YESTERDAY the cream of the Australasian cruise sector gathered in Sydney for the third annual Signature Luxury Travel & Style Cruise Awards. Curated by a 19-strong panel of esteemed travel advisor cruise experts from across Australia and New Zealand, the awards highlighted finalists and winners in 13 categories across ocean,...
YESTERDAY the cream of the Australasian cruise sector gathered in Sydney for the third annual Signature Luxury Travel & Style Cruise Awards.
Curated by a 19-strong panel of esteemed travel advisor cruise experts from across Australia and New Zealand, the awards highlighted finalists and winners in 13 categories across ocean, expedition and river cruising.
Addressing the attendees, CLIA Australasia MD Joel Katz spoke about the huge growth in luxury cruising, with the global luxury cruise fleet having grown over 300% since 2010.
“More than a dozen brand new cruise ships are set for launch in 2026, and around a quarter of those are in the luxury space,” he said.
The winners included Explora Journeys, taking out top spot for ocean ships with over 750 passengers, as well as newcomer The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection which won in the 50-300 passenger yacht category. Silversea took out the 25-250 passenger ocean ship award, while Regent Seven Seas Cruises was chosen as the winner for ocean ships with 251-749 pax.
Expedition cruise companies also featured, with Seabourn taking out the luxury expedition category, Quark winning in the premium expedition category and Ponant winning for experiential “tall ships” award.
Other awardees included Abercrombie & Kent, Ponant, Hurtigruten, Viking, AMA Waterways, Oceania, Aurora, Scenic, SeaDream, Aqua Expeditions, Crystal, Windstar, Celebrity, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Tauck, Uniworld, HX Expeditions, MSC Cruises and Captain’s Choice – for the full list of winners CLICK HERE.
