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CruiseCompete Releases November 2012 CruiseTrends Report

DETROIT (November 2, 2012) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month of November 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 (Changed from Cunard last month)
3. River Cruises: Viking River

In second place is Royal Caribbean International for premium/contemporary, Cunard 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: Ruby Princess (changed from Caribbean Princess last month)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: MS AmaDolce (changed from MS AmaCerto last month)

Next in popularity are the Caribbean Princess 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, Caribbean 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.
3. River: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Next in popularity are Miami, FL for premium/contemporary, Miami, FL 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: Gustavia, St. Barts (replacing Kusadasi, Turkey from last month)
3. River: Vienna, Austria (replacing Cologne, Germany from last month)

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Kusadasi, Turkey for luxury, and Cologne, 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, United States 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 Cabin


Hottest Months for Cruising
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: December 2012
2. Luxury: December 2012
3. River: September 2013 (changed from December 2012 last month)


Other data available at the November 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.