CruiseCompete Releases December 2012 CruiseTrends Report

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

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

Next in popularity are the Ruby Princess for premium/contemporary, Queen Elizabeth 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: Caribbean (changed from Europe last month)
3. River: Europe

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Europe 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
3. River: Vienna, Austria

Next in popularity are Cozumel, Mexico for premium/contemporary, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 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: United States (replacing Greece last month)
3. River: Germany

Second are Mexico for premium/contemporary, Greece for luxury, and France 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: Outside Cabin (changed from Balcony Cabin last month)


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


Other data available at the December 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.