For the second yr in a row, Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) has been voted #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans and #1 for Expeditions by Condé Nast Traveler within the publication’s 2024 Readers’ Alternative Awards. This achievement marks the primary time a journey firm has gained these three classes in back-to-back years. Viking made historical past in 2023 by being the primary journey firm to be voted #1 in all three classes concurrently.
“It was fairly one thing to be voted #1 for rivers, oceans and expeditions in the identical yr. For our visitors, Condé Nast Traveler readers, to award us the identical honor two years in a row is actually particular. Thanks to our total Viking household for delivering the experiences around the globe that make these awards doable,” stated Torstein Hagen, Chairman and CEO of Viking.
“We’ve a transparent focus, and we don’t attempt to be all issues to all individuals. We’re happy that our visitors admire this totally different method, and we stay up for introducing extra curious vacationers to the Viking means of exploration within the years to come back.”
At the moment’s announcement is simply the most recent milestone in a sequence of latest accolades for Viking. Viking was named a “World’s Finest” for oceans, rivers, and expeditions in Journey + Leisure’s 2024 World’s Finest Awards. No different journey firm has concurrently obtained the identical honors from each publications—one thing Viking has now achieved two years in a row. Along with the awards from Condé Nast Traveler and Journey + Leisure, Viking was named Finest Luxurious Line, Finest Line for {Couples} and Finest Line within the Mediterranean in U.S. Information & World Report’s 2024 Finest Cruise Traces rating; Finest Journey Cruise Line by the editors and panel of specialists within the Ladies’s Well being 2024 Journey Awards; and Finest Expedition Cruise Line, Worldwide within the Males’s Well being 2024 Journey Awards. Viking’s ocean ships have additionally been rated and “Beneficial” as a part of the Forbes Journey Information 2024 Star Awards, anannual unbiased analysis for luxurious journey manufacturers. Moreover, Viking obtained seven awards on the 2023 Cruise Critic Editors’ Picks Awards—greater than another line—throughout the posh, river, and expedition classes.
Viking (NYSE: VIK) was based in 1997 and supplies destination-focused journeys on rivers, oceans, and lakes around the globe. Designed for curious vacationers with pursuits in science, historical past, tradition, and delicacies, Chairman Torstein Hagen usually says Viking presents experiences for The Pondering Individual™.
Viking has greater than 450 awards to its title, together with being rated #1 for Rivers, #1 for Oceans, and #1 for Expeditions by Condé Nast Traveler within the 2023 and 2024 Readers’ Alternative Awards. Viking can also be rated a “World’s Finest” for rivers, oceans, and expeditions by Journey + Leisure. No different journey firm has concurrently obtained the identical honors by each publications.
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