MARSEILLE, France — When Viking Cruises' first ocean-going ship, Viking Star, debuted in 2015, it featured something unusual for a cruise vessel: A restaurant that changed its cuisine every few days.

Viking Ocean Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line are very different cruise providers, even though both fall into the luxury cruise category. Seabourn is considered an ultra-luxury brand with smaller ...

Some cruise lines try to be all things to all people. Viking isn't one of them. Since its founding in 1997, the upscale cruise brand has carved out a niche catering to a certain type of thoughtful, ...

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