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Roll of Honour

Seatrade Cruise Roll of Honour

Here you'll find the last 5 years' worth of Seatrade Cruise Awards winners.

Having received over 145 entries, brimming with innovation, new technologies and personal triumphs from the world of cruise, winners were finally revealed in Hamburg at Seatrade Europe on 6 September 2023.

Roll of Honour

2023 Winners

Destination of the Year

Winner: Cruise Gate Hamburg, Germany

Accepting: Jorg Jocker, Director of Operations and Revenue Management & Simone Maraschi, Managing Director, Iris Scheel, Managing Director

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Finalists

Cruise Saudi, Saudi Arabia

Haifa, Israel

Innovative Shorex of the Year

Winner:Intercruises Marine Treasures of Mallorca

Accepting: Carmen Morosan, Product Manager Excursions and Activities, TUI Musement & Eira Mogas Díez, International Partnerships Manager, National Geographic Expeditions

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Finalists

Global Cruises - Let’s Bond Together: 007 Agents in Nassau

Silversea Cruises: S.A.L.T - Beauty of the French Riviera with Market and Lunch at Mirazur, one of the World’s Best Restaurants

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

Winner Atlas Ocean Voyages Epicurean Expeditions

Accepting: Ferdinand Strohmeier, CEO, Mystic Cruises

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Finalists

Sourcetoad’s OnDeck Experience Communication System

Colombia57 - Colombia Caribbean Coast Exploration

Port of the Year

Winner: Port of Haugesund, Norway

Accepting: Tore Gautesen CEO & Port Director, Karmsund Port Authority & Vigleik Dueland, Director of Tourism and Cruise Development, Destination Haugesund

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Finalists

Port Saint John, Canada

Port of Thessaloniki, Greece

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner: MSC Cruises - MSC Euribia

Accepting: Gianni Onorato, CEO, MSC Cruises, Linden Coppel, Vice President of Sustainability & ESG, MSC Cruises & Michele Francioni, SVP, MSC Cruises

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Finalists

Pacific Northwest to Alaska Ports - Green Corridor for Cruise

Tillberg Design of Sweden

Product of the Year

Winner: Silverstream-Air Lubrication Technology

Accepting: Piers Strong, Business Development Manager, Silverstream Technologies

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Finalists

ESpace Networks - Connectivity Management Platform

Speedcast - TrueBeam Intelligent Automation Solution

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award

Winner: Mai Elmar

Accepting: Mai Elmar, Director, Cruise Port Rotterdam

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Seatrade Cruise Personality Of The Year

Winner: Wybcke Meier

Accepting: Wybcke Meier, CEO, TUI Cruises

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Past Winners

16 years of celebrating success and counting

2022 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

Destination of the Year

WINNER

Port of Taranto, Italy

FINALISTS

City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Cruise Britain

Innovative Shorex of the Year

WINNER

Abercrombie & Kent (Akorn) - Mombasa: Past and Present

FINALISTS

Global Cruises LLC - Supporting St. Martin's Nature Reserve: One Mangrove at a Time
Intercruises - Archaeologist for the Day: be part of Ancient Roman History

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by

Cruisebaltic

WINNER

Hapag Lloyd Cruises’ Finnish and Swedish Lapland expedition

FINALISTS

American Queen Voyages' debut Alaska expedition season
The Great Lakes Cruise Association - intro of Lake Superior North Shore Inside Passag

Investment in People Award

WINNER

Carnival Cruise Line's DEI, Learning and Community Initiatives

FINALISTS

Cruise Saudi's Local Training Initiatives
Hurtigruten Group's Black Traveler Advisory Board

Port of the Year

WINNER

Galataport Istanbul

FINALISTS

Port Canaveral
Portsmouth International Port

Product of the Year

WINNER

Climeon - HeatPower 300 Marine Technology

FINALISTS

Survitec Group - Seahaven Advanced Evacuation System
Tower Supplies - CtrlFlow ECA Technology

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

WINNER

Environmental Port Index

FINALISTS

Nassau Cruise Port's Redevelopment Project
Lufthansa Industry Solutions - Food Waste Reduction AI Tool

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER

Claus Bødker, Cruise Baltic & Cruise Copenhagen

Seatrade Cruise Personality Of The Year Award

Sponsored by

v.ships

WINNER

Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises

2021 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

Port or Destination of the Year

ABP Southampton - WINNER
Cruise Saudi
Galataport Istanbul

#WeAreBack – Onboard

DNV - CIP - M Certification
MSC Cruises - WINNER
TUI Cruises

#WeAreBack – Onshore

Port St Maarten Group - WINNER
Solent Stevedores
Valletta Cruise Port

Expedition Ship of the Year

Crystal Cruises – Crystal Endeavor
Ponant – Le Commandant Charcot - WINNER
Vantage Travel – Ocean Explorer

Marine Interior Design of the Year

Marella Cruises – refit of The Glass House on Marella Discovery - WINNER
Windstar Cruises – Cuadro 44 restaurant on Star Breeze
YSA – Design for Costa Firenze

Product of the Year

BROMIC – Marine Outdoor Heating range
Eumar Design – Lightweight composite stone washbasins
Intellian – v240M 2 antenna system
Wireless Maritime Services – 4G LTE cellular system - WINNER

Hygiene Product of the Year

HOBART Global Marine – Mobile Handwash System
Steripower – sanitizer for luggage and pallets - WINNER
Survitec Group – Protect 360 face covering

Diversity & Inclusion Award

American Caribbean Maritime Foundation - WINNER
CLIA's Stephani E.D. McDow
Virgin Voyages

Seatrade Cruise Personality of the Year

Roland Torsten Land, Director, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement of the Year

Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola

2020 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

Destination of the Year

WINNER

Barbados

FINALISTS

CruiseCopenhagen
St Kitts and Nevis

Supplier of the Year

WINNER

Vikand Solutions

FINALISTS

Broward Health International
Tritan Software

Innovative Shorex of the Year

WINNER

Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services - Plastic Fishing, The Netherlands

FINALISTS

Excursion Ireland’s Traditional Ireland tour of Ardara
Mifsud Brothers Ltd – Retro Ride, Malta

Port of the Year

WINNER

Icy Strait Point, Alaska

FINALISTS

Port of Dover, UK
Passenger Port of St. Petersburg "Marine Façade", Russia

Sustainability Award

Sponsored by

CruiseBaltic

WINNER

Silversea Cruises – The Silversea Fund for the Galapagos

FINALISTS

Hurtigruten’s hybrid electric powered expedition ships - Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen
Marseille Provence Cruise Club - Blue Charter Cruise initiative

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year Award

WINNER

Scenic Neptune luxury submersible onboard Scenic Eclipse

FINALISTS

ASENAV’s newbuild Magellan Explorer
Ponant’s Bijages Archipelgo, Guinea-Bissau itinerary

Talent Development Award

WINNER

Peter Kollar, Head of Training & Development, CLIA Australasia

FINALISTS

American Caribbean Maritime Foundation
Claudine Pohl

Seatrade Cruise Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Cruising

WINNER

David Vass, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Cruise Business & Operations, Abercrombie & Kent Destination Management

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER

Universal Marine Medical Supply “Unimed”

Seatrade Cruise Personality Of The Year Award

Sponsored by

v.ships

WINNER

Mário Ferreira, Chairman, Mystic Invest Holding

2019 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

Destination of the Year

WINNER | Cruise Baltic

Finalists

Busselton, Western Australia

Cruise Baltic

Sete Cruise Club, France

Supplier of the Year

WINNER | DeCurtis Corporation – Online Booking Platform

Finalists

DeCurtis Corporation – Online Booking Platform

Intellian Technologies – v240MT VSAT Antenna System

V.Ships Leisure – Shipsure 2.0

Marine Interior Design of the Year

WINNER | SMC Design for Saga Cruises Spirit of Discovery

Finalists

Eumar Santehnika for Five Point Plus vanity unit

Marella Cruises for 19th Hole Clubhouse onboard Marella Explorer 2

SMC Design for Saga Cruises Spirit of Discovery

Port of the Year

WINNER | Zadar Cruise Port, Croatia

Finalists

Port of OldenLoen, Norway

Port of Yokohama, Japan

Zadar Cruise Port, Croatia

Environmental Initiative Award – sponsored by MedCruise

WINNER | | Hullwiper Ltd – Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle

Finalists

DNV GL - AFI (Alternative Fuel Insight) Platform

Hullwiper Ltd – Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle

LuminUltra - LuminUltra Cloud™

Marketing Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by Cruise Baltic

WINNER | Caribbean Village – Cruise Marketing Platform

Finalists

Caribbean Village – Cruise Marketing

PlatformOneSpaWorld & Celebrity Cruises – The Spa on Celebrity Edge

Zielia – Digital Destination Platform

Innovative Shorex of the Year

WINNER | Abercrombie & Kent (Akorn) – Incubating Vidigal Entrepreneurs, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Finalists

Abercrombie & Kent (Akorn) – Incubating Vidigal Entrepreneurs, Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Astoria Shipping and Tourist Agency - The Daily Life in a Nun's Monastery, Patmos, Greece

Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services – Behind the Scenes at the Marine Mammal Center, San Francisco, USA

Seatrade Outstanding Contribution Award

WINNER | Rudi Schreiner, President/Co-Owner, AmaWaterways

Seatrade Cruise Personality of the Year

sponsored by V.Ships Leisure

WINNER | Robin Shaw, CEO, Saga Travel

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