The winners of the 2017 Seatrade Cruise Awards, sponsored by Oracle Hospitality, were announced last night during CLIA Germany's Annual Gala Dinner, on the occasion of the Seatrade Europe 2017 congress.
These awards, which have been given out for 11 years, are decided by a professional jury from among the hundreds of applications submitted.
The winners were:
- Destination of the Year 2017 – Le Havre Tourism Board, accepted by Valerie Conan, Director of the Cruise Department
- Port of the Year 2017 – BVI Ports Authority, accepted by Alfred Henley, Managing Director (British Virgin Islands)
- Supplier of the Year 2017 – Coltraco Ultrasonics, accepted by Clare Hunter, Head of Marketing and Communications
- Marketing Initiative of the Year 2017, sponsored by Cruise Baltic – Holland America Line and O, The Oprah Magazine Partnership, accepted by Roger Frizzell, SVP and CCO, Carnival Corporation
- Environmental Initiative – PresentWater AS, collected by Geir Erik Samnoy, Managing Director
- Innovative Excursion of the Year 2017 – Abercrombie & Kent (Akorn) – The Koala Clancy Foundation Tour & Book, collected by David Vass, SVP, Worldwide Cruise Business & Operations
