A new addition to the Mekong Kingdoms’ river cruise fleet set sail on Monday with Bohème currently completing its first return journey between Luang Prabang and Vientiane.

A new 2025 river cruise from Tauck will visit traditional Christmas markets along the River Seine – its fifth Christmas market-themed river cruise and its first in France.

With overtourism a mounting concern worldwide, Tauck has underlined its commitment to tackling the problem through its carefully designed programs.

Viking has named its newest Nile river ships the Viking Hathor and the Viking Sobek at a special ceremony in Luxor, as it prepares to further ramp up its Egyptian river cruise fleet.

Viking has released its 2024-2026 River Brochure featuring 234 pages of destination-focused and culturally immersive itineraries from popular and previously sold-out river journeys exploring Europe, France and Portugal, Egypt, Southeast Asia and the USA

APT says two brand-new, ultra-luxury European river ships it will launch in 2025 “will raise the standard of luxury travel to new heights”. Details of the 154-passenger APT Solara and APT Ostara were confirmed today by the Australian global travel company with the unveiling of APT’s 2025 Europe Pre-Release collection.

Tauck has unveiled its 2024 portfolio of European river cruises which includes the addition of six new itineraries – the brand’s most new river cruises ever added to its portfolio in a single year.

Scenic has rolled out its 2024 Europe Early Access brochure for river cruising, featuring new in-depth itineraries and more enriching experiences. The new 2024 program includes over 270 departures along the waterways of western Europe, France and Portugal, plus two new Danube River cruises.

Uniworld Boutique River Cruises has added a second ‘Mystery Cruise’ sailing to its 2022 line-up having sold out its first departure next June in less than 48 hours.

River cruise specialist AmaWaterways will offer a new multi-ship, 46-night itinerary from Paris, France to Giurgiu, Bulgaria in 2023.

The river cruise segment of the industry seems to have been a relatively silent casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, with the much larger ocean operators taking the brunt of the media spotlight in the past three months.

Tauck has commenced sea trials in the Netherlands of its purpose-built ship for Portugal’s Douro River, the 84-guest ms Andorinha riverboat. The test run has also meant that future guests can now preview some of the ship’s facilities ahead of her full launch.