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For the fourth consecutive year, Travel + Leisure (US) readers have voted Viking to the top of its categories in the 2019 World’s Best Awards.

Viking was named the #1 Ocean Cruise Line for ships carrying 600-2,199 guests and one of the World’s Best River Cruise Lines. Since the launch of Viking’s ocean cruises in 2015, the company has been named a #1 Ocean Cruise Line every single year. Viking has also been voted a World’s Best River Cruise Line every year since the award’s inception in 2010.

Travel + Leisure is the largest travel magazine brand in the US and since 1995 its readers have been asked to cast their votes for the World’s Best in cruising with considerations in the following cruise features: cabins/facilities, food, service itineraries/destinations, excursions/activities and value.

“It is an unprecedented honor for a four-year-old ocean cruise line to be voted the world’s #1 ocean cruise line four years in a row,” said Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking. “When we set out to reinvent ocean cruising, we knew travellers wanted something different and were interested in our destination-focused approach. We are pleased with the positive response from the travel industry and our guests. Thank you once again to the readers of Travel + Leisure for this prestigious award.”

The announcement from Travel + Leisure adds to an impressive list of global accolades for Viking. Earlier this year, the company’s first five 930-guest sister ships, Viking StarViking SeaViking SkyViking Sun and Viking Orion dominated the Cruise Critic 9th Annual Cruisers’ Choice Awards (US), receiving 11 First Place honors. All six of Viking’s ships have been awarded a top rating of five stars by Cruise Critic – and Viking also received five awards in the luxury ocean and river categories of Cruise Critic’s 2018 Editors’ Picks Awards (US). Viking was again named the #1 River Cruise Line by Condé Nast Traveler in the publication’s 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards – and has also been honored as “Best Cruise Line for Luxury Ocean Cruises” and “Best Luxury River Cruise Company” in Luxury Travel Advisor magazine’s 2018 “Awards of Excellence” for a second consecutive year.

The full results of the awards can be found at www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best.

For additional information, contact Viking Cruises at 138 747 (AU) or 0800 447 913 (New Zealand) or visit vikingcruises.com.au.