LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Viking® (www.viking.com) today named its newest river ship, the Viking Aton, with a special celebration in Aswan, Egypt. The ship’s ceremonial godfather, Richard Riveire, designer of Viking’s award-winning river, ocean and expedition vessels and founding Principal of internationally acclaimed interior design firm Rottet Studio, offered a blessing of good fortune and safe sailing for the ship—an evolution of the naval tradition dating back to thousands of years. The Viking Aton, an identical sister ship of the Viking Osiris, is a state-of-the-art vessel specifically built to navigate the Nile and will sail Viking’s popular Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary.
Viking today named its newest river ship, the Viking Aton, with a special celebration in Aswan, Egypt. Designed specifically to navigate the Nile, the state-of-the-art ship joins identical sister ship the Viking Osiris and will sail Viking’s popular Pharaohs & Pyramids itinerary. For more information, visit www.viking.com.
Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen and Ghada Shalaby, Vice Minister for Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Arab Republic of Egypt during the naming of the Viking Aton in Aswan, Egypt. For more information, visit www.viking.com.
Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen (left) with Mohamad El Bana (middle), Viking Egyptian Partner and Richard Riveire (right), the ceremonial godfather of the Viking Aton, during the naming of the new Nile River ship in Aswan, Egypt. For more information, visit www.viking.com.
Richard Riveire, the ceremonial godfather of the Viking Aton, pushes the button to release a bottle during the new Nile River ship’s naming ceremony in Aswan, Egypt. For more information, visit www.viking.com.
Left to right: Alastair Miller, Award-winning British photographer, Harald Seebacher, Viking SVP Passenger Operations, River, Viking Aton Captain Adb El Fattah, Sherif El Bana, Viking Egyptian Partner, Ghada Shalaby, Vice Minister for Tourism at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Arab Republic of Egypt, Viking Chairman Torstein Hagen, Mohamed El Bana, Viking Egyptian Partner, Ayman Attya, Board Member, The Arab Contractors, and Richard Riveire. For more information, visit www.viking.com.
