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The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
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The first-known virtual pet was a screen-cursor chasing cat called Neko. It was rather called a "desktop pet" since at that time the term "virtual pet" did not exist. PF.Magic released the first widely popular virtual pets in 1995 with Dogz, [5] followed by Catz in the spring of 1996, eventually becoming a franchise known as Petz.
A virtual pet is an imaginary pet that, as in the real world, needs to be cared for. Such pets are usually on the Internet or in a computer game. Subcategories.
Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07001966 : Viking Rurik: 1975: 125.0 m (410 ft) 196: Viking River Cruises: Vladimir Ilyich / 301: Saint Petersburg: → : RRR 160202: originally, the Mariya Ulyanova, formerly Petergof: Viking Sigyn: 2019: 135.0 m (443 ft) 190: Viking River Cruises: Viking Long Ship: Basel: ENI 07002115 ...
Royal Viking Star was stretched in 1981, followed by Royal Viking Sky in 1982 and Royal Viking Sea in 1983. The lengthening of the ships improved both their profiles and their economics. In 1984, Torstein Hagen arranged a $240 million management buyout of the company, with the assistance of venture capital firm JH Whitney [citation needed].
In May 2013, the company announced plans to start an ocean cruise division and changed its name to Viking Cruises. [8] [9] Its first ocean cruise was launched in 2015. [10] As of 2016, Hagen has disposed of 23% of Viking Cruises to TPG Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for a total of $672 million. [6] As of 2017, the company ...
Viking Sky is one of a series of cruise ships built by Fincantieri in Ancona, Italy, for Viking Ocean Cruises.As of 2019, she has five sister ships in operation (Viking Star, Viking Sea, Viking Sun, Viking Orion and Viking Jupiter), one under construction (Viking Venus), five on order (Viking Tellus and four yet unnamed vessels) and four more planned with deliveries spanning to 2027. [3]