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Finalists announced for the 2024 Seatrade Cruise Awards

Finalists for the 2024 Seatrade Cruise Awards have been announced and are listed below in alphabetical order.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

August 13, 2024

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

The winners will be announced, and trophies presented during the Welcome Reception at Seatrade Cruise Med in Malaga on the evening of September 11.

Port of the Year:

  • Port of Benoa, Indonesia

  • Portsmouth International Port, United Kingdom

  • Tarragona Cruise Port, Spain

 Destination of the Year:

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Fowey Harbour, United Kingdom

  • Tourism Kingston, Canada

 Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year

  • Colombia57’s Expedition Cruise to Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira

  • HX Foundation’s Rapid Response Fund

  • Swan Hellenic’s Explore & Restore Cruises

 Innovative Shorex of the Year

  • Chukka Caribbean Adventures’ Cooking, Coffee, & Casa Typica

  • Panoramic Excursions’ St. Lucia by Double Decker Bus

  • PONANT's East Greenland Expedition

 Product of the Year

  • CTModule: Callisto PINcode Telephony

  • Sourcetoad: OnDeck Mobile App

  • Speedcast: SIGMA

 Investment in People

  • Carnival Corporation’s Women Officer Network (WON)

  • Lemoneight

  • MJM Marine

  • MarineXchange’s MXP Enterprise Platform

  • Paul Gauguin Cruises’ Healthcare Partnership in French Polynesia

  • Virgin Voyages’ An Epic Sea Change For All

An international line up of 15 independent judges will select the winners of the seven categories. 

Cruise Personality Awards

In addition, there will be Personality Awards announced in the evening chosen from nominations received including Seatrade Cruise Personality of the Year – sponsored by V. Ships Leisure and Seatrade Cruise Outstanding Achievement Award sponsored by ProComobia.

Principal sponsors

Oracle Hospitality and Ocean Technologies Group are principal sponsors of the 18th Seatrade Cruise Awards scheme. 

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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