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Awards

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

Port of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Innovative Shorex of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Destination of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Sustainability Initiative of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Product of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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+

River Cruise Innovation of the Year Seatrade Cruise Award

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

Personality of the Year Seatrade Cruise Events

Personality of the Year

Winner: Andrea Zito

CEO, Swan Hellenic

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

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
Destination of the Year

WINNER

  • Fowey Harbour, United Kingdom

FINALISTS

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

Innovative Shorex of the Year

WINNER

  • PONANT East Greenland Expedition

FINALISTS

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

Investment in People

WINNER

  • Carnival Corporation & plc W.O.N

FINALISTS

  • Lemoneight
  • MJM Marine

Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

WINNER

  • HX Foundation Rapid Response Fund

FINALISTS

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

Port of the Year

WINNER

  • Portsmouth International Port

FINALISTS

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

Product of the Year

WINNER

  • Sourcetoad: OnDeck Mobile App

FINALISTS

  • CTModule: Callisto PINcode Telephony
  • Speedcast: SIGMA

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

WINNER

  • Paul Gauguin Cruises in French Polynesia

FINALISTS

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

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award

WINNER

  • Giora Israel, Giora Israel LLC

Seatrade Cruise Personality Of The Year Award

WINNER

  • Marie-Caroline Laurent, CLIA Europe

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

Seatrade Cruise River Cruise Innovation Award

WINNER

  • American Queen Voyages

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

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

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

WINNER

  • Chris Theophilides, CEO, Celestyal Cruises

2021 Seatrade Cruise Awards Winners
Port or Destination of the Year

WINNER
  • ABP Southampton

FINALISTS

  • Cruise Saudi
  • Galataport Istanbul

#WeAreBack – Onboard

WINNER
  • MSC Cruises 

FINALIST

  • TUI Cruises

#WeAreBack – Onshore

WINNER
  • Port St Maarten Group 
FINALISTS
  • Solent Stevedores
  • Valletta Cruise Port

Expedition Ship of the Year

WINNER
  • Ponant – Le Commandant Charcot 

FINALISTS

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

Marine Interior Design of the Year

WINNER
  • Marella Cruises 

FINALISTS

  • Windstar Cruises
  • YSA

Product of the Year

WINNER
  • Wireless Maritime Services
FINALISTS
  • BROMIC 
  • Eumar Design 
  • Intellian 

Hygiene Product of the Year

WINNER
  • Steripower 
FINALISTS
  • HOBART Global Marine 
  • Survitec Group 

Diversity & Inclusion Award

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

Seatrade Cruise Personality of the Year

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

Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement of the Year

WINNER
  • 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

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

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

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

- 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

WINNER

- Robin Shaw, CEO, Saga Travel