For Immediate Release
CruiseTrends Report for January 2017 Shows Continued Popularity of Warm Weather Destinations, Mexico and Caribbean
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DETROIT (Jan. 9, 2017) - CruiseCompete has released its report for the month of January 2017.
We have mined our wealth of data to provide information on the most popular cruise trends among consumers, including the top ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury and river cruising.
The CruiseTrends report is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit to see the entire January 2017 report.
Most Popular Cruise Lines
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cruise line in the given month)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Royal Caribbean International
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking River Cruises (changed from America Cruise Lines last month)
In second place is Carnival Cruise Lines for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and Avalon Waterways for river.
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Oasis of the Seas (changed from Norwegian Escape last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: America (changed from Emerald Waterways Ships last month)
Next in popularity are Allure of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Marina for luxury and American Queen for river.
Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Europe (changed from Caribbean last month)
3. River: Europe
Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, North America for luxury and North America for river.
Most Popular Cruise Departure Ports
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each departure port)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
2. Luxury: Miami, Fla.
3. River: Budapest, Hungary (changed from Amsterdam, The Netherlands last month)
Next in popularity are Miami, Fla. for premium/contemporary, Southampton, U.K. for luxury and Amsterdam, The 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: Cozumel, Mexico
2. Luxury: Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy
3. River: Vienna, Austria (changed from Cologne, Germany last month)
Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas for premium/contemporary, St. John's, USVI for luxury and Cologne, Germany for river.
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: Mexico
2. Luxury: United States
3. River: Germany
Second are Bahamas for premium/contemporary, Mexico for luxury and France for river.
Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Inside (changed from Balcony last week)
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Balcony
Number of Cabins Requested
(Based on most popular number of cabins per request)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 1
2. Luxury: 1
3. River: 1
Second are 2 cabins for premium/contemporary, 2 cabins for luxury and 2 cabins for river.
Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 7 nights
3. River: 8 nights
Second are 4 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury and 7 nights for river.
Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: January 2017 (changed from December 2016 last month)
2. Luxury: January 2017 (changed from December 2016 last month)
3. River: April 2017 (changed from July 2017 last month)
Other data available at the January 2017 CruiseTrends report:
- 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
For purposes of the CruiseTrends report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary.
