World’s Best 2008

SeaDream Yacht Club SeaDream I & SeaDream II


best german cruise ship
Bestes deutsches Schiff

Europa – Hapag Lloyd Kreuzfahrten
2. Deutschland – Peter Deilmann Reederei
3. Amadea – Phoenix Seereisen


best expedition cruise ship
Bestes Expeditionsschiff


Hanseatic – Hapag Lloyd Kreuzfahrten
2. Xpedition – Celebrity Cruises
3. Orion – Orion Expedition Cruises


best sail cruise ship
Bestes Segelschiff

Sea Cloud & Sea Cloud II – Sea Cloud Cruises
2. Royal Clipper – Star Clippers
3. Le Ponant – Compagnie des Iles du Ponant


best river cruise ship
Bestes Flussschiff


Road to Mandalay – Orient Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises
2. River Cloud & River Cloud II - Sea Cloud Cruises
3. Mozart – Peter Deilmann Reederei


best family cruise line
Bestes Familienprodukt

MSC Crociere
2. Costa Crociere
3. Royal Caribbean International


best onboard entertainment
Bestes Unterhaltungsprogramm


Carnival Cruise Lines
2. Royal Caribbean International
3. Norwegian Cruise Line


best spa & wellness facility
Bester Spa- & Wellnessbereich


Celebrity Cruises – Aqua Spa (Constellation, Infinity, Millennium & Summit)
2. Cunard – Canyon Ranch Spa (Queen Mary 2)
3. Costa Crociere – Samsara Spa


best itineraries
Beste Routenvielfalt


Holland America Line
2. Princess Cruises
3. Celebrity Cruises


best product upgrade
Beste Produktinnovation


Royal Caribbean Cruise Line - Azamara Cruises
2. Carnival Cruise Lines – Upgrade der Fantasy-Class
3. AIDA Cruises – Theatrium der Sphinx-Class


port of the year
Hafen des Jahres


Port of Vancouver


destination of the year
Zielgebiet des Jahres


Galapagos Islands


seven seas lifetime achievement award
Ehrenpreis für das Lebenswerk


Robert H. Dickinson
former President and COO Carnival Cruise Lines