The 14 winners of the sixth annual CLIA Britain Cruise Media Awards were announced during a ceremony at UBM in London.
Blogger and digital media consultant Jonny Ward founder of One Step 4Ward, who had just finished his aim of visiting every country on the planet, led the awards.
Along with Andy Harmer, SVP Membership & Director, CLIA UK & Ireland they recognised the outstanding contribution that media has made to the growing success of the cruise industry in the past twelve months.
This year the awards saw a record number of entries Andy Harmer, SVP Membership & Director, CLIA Britain & Ireland commented: “The extraordinary number of high quality entries across a broad spectrum of print and online outlets reflects the continued growing interest in cruise. The media remains integral to our mission to promote the diversity of cruise holidays and in particular raising its profile to attract those that have perhaps not considered a cruise holiday before.”
The 14 award winners and highly commended are:
- Best First-time Feature
- Winner: David Wickers – Travel Edit
- Highly commended: Mark Sweeney – The Scottish Sun
- Best Off the Beaten Track Cruise Feature
- Winner: Jane Archer – World of Cruising
- Highly commended: John Honeywell – World of Cruising
- Best Cruise Lifestyle Feature
- Winner: Jo Kessel – Daily Telegraph
- Highly commended: Liz Hoggard – Cruise International
- Best River Cruise Feature
- Winner: Sue Bryant – The Sunday Times
- Highly commended: Liz Bird – Daily Telegraph
- Best Visual Impact
- Winner: Nick Redman – Sunday Times Travel Magazine
- Highly commended: Sara Macefield – Cruise International
- Best Digital Coverage
- Winner: Séan Garnier – Séan Garnier YouTube channel
- Highly commended: Becky Wiggins – English Mum
- Best Caribbean cruise feature
- Winner: Phil Davies – Travel Weekly
- Highly commended: Sarah Reid – Lonely Planet
- Best European Cruise Feature
- Winner: Timothy Davey – Bristol Post
- Highly Commended: Alice Cullerne Brown – Cruise International
- Best Worldwide Cruise Feature
- Winner: Chris Caldicott – House and Garden
- Highly commended: Dave Monk – Metro
- Best Family Cruise Feature
- Winner: Alfie Baldwin – GQ – How to survive a cruise with a two-year-old
- Highly commended: Kate Crockett – Daily Telegraph
- Best Cruise for Couples Feature
- Winner: Sue Bryant – The Sunday Times
- Highly commended: Ian Murray – Hampshire Society
- Best Trade Education Feature
- Winner: Abigail Healy – TTG
- Highly commended: Charlotte Cullinan – TTG – Take to the water
- Best Trade Feature
- Winner: Hollie-Rae Brader – Travel Weekly – The Suite Life
- Highly commended: Lesley Bellew – Ports and Destinations
