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Cruise Business Review
3/2008 contents

Following features can be downloaded below

- VFD Architects interview

- Baltic Princess cruise ferry

- Celebrity Solstice review

- Round-up of Western Europe cruise destinations

- Focus on ferries

Cruise Business Review
2/2008 contents

Following features can be downloaded below

- Oasis & Independence feature

- P&O Cruises' Ventura review

- Superstar Vs Viking XPRS cruise ferry feature

- German ports face investment choices

- Mediterranean home port development

Cruise Business Review
1/2008 contents

Following features can be downloaded below

- Color SuperSpeed

- Megaship cruising in Asia

4.2.2009: Was Condé Nast Traveler misled? Viking Line's ropax ferry voted as one of the best cruise ships in the world

The readers of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveler vote every year for the best cruise ships in the world. This year, in its medium-size category, there is among the top 5 vessels in the world quite a surprising ship: Viking Line's Viking XPRS. What makes this interesting is that Viking XPRS is not a cruise ship but rather a ropax-ferry which trades twice a day between capital cities Helsinki and Tallinn.

The publisher states on its website that Over 11,000 savvy Condé Nast Traveler readers rated more than 400 ships according to the highest seafaring standards to arrive at this select list of 90 top ships. Condé Nast Traveler readers rated 418 ships on a 100-point scale. Only ships that received a required minimum number of responses were eligible to be included in these rankings. Each ship was judged on seven criteria. Interestingly, Viking XPRS took a top spot in its category on shore excursions however, it offers none.

Viking XPRS was rated better medium-size ship, than any of those of Holland America Line, for example.

-- By Teijo Niemela

5.2.2009: Seabourn unveils its year-round Asian itineraries
5.2.2009: Carnival Conquest emerge from the extensive drydocking
5.2.2009: TUI Travel says trading and outlook in line with expectations
4.2.2009: Was Condé Nast Traveler misled? Viking Line's ropax ferry voted as one of the best cruise ships in the world
3.2.2009: Pacific Pearl name chosen for the next P&O Cruises addition
3.2.2009: Caribbean Princess introduces new signature features
2.2.2009: Wartsila says lack of credit hampers ferry and cruise ship orders
1.2.2009: Grand Turk Cruise Center expected to host half million passengers in 2009
29.1.2009: RCCL shares in sharp fall after result statement
29.1.2009: RCCL expects 2009 eps $1.40, lower than analysts' $1.87 average
29.1.2009: Booking window contracts and yields fall, but volumes consistent - RCCL
29.1.2009: RCCL final quarter and full year figures fall short of expectations
29.1.2009: Ole Heggheim resigns as STX Europe cfo, successor from South Korea
29.1.2009: Tallink posts small loss in first quater of 2008/09 financial year
28.1.2009: Regent announces the addition and promotion of key marketing executives
28.1.2009: Cruise Business Review Publisher blogs live from the Seven Seas Mariner
28.1.2009: NCL names F3 as Norwegian Epic
27.1.2009: Marlink extends contract with AIDA Cruises with five year deal
27.1.2009: NCL to disclose further F3 details on webcast event today
27.1.2009: Jacoby promoted to Senior Vice President – Hotel Operations at Carnival Cruise Lines
26.1.2009: RCCL forecast to report fall in EPS for both final quarter and full year 2008
25.1.2009: British naval vessel escorts Arcadia through Gulf of Aden
23.1.2009: STX group completes STX Europe acquisition
23.1.2009: RCI adds two cruises as Oasis of the Seas to enter service 12 days early
23.1.2009: Keel-laying of Celebrity Eclipse
22.1.2009: Evac launches new Evac 910 with "quiet flush"
22.1.2009: Hamburg Cruise Center names new Managing Director
22.1.2009: NCL continues year-round deployment in Europe, homeports two ships in New York with 2010-2011
20.1.2009: Sampiero named Vice President – Technical Services and Purchasing at Carnival
15.1.2009: Royal Caribbean names new Managing Director for China
15.1.2009: CLIA survey finds consumers become greener, budget minded and keener on multi-generation holidays
15.1.2009: CLIA forecasts 2.3% growth in North American cruise market this year
14.1.2009: Imtech Deutschland in TUI Cruises contract
14.1.2009: Helsinki and Tallinn enjoyed brisk rise cruise trade in 2008
14.1.2009: Lisbon and Barcelona report brisk rise in cruise business
12.1.2009: Prominent Greek passenger shipping figure Pericles Panagopoulos kidnapped
13.1.2009: Ventura's Christmas cruise marred by bad behaviour of some passengers -- paper
12.1.2009: MSC Cruises increases North American footprint with MSC Magnifica's Canada and Caribbean programmes in 2010
12.1.2009: Fincantieri and ABB to form automation system joint venture
9.1.2009: Sea Dream Yacht Club names Lepisto as President
9.1.2009: Princess Cruises launches Alaka Wilderness Sale promotion
8.1.2009: MSC Lirica scores full 100 points for fourth time in USPH surprise inspection
8.1.2009: STX Europe signs Carnival Sensation retrofit contract
8.1.2009: P&O Cruises Australia receives record 7,000 calls in single day
7.1.2009: Pimentel steps down as Sea Dream ceo - reports
7.1.2009: Cuxhaven unveils plan for second cruise terminal
7.1.2009: Silversea unveils Silver Spirit's first itineraries
7.1.2009: Viset Malta received 540,000 passengers and set three other records in 2008
6.1.2009: Star Cruises appoints Susan Ng as assistant VP international PR
6.1.2009: Hurtigruten's Richard With ran aground in Trondheim