Viking has rolled out a new trade incentive to promote its current expedition offer, with savings of up to $8,000 per couple, including flights.

Viking has opened for sale a selection of ocean cruises in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Alaska departing up to April 2024, offered aboard Viking Orion.

Viking is calling for agents to complete a survey to provide feedback on its Marketing Centre and suggestions for how the cruise line can best serve the trade community in Australia and New Zealand.

After the past two Viking World Cruises in 2021 and 2022 sold out in record time, Viking has announced dual world voyages for 2023/24, sailing on identical itineraries just three days apart.

Viking has released two new ocean cruise itineraries in 2022 on its newest ocean ship – the 930-guest Viking Mars. The itineraries allow guests the opportunity to explore a mix of destinations, such as Greece, Oman and Egypt, or Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand.

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 introduced nearly 1,000 new European river cruise departure dates for its 2023 program.

Viking has released three newly created back-to-back Expedition combination cruises following a surge in Viking guests combining and booking these cruises on their own.

Viking Ocean Cruises will expand its presence in the Mediterranean in July 2021, adding a third ship to sail roundtrip voyages from the Maltese capital, Valletta.

Viking has launched a new feature within its Agent Marketing Centre aimed at helping Australian and New Zealand travel advisors create more engaging and effective social media campaigns, and providing access to Viking’s content library that includes the most popular river and ocean itineraries, ship tours and destination highlights.

Responding to strong demand for 2023 Mississippi River sailings, Viking has opened its books for departure dates in 2024.

Viking has taken delivery of the company’s newest ocean ship, Viking Venus, at a delivery ceremony at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy.