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2025 Winners

Roll of Honour

Seatrade Cruise Roll of Honour

Having received over 160 entries, brimming with innovation, new technologies and personal triumphs from the world of cruise, this year's winners of the Seatrade Cruise Awards were announced at Seatrade Europe 2025!

Roll of Honour

2025 Winners

Copenhagen Malmö Port, Denmark/Sweden

Port of the Year

Copenhagen Malmö Port, Denmark/Sweden

Accepting the award for Copenhagen Malmö Port, Denmark/Sweden: Luis de Carvalho, Cruise Commercial Director, Copenhagen Malmo Port

Finalists:

  • Port of Bridgetown, Barbados
  • Stornoway Port, UK
Tura Gold

Innovative Shorex of the Year

Tura Gold

Accepting the award for Tura Gold - Living Dig: Behind the Scenes in Kastabos, Turkey: Deirde Pamir, Director, Tura Gold

Finalists:

  • Abercrombie & Kent (Akorn Destination Management) – Master Weavers of Pile, Ecuador
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages – Barcelona from the Heights to the Shore: An Evening of Sights, Flavors and Flamenco Soul
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

Accepting the award for the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund initiative: Liz Gammon, Expedition Cruising, Principal, LizGammon.com

Finalists:

  • Broome International Airport – Cruise Lounge
  • Seabourn – Image Masters Program
The British Isles - Britain and Ireland

Destination of the Year

The British Isles - Britain and Ireland

Accepting the award for The British Isles - Britain and Ireland: Kay Greenway, Director, Cruise Britain and Ann Doherty, Chair, Cruise Ireland

Finalists:

  • Puerto Rico
  • Sitka Sound, Alaska
Carnival Corporation & plc.

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Carnival Corporation & plc.

Accepting the award for the Carnival Corporation & plc. – Less Left Over strategy initiative: David Truscello, Pricing, Itinerary & Revenue Planning Director, Costa Cruises

Finalists:

  • Bodrum Cruise Port – One Day. One Ship. One Future
  • HX Expedition – Science & Education Program
KaptureCx

Product of the Year

KaptureCx

Accepting the award for KaptureCx – Cabin Selection: Dickson Chin, Managing Director, Wallem Ship Agency

Finalists:

  • CONDUCTR – Glow Court
  • WMS – Cellular at Sea Cruise+
AmaWaterways

River Cruise Innovation of the Year

AmaWaterways

Accepting the award for AmaWaterways – Launch of AmaMagdalena on Colombia’s Magdalena River: Jamie Loizou, Managing Director UK, AmaWaterways

Finalists:

  • Century Cruises – Eco-conscious Yangtze Fleet and Nile Expansion
  • UNITED WATERWAYS – River Cruise Configurator
Andrea Zito

Personality of the Year

Winner: Andrea Zito

CEO, Swan Hellenic

Niels-Erik Lund

Outstanding Achievement of the Year

Winner: Niels-Erik Lund

Founder, SunStone Maritime Group

Past Winners

19 years of celebrating success and counting

2024 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

  • Fowey Harbour, United Kingdom

FINALISTS

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Tourism Kingston, Canada

WINNER

  • PONANT East Greenland Expedition

FINALISTS

  • Chukka Caribbean Adventures’ Cooking, Coffee, & Casa Typica
  • Panoramic Excursions’ St. Lucia by Double Decker Bus

WINNER

  • Carnival Corporation & plc W.O.N

FINALISTS

  • Lemoneight
  • MJM Marine

WINNER

  • HX Foundation Rapid Response Fund

FINALISTS

  • Colombia57 Expedition Cruise to Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira
  • Swan Hellenic Explore & Restore Cruises

WINNER

  • Portsmouth International Port

FINALISTS

  • Port of Benoa, Indonesia
  • Tarragona Cruise Port, Spain

WINNER

  • Sourcetoad: OnDeck Mobile App

FINALISTS

  • CTModule: Callisto PINcode Telephony
  • Speedcast: SIGMA

WINNER

  • Paul Gauguin Cruises in French Polynesia

FINALISTS

  • MarineXchange MXP Enterprise Platform
  • Virgin Voyages’ An Epic Sea Change For All

WINNER

  • Giora Israel, Giora Israel LLC

WINNER

  • Marie-Caroline Laurent, CLIA Europe

2023 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

  • Cruise Gate Hamburg, Germany

FINALISTS

  • Cruise Saudi, Saudi Arabia
  • Haifa, Israel

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

WINNER

  • Atlas Ocean Voyages Epicurean Expeditions

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Port of Haugesund, Norway

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Silverstream-Air Lubrication Technology

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • American Queen Voyages

WINNER

  • MSC Cruises - MSC Euribia

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Mai Elmar

WINNER

  • Wybcke Meier

2022 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

  • Port of Taranto, Italy

FINALISTS

  • City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Cruise Britain

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

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

WINNER

  • Carnival Cruise Line's DEI, Learning and Community Initiatives

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Galataport Istanbul

FINALISTS

  • Port Canaveral
  • Portsmouth International Port

WINNER

  • Climeon - HeatPower 300 Marine Technology

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Environmental Port Index

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Claus Bødker, Cruise Baltic & Cruise Copenhagen

WINNER

  • Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises

2021 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

  • ABP Southampton

FINALISTS

  • Cruise Saudi
  • Galataport Istanbul

WINNER

  • MSC Cruises

FINALIST

  • TUI Cruises

WINNER

  • Port St Maarten Group

FINALISTS

  • Solent Stevedores
  • Valletta Cruise Port

WINNER

  • Ponant – Le Commandant Charcot

FINALISTS

  • Vantage Travel – Ocean Explorer
  • Crystal Cruises – Crystal Endeavor

WINNER

  • Marella Cruises 

FINALISTS

  • Windstar Cruises
  • YSA

WINNER

  • Wireless Maritime Services

FINALISTS

  • BROMIC Eumar
  • Design
  • Intellian

WINNER

  • Steripower

FINALISTS

  • HOBART Global Marine
  • Survitec Group

WINNER

  • American Caribbean Maritime Foundation

FINALISTS

  • CLIA's Stephani E.D. McDow
  • Virgin Voyages

WINNER

  • Roland Torsten Land, Director, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

WINNER

  • Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola

2020 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

  • Barbados

FINALISTS

  • CruiseCopenhagen
  • St Kitts and Nevis

WINNER

  • Vikand Solutions

FINALISTS

  • Broward Health International
  • Tritan Software

WINNER

  • Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services - Plastic Fishing, The Netherlands

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Icy Strait Point, Alaska 

FINALISTS

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

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 

WINNER

  • Scenic Neptune luxury submersible onboard Scenic Eclipse

FINALISTS

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

WINNER

  • Peter Kollar, Head of Training & Development, CLIA Australasia

FINALISTS

  • American Caribbean Maritime Foundation
  • Claudine Pohl

WINNER

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

WINNER

  • Universal Marine Medical Supply “Unimed”

WINNER

  • Mário Ferreira, Chairman, Mystic Invest Holding

2019 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners

WINNER

- Cruise Baltic

Finalists

- Busselton, Western Australia

- Cruise Baltic

- Sete Cruise Club, France

WINNER

- DeCurtis Corporation – Online Booking Platform

FINALISTS
- DeCurtis Corporation – Online Booking Platform

- Intellian Technologies – v240MT VSAT Antenna System

- V.Ships Leisure – Shipsure 2.0

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

WINNER

- Zadar Cruise Port, Croatia

FINALISTS
- Port of OldenLoen, Norway

- Port of Yokohama, Japan

- Zadar Cruise Port, Croatia

WINNER

- Hullwiper Ltd – Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle

FINALISTS
- DNV GL - AFI (Alternative Fuel Insight) Platform

- Hullwiper Ltd – Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle

- LuminUltra - LuminUltra Cloud™

WINNER

- Caribbean Village – Cruise Marketing Platform

FINALISTS
- Caribbean Village – Cruise Marketing

- PlatformOneSpaWorld & Celebrity Cruises – The Spa on Celebrity Edge

- Zielia – Digital Destination Platform

WINNER

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

FINALISTS
- 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

WINNER

- Rudi Schreiner, President/Co-Owner, AmaWaterways

WINNER

- Robin Shaw, CEO, Saga Travel