Viking River Cruise voted Top 10 Small Cruise Line

[Jason]

Conde Nast Traveler Readers Vote Viking River Cruises to 'Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Lines' in 2006 Annual Survey

LOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ -- Viking River Cruises was recognized by readers of the leading travel publication Conde Nast Traveler in the "Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Lines" for the magazine's annual Readers' Choice Awards. Conde Nast Traveler magazine's annual survey allows its readers to rate hotels and resorts, cities and islands, cruise lines and more to determine the best of the best in travel.

"We are honored to be recognized as one of the "Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Lines" by Conde Nast Traveler readers," said Torstein Hagen, Founding Chairman, Viking River Cruises. "As the world's leading river cruise line, we own and manage all aspects of our passenger's experience, from our reservations department to our ships to our onboard Swiss hotel management, giving our passengers an excellent travel experience. Our listing in the top 10 Small Ships, along with the high numbers of passengers who return to us year after year for another cruise, confirms our leadership in the industry."

The Readers' Choice Awards results appear in the November issue of Conde Nast Traveler, and are also available online. In 2006, more than 283,657 subscribers were provided with the questionnaire to vote on cities, islands, hotels, resorts, safari camps, cruise lines, airlines, and car rental agencies that they had visited or traveled within recently. Additional information about the methodology is available on Conde Nast Traveler's website.

For 2007 vacations, river cruisers can choose from 17 different Viking River Cruises itineraries that travel along the majestic rivers of Europe, Russia and China. Additional details about China itineraries are featured in the 2007 China Expeditions brochure, and Europe and Russia itineraries are detailed in the 2007 European & Russian River Cruise Journeys brochure

[TheSkipper]

Still prefer UniWorld ourselves. Don't like beds that convert to sofas during the daytime! Or tour group of 100 or so listening to the guide on earphones.

Oh well, it takes all kinds.