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What’s Trending In Cruise Travel?

A Picture of Consumer Behavior for Cruise Vacation Trends
DETROIT (Feb 2, 2011) –CruiseCompete has mined their wealth of cruise data to understand what's trending among consumers purchasing cruise vacations, and is offering valuable consumer statistics and information through their monthly CruiseTrends™ Report .

CruiseTrends™ reports are compiled based on actual consumer quote requests and transactions taking place via the CruiseCompete website.

The following comprises a sampling of trends for January 2001. To see more topics and data, please visit the CruiseCompete Press room or click here:
January 2011 CruiseTrends™ Report .

Most Popular Cruise Lines
Ranked by the total number of quote requests for each particular line in the given month, top choices are:

1. Premium: Carnival Cruise Line
2. Luxury: Cunard Line Ltd.
3. River Cruises: Viking River Cruises (up from second place in December 2010)

In second place are Royal Caribbean International for premium, Oceania Cruises for luxury (overtaking Seabourn) and AMAWaterways for river cruises (down from first place in December 2010). More…

Most Popular Cruise Ships
Ranked by the total number of quote requests for each ship:

1. Premium: Allure of the Seas (overtaking the Crown Princess in December 2010)
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2
3. River Cruises: ms AMADolce (surpassing December 2010’s ms AMALegro)

Next in popularity are Carnival Dream (replacing December 2010’s Allure of the Seas), Queen Victoria for luxury, Uniworld River Beatrice for river (replacing the ms AMACello). More…

Most Popular Cabin Types
Ranked by the total number of quote requests for each cabin type, leaders are:

1. Premium: Inside Cabins
2. Luxury: Balcony Cabins
3. River Cruises: Outside Cabins (changing from Balcony Cabins in December 2010)
More…

Hottest Months for Cruising
Ranked by the most requested months for consumer travel:

1. Premium: March
2. Luxury: May
3. River: April
More…

Other interesting data that is available:
· Number of Cabins Requested
· Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
· Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
· Requested Travel Insurance
· Past Passenger on Line Requested
· Booking Window

This cruise trend information is available monthly from CruiseCompete and should prove helpful for travel writers. To see a full year of data, please click here:
Cruise Trends

For any questions, suggestions, or to request an interview with the CEO of CruiseCompete, please feel free to contact Heidi Allison.

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or Cruise Compete Groups .

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