O le Viking River Cruises ua toe aloaʻia foi e le aufaitau o le mekasini femalagaaʻi, Travel + Leisure, o se tasi o "Top 10 Small-Ship Cruise Lines" i le lomiga o le 13th faaletausaga "Lalolagi Sili" faʻailoga. "O le lona fa ai lea ona tulaʻi mai Viking River Cruises i luga o lenei lisi, ma ua matou fiafia foʻi e avea ma kamupani vaʻaia sili ona maualuga i le vaega o Vaʻa Laʻititi," o le tala lea a Torstein Hagen, o le faʻavae ma le taʻitaʻifono o le Viking River Cruises.

O le suʻesuʻega faaletausaga "Sili ona Lelei a le Lalolagi" e mafai ai e le aufaitau ona amanaʻia a latou kamupani e sili ona fiafia iai i vaega e pei o faletalimalo, kamupani vaʻalele, ma isi, e aofia ai ma laina folau; o le "vaʻa laʻititi" vaega e mo vaʻa e laʻititi ifo le 400 pasese. O le palota e faʻatapulaʻaina i le aufaitau e leʻo ni tagata tomai faapitoa i pisinisi, ma o faʻavasega e faʻavae i luga o le au fai saofaga i mea na tutupu talu ai nei ma le au faʻatau femalagaaʻi o loʻo iloiloina. "Matou te talitonu o le aufaitau o le Travel + Leisure o ni tagata femalagaaʻi malamalama latou te iloa le mea latou te mananaʻo ai," o le faʻaauau lea a Hagen, "ma latou te iloa foi e mafai ona sili atu ona saunia."

O le laina folau vaitafe sili ona tele i le lalolagi o le Viking River Cruises, e maua ai e ana pasese le loloto, agavaʻa-faʻatauaina femalagaaiga i tafa o vaitafe sili o le lalolagi. O le kamupani ua i ai le 99.8% faamalieina togi mo le feiloai, sili atu pe sili mamao atu foi i le faamoemoe o ana malo i le 2007. "O a matou pasese e maualuga le faamoemoeina o matou," o le tala lea a Hagen, "ma matou te matua galue malosi i tausaga uma e feiloai ma sili atu i na faʻamoemoega O matou foliga mai i luga o le Travel + Leisure 'Sili ona Lelei' lisi o lona uiga o loʻo matou faia na o lena, lea e faʻaosofia ai i matou e galulue atili atili faʻamalieina ma faʻamalieina a matou malo. ”

Ua faalauiloa mai e Viking lana laina o folauga ma folauga i le 2009, e aofia ai ma auala e 19, mai le valu i le 23 aso le umi, i Europa, Saina, Lusia ma Iukureini. O vaʻa a Viking e folau i tafatafa o Rhine, Moselle, Rhone, Saone, Seine, Main, Danube ma Elbe Rivers i Europa, le Neva, Svir ma Volga i Lusia ma le Dnieper i Iukureini ma le Yangtze i Saina. O le faʻagaioia o vaʻa tetele e 21 o vaʻa folau a le vaitafe, o Viking e ofi atu i potu matagofie, lautele, meaʻai faʻaola, tautua lelei e le aufaigaluega i le gagana Peretania ma taʻitaʻi o le atunuʻu, ma sili atu le tau mo le pasese a le pasese.

Mo le 2009, ua faʻalauiloa e le kamupani le tatalaina o lana vaʻa fou, Viking Legend, lea o le a auai i le tele o vaʻa i luga o le lauiloa kamupani Grand Europa Malologa malaga. I totonu o Lusia, na faʻalauiloa ai e le kamupani lana Viking Surkov ua maeʻa faʻafouina ia Me o le tausaga nei; i le tausaga fou, Viking Kirov o le a toe faʻaleleia atoa foʻi, ma avea ai nei vaʻa ma sili sili ona lelei vaʻa folau vaʻa i Rusia. Viking foi o loʻo ofoina atu le tele o fiafiaga fou fanua faʻaopoopo polokalame mo le 2009, e aofia ai le tafafao maimoa o le Baltic laumua, o se malaga i luga o le idyllic Channel Islands, o se malaga i Nice ma isi lauiloa nofoaga i le French Riviera, ma 3 matagofie mataʻina i Istanbul. O loʻo iai foʻi ni fale talimalo fou, e pei o le leai o se initaneti tautua i luga o vaʻa uma a Europa ma faʻalauteleina le loloto o auala-faʻapitoa e faʻatamaoaigaina ai aganuʻu.

Viking River Cruises, o le sili ona tele kamupani folau vaitafe o le lalolagi, ofoina lelei auaunaga, taumafataga kuka ma malu vaʻaia folau i vaitafe mataʻina vaitafe o Europa, Lusia ma Saina. E tele taimi na faʻamanuiaina ai le kamupani e avea ma laina folau iluga o vaitafe i luga o le Conde Nast Traveller's "Gold List" ma Travel + Leisure "Faʻamanuiaga silisili a le Lalolagi". Ua maitauina foi e le au malaga femalagaaʻi Viking River Cruises i le 2006 ma le 2007 o le "Best Riverboat Cruise Line" e le Travel Weekly, "Best River Cruise Line" e le Fautuaina ma Travel Agent mekasini, ma i le 2006, 2007 ma le 2008 o le "Best Atoa Cruise Line mo Vaitafe o le Vaitafe ”e TravelAge West. Talu mai lona amataga 1997, ua faʻatupulaia le kamupani i le tele o vaʻa 21, ma maua ai tulaga ese, sili ona lelei tafaoga i tagata femalagaaʻi femalagaaʻi ma le fiafia i laufanua, aganuu ma talaʻaga.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Viking also offers a number of exciting new land extension programs for 2009, including a tour of four Baltic capitals, a sojourn on the idyllic Channel Islands, a pilgrimage to Nice and other legendary destinations along the French Riviera, and 3 fascinating nights in Istanbul.
Viking’s ships sail along the Rhine, Moselle, Rhone, Saone, Seine, Main, Danube and Elbe Rivers in Europe, the Neva, Svir and Volga in Russia and the Dnieper in Ukraine and the Yangtze in China.
“This is the fourth time Viking River Cruises has appeared on this list, and we are delighted to be the highest-ranked dedicated river cruising company in the Small-Ship category,”.