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CruiseTrends Report for February 2017 Shows Popularity of North American River Vessels

CruiseCompete Releases February 2017 CruiseTrends Reports Data - Insight Into "What is Trending" With Consumers for Ocean and River Cruises

DETROIT (Feb 8, 2017) - CruiseCompete has released its report for the month of February 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 February 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: Carnival Cruise Lines (changed from Royal Caribbean last month)
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking River Cruises

In second place is Royal Caribbean for premium/contemporary, Cunard for luxury and American Cruise Lines for river.

(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Oasis of the Seas
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: American Queen (changed from America last month)

Next in popularity are Anthem of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Marina for luxury and America 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, Caribbean 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: Miami, Fla. (changed Fort Lauderdale, Fla. last month)
2. Luxury: Miami, Fla.
3. River: Amsterdam, The Netherlands (changed from Budapest, Hungary last month)

Next in popularity are Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for premium/contemporary, New York, N.Y. 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 (changed from Cozumel, Mexico last month)
2. Luxury: Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy
3. River: Vienna, Austria

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Bora Bora, French Polynesia 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: Bahamas (changed from Mexico last month)
2. Luxury: United States
3. River: Germany

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

Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony (changed from Inside last month)
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 5 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: March 2017 (changed from January 2017 last month)
2. Luxury: February 2017 (changed from January 2017 last month)
3. River: May 2017 (changed from April 2017 last month)


Other data available at the February 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.