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CruiseCompete Releases September 2012 CruiseTrends Report

DETROIT (September 4, 2012) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month of September 2012.

The CruiseTrends report for 2012 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: Seabourn (Changed from Oceania Cruises last month)
3. River Cruises: AmaWaterways (Changed from Viking River Cruises last month)

In second place is Royal Caribbean International for premium/contemporary, Oceania Cruises for luxury and Viking River for river cruises.

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean Princess (Replacing Carnival Dream from last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: MS AmaCerto (Replacing American Queen-Great American Steamboat Company from last month)

Next in popularity are the Oasis of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury, and the 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
3. River: Europe

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Mediterranean for luxury, and Asia/Far East 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: Miami, FL (Replacing New York, NY from last month)
3. River: Budapest, Hungary (Replacing Amsterdam, Netherlands from last month)

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, Southampton, U.K. for luxury, and Amsterdam, 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: Nassau, Bahamas
2. Luxury: Kusadasi, Turkey
3. River: Vienna, Austria

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Mykonos, Greece for luxury, and Passau, 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: Balcony (Changed from Inside Cabin last month)
2. Luxury: Balcony Cabin
3. River: Outside Cabin



Hottest Months for Cruising
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2012 (Changed from August 2012 last month)
2. Luxury: October 2012
3. River: December 2012 (Changed from October 2012)


Other data available at the September 2012 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.