Viking River Cruises has been founded in 1997 and since then has pretty much cornered the entire cruise market for English-language cruise trips on Chinese and European rivers. The cruise line has been started by the consortium of Swiss and Dutch financiers, coordinated by a former Norwegian who has been instrumental in starting Royal..
Once upon time, there was a very small but innovative cruise company named Premier that came up with a great idea. Painting a former ocean liner red and naming it the “Big Red Boat,” Premier Cruises added the magic to its cruise company in the form of the “Magic Kingdom.” Locating this little Big Red [...]
There are not that many people who will deserve recognition in the cruise industry, but Knut Kloster, the original founder of Norwegian Cruise Line will be one of them. Kloster has managed to keep the company going by adding more cruise ships, making waves and occasionally enduring rough seas, so to speak. Despite the common [...]