For over 30 years, Uniworld has taken guests to the world’s great rivers in Europe, Russia, China and Egypt. Uniworld offers over 500 departures on more than 30 itineraries sailing on 12 rivers in 20 countries across 4 continents.

Since 2006, when Uniworld was purchased by Travel Corporation, parent company of Red Carnation Hotels – the award-winning five-star luxury hotel collection – Uniworld has made major investments in its ships and its people. The ultimate goal of these investments—a first-class European river cruise boutique, hotel-style experience. The winning combination of Uniworld’s new sister company’s expertise in first-class hotel management coupled with Uniworld’s decades of superior nautical experience has created a new dimension in river cruising.

Uniworld’s company-owned boutique hotel-style ships
Boutique hotel designers often invest a lot of thought, time and resources into an interior decor reflective of a destination, as well as the amenities that assure an elegant, relaxed and intimate experience. This is apparent on each of Uniworld’s eight company-owned ships! Over the course of the last two years, Uniworld’s ships have been completely refurbished to the highest standard of comfort, so guests travel from one exciting destination to the next with access to stylish lounges, cozy libraries, panoramic restaurants offering sumptuous cuisine and inviting riverview staterooms.

Uniworld’s Partners
Additionally, the company jointly operates one river cruise ship, Douro Queen, in Portugal and river cruise ships, Litvinov and Taras Shevchenko, in Russia and the Ukraine. Ships used in the Egypt program are under charter agreements, and in China, space is booked through an affiliation with the river cruise ships of Victoria Cruises offering five-star ships.

Expect more personalized attention with Uniworld
Exceptional service guaranteed doesn’t just happen; it’s planned. Uniworld has invested in a team of dedicated professionals who work together to ensure guests have a truly memorable experience. With no more than 134 guests per ship and a ratio of one highly-trained crew member for every three guests, Uniworld’s staff is able to anticipate the needs and desires of each guest and offer more personalized attention.

Uniworld employs an all English, professionally trained staff, so there are no language barriers and no problems with understanding what is being said or going on. All announcements are made only in English. Unlike many companies offering river cruise programs in Europe and elsewhere, Uniworld is an American company focused on North American travelers, or at least English-speaking clientele (the trips are popular with Canadians and Australians as well).

Uniworld’s Headquarters
Uniworld’s headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California, and it has an outstanding European operations team who reports directly to our Los Angeles headquarters, which allows us to have complete control over every aspect of product delivery: nautical, hospitality and land. In addition, we have a satellite office in Arnheim, the Netherlands, and a China operation’s team in Beijing. By having operation teams located in these regions, Uniworld is able to react quickly and efficiently to any given challenge and/or emergency.