The Wave Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in the cruise industry, recognising cruise lines, travel agents, tourist boards and ports. We are delighted to reveal this year’s finalists.

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The finalists of 2024 have been announced: view the shortlist below

SHORTLISTED IN THE CRUISE LINE CATEGORIES

  • AE Expeditions (part of Aurora Expeditions)
  • Amadeus River Cruises
  • AmaWaterways
  • Ambassador Cruise Line
  • APT & Travelmarvel
  • A-ROSA River Cruises UK & Ireland
  • Carnival Cruise Line
  • Celestyal
  • Cunard
  • Explora Journeys
  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
  • Havila Voyages
  • Hebridean Island Cruises
  • Hurtigruten
  • Marella Cruises
  • MSC Cruises
  • Norwegian Cruise Line
  • P&O Cruises
  • Ponant
  • Princess Cruises
  • Quark Expeditions
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises
  • Riviera Travel
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Saga Cruises
  • Scenic & Emerald Cruises
  • Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours
  • Seabourn
  • Star Clippers
  • Swan Hellenic
  • The Majestic Line (Scotland) Ltd.
  • TUI
  • Unforgettable Croatia
  • Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
  • Virgin Voyages
  • Windstar Cruises

SHORTLISTED IN THE AGENT CATEGORIES

  • Advantage Travel Partnership
  • Barrhead Travel Group
  • Bolsover Cruise Club
  • Brilliant Travel
  • Creative Travel Company
  • CrosseyTravellers
  • Cruise Direct
  • GoCruise & Travel
  • Iglu.com
  • InteleTravel
  • Mundy Cruising
  • Not Just Travel
  • Paramount Cruises
  • The Cruise Room
  • The Cruise Specialists
  • Travel Counsellors
  • Travel Less Ordinary

SHORTLISTED IN THE INDUSTRY CATEGORIES

  • Accord Marketing for Ambassador Cruise Line
  • AE Expeditions (Aurora Expeditions)
  • Amadeus River Cruises
  • Antara Cruises
  • Celestyal
  • Global Cruises LLC
  • Havila Voyages
  • Inspiretec Ltd
  • Limitless Travel
  • MSC Cruises
  • My Kind of Cruise
  • Ponant
  • Princess Cruises
  • Riviera Travel
  • Saga Cruises
  • The Port of Seattle
  • Titan Travel

SHORTLISTED IN THE ONBOARD CATEGORIES

  • Carnival Cruise Line
  • Cunard
  • Explora Journeys
  • Hurtigruten
  • Marella Cruises
  • Oceania
  • P&O Cruises
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises
  • Royal Caribbean International
  • Saga Cruises
  • Virgin Voyages
  • Windstar Cruises
  • Havila Voyages

SHORTLISTED IN THE PORTS & DESTINATIONS CATEGORIES

  • The Port of Southampton
  • Celestyal
  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
  • Intercruises Shoreside & Port Services
  • Norwegian Cruise Line
  • Portsmouth International Port
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises

SHORTLISTED IN THE PASSENGER FAVOURITE CATEGORIES

Favourite Cruise Destination

  • Alaska
  • Antarctica
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Canada
  • Canary Islands
  • Croatia
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Spain

 Favourite Cruise Travel Agent

  • Barrhead Travel
  • Bolsover Cruise Club
  • Cruise 118
  • Cruise 1st
  • Cruise Nation
  • Cruise.co.uk
  • Fred Olsen Travel (including Fred River Cruises)
  • Hays Travel
  • IGLU
  • Imagine Cruising
  • ROL Cruise
  • Six Star Cruises
  • Sovereign Cruise Club
  • Virgin Holidays

Favourite Cruise Travel Influencer

  • Anna Twitchin – The Cruise Blogger
  • Ben & David – Cruise with Ben and David
  • Cathy & Emma – Cruise Addicted
  • Chris Hughes – BeyondCruise
  • Cruise Addicts Blog
  • Cruise Mummy – Jenni
  • Dan & Jay – Sail Away Magazine
  • Emma Le Teace -Emma Cruises*
  • Gary Bembridge – Tips For Travellers
  • Gavin & Luke – Cruise Monkeys
  • Jamie Robins – Travel Blog Jamie
  • Paul & Carole – Paul and Carole Love To Travel
  • Sandra & Chris – Brits On A Ship
  • Scott Anderson – TheLuxuryCruiseCo.uk

 Favourite Luxury/Premium Cruise Line

  • Azamara
  • Celebrity Cruises
  • Crystal Cruises
  • Cunard
  • Explora Journeys
  • Holland America Line
  • Oceania Cruises
  • Ponant
  • Princess Cruises
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises
  • Saga Cruises
  • Seabourn
  • Silversea Cruises
  • Viking

Favourite Ocean Cruise Line

  • Ambassador Cruise Line
  • Carnival Cruises
  • Celebrity Cruises
  • Cunard
  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Line
  • Holland America Line
  • Marella Cruises
  • MSC Cruises
  • Norwegian Cruise Line
  • P&O Cruises
  • Princess Cruises
  • Royal Caribbean
  • Viking
  • Virgin voyages

 Favourite River Cruise Line

  • AMA Waterways
  • A-Rosa
  • Avalon Waterways
  • CroisiEurope
  • Emerald Waterways
  • European Waterways
  • Riviera Travel
  • Saga River Cruises
  • Scenic
  • Tauck
  • The River Cruise Line
  • TUI River Cruises
  • Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection
  • Viking

Favourite Specialist Cruise Line

  • Atlas Ocean Voyages
  • Aurora Expeditions
  • Azamara
  • Celestyal Cruises
  • European Waterways
  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
  • Hurtigruten
  • Saga Cruises
  • Scenic Cruises
  • Silversea Cruises
  • Variety Cruises
  • Viking
  • Windstar
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