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CruiseCompete Releases October 2012 CruiseTrends Report

DETROIT (October 4, 2012) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month of October 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: Cunard (Changed from Seabourn last month)
3. River Cruises: Viking River (Changed from AmaWaterways last month)

In second place is Royal Caribbean International for premium/contemporary, Oceania Cruises 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: Caribbean Princess
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: MS AmaCerto

Next in popularity are the Oasis of the Seas for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury, and the MS AmaCello 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: Southampton, U.K. (Replacing Miami, FL from last month)
3. River: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Replacing Budapest, Hungary from last month)

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, New York, NY for luxury, and Basel, Switzerland 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: Cologne, Germany (replacing Vienna, Austria from last month)

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Gustavia, St. Barts for luxury, and Vienna, Austria 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 (Changed from balcony last month)
2. Luxury: Balcony Cabin
3. River: Balcony Cabin


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


Other data available at the October 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.