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CruiseCompete Releases May 2012 CruiseTrends Report

DETROIT (May 2, 2012) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month of May 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 AmaWaterways for river cruises.

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Carnival Dream (Changed from Oasis of the Seas last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: American Queen-Great American Steamboat Company

Next in popularity are the Carnival Conquest for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury, and the Viking Emerald for river.

Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Mediterranean (Changed from Europe last month)
3. River: Europe

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Europe 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: Istanbul, Turkey
3. River: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, Civitavecchia, Italy 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
2. Luxury: Kusadasi, Turkey
3. River: Vienna, Austria

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Dubrovnik, Croatia 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)

1. Premium/Contemporary: Inside Cabin
2. Luxury: Balcony Cabin
3. River: Balcony



Hottest Months for Cruising
(Based on the most requested months)

1. Premium/Contemporary: June 2012 (Changed from April 2012 last month)
2. Luxury: August 2012
3. River: September 2012 (Replacing July 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.