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Awards

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 146 entries, brimming with innovation, new technologies and personal triumphs from the world of cruise, winners were finally revealed in Málaga at Seatrade Cruise Med on 11 September 2024.

Roll of Honour

2024 Winners

Andrew Williamson accepting Port of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Port of the Year

Port of the Year: Portsmouth International Port

Accepting: Andrew Williamson, Head of Cruise, Portsmouth International Port

Finalists:

Port of Benoa, Indonesia

Tarragona Cruise Port, Spain

Sylviane de Tracy accepting Innovative Shorex of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Innovative Shorex of the Year

Winner: PONANT East Greenland Expedition

Accepting: Sylviane de Tracy, Director Cruise Research & Development, PONANT

Finalists:

Chukka Caribbean Adventures’ Cooking, Coffee, & Casa Typica

Panoramic Excursions’ St. Lucia by Double Decker Bus

Ferdinand Strohmeier accepting Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

Winner: HX Foundation Rapid Response Fund

Accepting: Henrik A. Lund, Managing Director, HX Foundation

Finalists:

Colombia57 Expedition Cruise to Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira

Swan Hellenic Explore & Restore Cruises

Kate O'Hara accepting Destination of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Destination of the Year

Winner: Fowey Harbour, United Kingdom

Accepting: Kate O'Hara, Head of Cruise, Fowey Harbour

Finalists:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tourism Kingston, Canada

Sylvaine de Tracy accepting Sustainability Initiative of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner: Paul Gauguin Cruises in French Polynesia

Accepting: Sylvaine de Tracy, Director Cruise Research & Development, PONANT

Finalists:

MarineXchange MXP Enterprise Platform

Virgin Voyages’ An Epic Sea Change For All

Eve Mitts accepting Product of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Product of the Year

Winner: Sourcetoad: OnDeck Mobile App

Accepting: Eve Mitts, Director of Product, Sourcetoad OnDeck

Finalists:

CTModule: Callisto PINcode Telephony

Speedcast: SIGMA

Simon Ashwell accepting Investment in People Seatrade Cruise Award

Investment in People

Winner: Carnival Corporation & plc W.O.N

Accepting: Simon Ashwell, VP of Corporate Affairs, Carnival UK

Finalists:

Lemoneight

MJM Marine

Giora Israel accepting Outstanding Achievement Seatrade Cruise Events

Outstanding Achievement

Winner: Giora Israel, Giora Israel LLC

Marie-Caroline Laurent accepting Personality of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

Personality of the Year

Winner: Marie-Caroline Laurent, CLIA Europe

   

Past Winners

16 years of celebrating success and counting

2023 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners
Destination of the Year

WINNER

  • Cruise Gate Hamburg, Germany

FINALISTS

  • Cruise Saudi, Saudi Arabia
  • Haifa, Israel

Innovative Shorex of the Year

WINNER

  • Intercruises Marine Treasures of Mallorca

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

FINALISTS

  • Sourcetoad’s OnDeck Experience Communication System
  • Colombia57 - Colombia Caribbean Coast Exploration

Port of the Year

WINNER

  • Port of Haugesund, Norway

FINALISTS

  • Port Saint John, Canada
  • Port of Thessaloniki, Greece

Product of the Year

WINNER

  • Silverstream-Air Lubrication Technology

FINALISTS

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

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

WINNER

  • MSC Cruises - MSC Euribia

FINALISTS

  • Pacific Northwest to Alaska Ports - Green Corridor for Cruise
  • Tillberg Design of Sweden

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER

  • Mai Elmar

Seatrade Cruise Personality Of The Year Award

WINNER

  • Wybcke Meier

Seatrade Cruise River Cruise Innovation Award

WINNER

  • American Queen Voyages

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