Entries Now Open for Seatrade Cruise Awards 2020

Industry Awards
•  Destination of the Year
•  Expedition Cruise Initiative of the Year
•  Innovative Shorex of the Year
•  Port of the Year 

Personality Awards
•  Seatrade Cruise Personality of the Year – sponsored by V.Ships Leisure

 

“Our programme has long been recognised as a benchmark for innovation and heralding the very best in the global cruise market, and we look forward to shining the spotlight on the outstanding work of our 2020 honorees,” says Mary Bond, Group Director, Seatrade Cruise. “This year will be unlike any before – not only is the 2020 award ceremony going to be a virtual experience, it will also mark the premiere of two new categories and the programme’s refreshed brand aesthetic.”

The 2020 Seatrade Cruise Awards are presented in partnership with Cruise Baltic and V.Ships Leisure. All entries will be reviewed and evaluated by a panel of independent judges, featuring 14 leading industry professionals (below), who will select winners from the shortlist finalists.

Judging Panel

 

Per Bjornsen – Director, V.Ships Leisure   
Ted Blamey – Principal, CHART Management Consultants
Tom Boardley – Secretary General – CLIA Europe
Claus Bodker – Director, Cruise Baltic
Grenville Cartledge – Managing Director, Four Gold
Andrew Coggins – Cruise Industry Analyst/ Clinical Professor Pace University
Michelle Fee – Chief Executive Officer, Cruise Planners an American Express Travel Representative
Nicky Guerrero  – Board of Directors, Med Cruise & Chief Executive of Gibraltar Tourism Board

 

Chris Hayman – Chairman, Seatrade
William F. Humphrey, Jr. Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Marketing, Florida International University
Craig Milan – Consultant
Anne Kalosh – Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Editor Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review
Jens Skrede – Managing Director, Cruise Europe
Ingo Soerensen- Area VP Global Cruise Sales, Oracle Hospitality