Viking’s 2025 river voyages are now open for sale. Responding to overwhelming demand, the program’s release follows record-breaking sales in January and the cruise company achieving top honours in the Cruise Critic 2023 Cruisers’ Choice Awards across river, ocean and expedition categories.

Viking has just wrapped up the first Viking Vör trade training night since 2019, hosting 140 agents in Brisbane last week. Named for the Norse goddess of wisdom, Vör, the training nights are an opportunity for travel advisors to be treated to the latest on Viking’s expansive worldwide product over a three-course meal and drinks.

Viking’s long-awaited 2019 Valhalla Club members have spent eight days exploring the iconic cities and seaside towns along the Mediterranean coastline to celebrate their achievements.

Viking will deploy its next ocean ship to Australian waters in its debut year, the cruise line has revealed. Viking Mars, the newest and eighth vessel in its class, was floated out for the first time last week at the Ancona shipyard of Fincantieri in Italy.

Viking has released its 2022-2023 River Cruises brochure covering sailings from Central Europe and Russia, to Egypt, Asia and the United States of America.

Viking has announced a second extension to its temporary global operational pause due to coronavirus pandemic.

Viking Cruises is launching a series of trade training emails for agents to learn more about Viking Expeditions.

Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen has announced the cruise line will temporarily suspend both its river and ocean cruise programs in direct response to the coronavirus COVID-19 situation gripping the world.

Viking has confirmed a launch date of January 2022 for the first ship of its new expedition division, with voyages planned for Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. Viking Octantis will embark on explorations in the US states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada, ahead of the second ship, Viking Polaris, which will offer voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic from August 2022.

Viking has taken delivery of Viking Jupiter, the company’s sixth ocean ship. A delivery ceremony took place on the morning of Thursday 7 February 2019, when the ship was presented at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy.

For a limited time, travel agents who have signed up for Viking’s new loyalty program, Rewards by Viking, will receive 250 bonus points for booking their clients on a Viking ocean or river cruise.