Cruise Operator Viking Drops After Posting Wider Q1 Loss
** Shares of travel and cruise company Viking Holdings down 2% at $29.99 in premarket trading** Co posts a wider Q1 net loss, partly hurt by higher operating costs, even as it sees a strong demand for cruise vacations** Net loss attributable to VIK comes in at $494.2 mln, or $1.21/shr, vs $214.23 mln, or 52 cents/shr a year ago** Co sees total cruise operating expenses jump 5.7% from a year ago** VIK's Q1 revenue jumps by 14.2% to $718.2 million** Yet, CFO Leah Talactac, on a post-earnings call,