For Immediate Release

CruiseCompete Releases August 2014 CruiseTrends™ Reports Data – Domestic Ship “American Star” Tops River Requests

Insight Into “What is Trending” With Consumers for Ocean and River Cruises

DETROIT (August 5, 2014) – CruiseCompete has released its CruiseTrends™ report for the month of August 2014.This report is sponsored by © EyeforTravel Ltd.

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

The CruiseTrends™ report for August 2014is detailed below. To see more topics and data, please visit CruiseCompete’s Press Room or click here to see the entire August 2014 report.

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 Lines
2. Luxury: Oceania Cruises
3. River: Viking River Cruises

In second place is Princess Cruises for premium/contemporary, Cunard Line for luxury and AmaWaterways for river. More…

Most Popular Cruise Ships
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each ship)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean Princess
2. Luxury: Queen Mary 2 (was Oceania Marina last month)
3. River: American Star (was Scenic Cruises Europe last month)

Next in popularity are Celebrity Summit for premium/contemporary, Oceania Riviera for luxury and Scenic Cruises Europe for river. More…

Most Popular Cruise Regions
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each region)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Caribbean
2. Luxury: Mediterranean (was Europe last month)
3. River: Europe

Next in popularity are North America for premium/contemporary, Europe for luxury and North America for river. More…

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, Fla (was Istanbul, Turkey last month)
3. River: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Next in popularity are Miami, Fla., for premium/contemporary, Southampton, U.K., for luxury and Budapest, Hungary, for river. More…

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: Kusadasi, Turkey
3. River: Cologne, Germany (was Vienna, Austria last month)

Next in popularity are Nassau, Bahamas, for premium/contemporary, Santorini, Greece, for luxury and Vienna, Austria for river. More…

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 France for river. More…

Most Popular Cabin Types
(Based on the total number of quote requests for each cabin type)
1. Premium/Contemporary: Balcony
2. Luxury: Balcony
3. River: Balcony
More…

Number of Cabins Requested
(Based on most popular number of cabins per request)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 1
2. Luxury: 1
3. River: 1

Second are 2 cabins for premium/contemporary, 2 cabins for luxury and 2 cabins for river.
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Most Popular Cruise Itinerary Lengths
(Based on most requested itinerary lengths)
1. Premium/Contemporary: 7 nights
2. Luxury: 7 nights
3. River: 8 nights

Second are 4 nights for premium/contemporary, 10 nights for luxury and 15 nights for river.
More…

Most Popular Sailing Months Requested
(Based on the most requested months)
1. Premium/Contemporary: August 2014 (was July 2014 last month)
2. Luxury: August 2014
3. River: August 2014 (was September 2014 last month)
More…

Other data available at the August 2014 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 12-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. The CruiseCompete CruiseTrends™ report is sponsored by © EyeforTravel Ltd.

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