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CruiseCompete Releases February 2012 CruiseTrends Report

Europe Leads The Way As Most Popular Cruise Region With North America Close Behind

DETROIT (Feb 2, 2012) -CruiseCompete has released its for the month of February 2012.

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

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 Cruises
3. River Cruises: Viking River Cruises

In second place is Royal Caribbean International for premium/contemporary, Seabourn for luxury and Uniworld for river cruises.

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

Next in popularity are the Norwegian Gem for premium/contemporary, Queen Mary 2 for luxury, and the SS Antoinette (Uniworld) 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 North America 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: Instanbul, Turkey (changed from Fort Lauderdale, FL last month)
3. River: Amsterdam, Netherlands (changed from Budapest, Hungary last month)

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, New York, NY for luxury, and Budapest, Hungary 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: Kusadasi, Turkey (replacing Corfu, Greece from last month)
3. River: Cologne, Germany (replacing Vienna, Austria from last month)

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Dbrovnik, Croatia for luxury, and Rudesheim, 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 France 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: Outside Cabin



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

For purposes of the CruiseTrends report, cruise lines recognized as premium or contemporary are grouped together as premium/contemporary.