemporary: Inside Cabin
5. Luxury: Balcony Cabin
6. River: Balcony Cabin



Hottest Months for Cruising
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: March 2012 (replacing December 2011 last month)
2. Luxury: January 2012 (replacing December 2011 last month)
3. River: April 2012 (replacing September 2012 last month)



Other data available at the
- Number of cabins requested
- Most popular cruise itinerary lengths
- Travel insurance requested
- Cruise line past passenger status requested
- Booking window of time

This cruise trend information is available monthly from CruiseCompete and can be insightful, especially for financial analysts and travel writers. To see twelve months' of cruise trend data, please click here: Cruise Trends