For Immediate Release

CruiseTrends Reports for First Half of 2013 Now Available at CruiseCompete.com

Consumer Trend Information for Ocean & River Cruises

DETROIT (July 2, 2013) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month. The entire first half of 2013 cruise data is available here: Cruise Trends

We have mined our wealth of data to give you what's hot among consumers, including the top ships, lines and travel dates for premium, luxury, and river cruising.

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

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

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Enchantment of the Seas (changed from Oasis of the Seas last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: Viking Spirit (changed from MS AmaCello last month)

Next in popularity are Oasis of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Marina for luxury and the Ms AmaDagio 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.

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: New York, NY (changed from Southampton, U.K. last month)
3. River: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Next in popularity are Port Canaveral, Fla. for premium/contemporary, Southampton, UK. for luxury and Paris, France 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: Sorrento, Italy (changed from Kusadasi, Turkey last month)
3. River: Cologne, Germany

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico, for premium/contemporary, Corfu, Greece for luxury and Vienna, Austria 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
2. Luxury: Greece
3. River: France (changed from Germany last month)

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

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


Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: July 2013
2. Luxury: July 2013
3. River: September 2013 (changed from August 2013 last month)


Other data available at the July 2013 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.