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Viking Cruises orders more Longships
Viking Cruises has upped its order for new Viking Longships from 12 to 14 for the 2014 season.
It said the decision comes after "record levels of consumer interest in river cruising".
The increase will bring the total number of new ships launched in the past three years to 30, the most rapid fleet expansion programme the cruise industry has ever seen.
River cruising has grown at an average annual rate of about 9%, Viking said, while its own business has grown 22%.
Even with 10 new ships sailing its European routes in 2013, the line had occupancy rates of 90% in the spring and summer.
By Cheryl Rosen, TravelMole US
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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