For Immediate Release

CruiseCompete Releases December 2013 CruiseTrends Reports Data
Consumer Trend Information for Ocean and River Cruises

DETROIT (December 4, 2013) - CruiseCompete has released its for the month.

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

The CruiseTrends report for 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 Cruises
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking River Cruises

In second place is Princess Cruises 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: Royal Princess
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River: Viking Embla (changed from Avalon Angkor last month)

Next in popularity are Ruby Princess for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury and the MS AmaDolce of AmaWaterways 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 Russia/Central 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: Miami, FL
3. River: Budapest, Hungary

Next in popularity are Miami, Fla., for premium/contemporary, New York, NY for luxury and Amsterdam, the 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: Cozumel, Mexico
2. Luxury: Gustavia, St. Barts
3. River: Cologne, Germany (changed from Vienna, Austria last month)

Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas, for premium/contemporary, Kusadasi, Turkey, for luxury and Regensburg, Germany 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: United States (changed from Greece last month)
3. River: Germany

Second are Mexico for premium/contemporary, Greece for luxury and France 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: December 2013
2. Luxury: December 2013 (changed from January 2014 last month)
3. River: June 2014


Other data available at the November 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.