Town&Country Travel Announces First-Ever Cruise Awards

  • October 6, 2016
Town&Country Travel Announces First-Ever Cruise Awards
The winning cruises are grouped into five categories–mainstream luxury, classic luxury, contemporary luxury, river cruises, expedition cruises–and broken down into sub-categories including best for design, food, families, activities, suites, and more. Whether you fancy a suite that can sleep 14, a vessel with a Michelin-starred chef on board, are traveling with family or are looking for a solo adventure, you will find the best cruise for you in this Awards guide.

T&C Travel's Cruise Award winners include:

Mainstream Luxury:

  • Norwegian Cruise Line (Best Overall, Best for Food)

  • Royal Caribbean International (Best for Active Travelers, Best for Families, Best for Suites)

  • Cunard's Queen Mary 2 (Best for Pet Lovers)

  • Cunard (Best for Onboard Activities)

  • Celebrity Cruises (Best for Design)


Classic Luxury:

  • Crystal Cruises (Best Overall, Best for Onboard Activities, Best for Families)

  • Seabourn (Best for Design, Best for Food, Best for On-Shore Activities, Best for Active Travelers)

  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Best for Suites, Best for Not Nickel-and-Diming)

  • Paul Gauguin Cruises - The Paul Gauguin (Best Match of Ship and Destination)

  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises: Europa 2 (Best Ship You've Never Heard of)


Contemporary Luxury:

  • Viking Ocean Cruises (Best Overall, Best for Design)

  • Oceana Cruises (Best for Food, Best for Suites, Best for On-Shore Excursions)

  • Crystal Esprit (Best for Active Travelers)

  • Windstar Cruises (Best for Families)


River Cruises:

  • Amawaterways (Best Overall, Best for Food, Best for Onboard Activities)

  • Viking River Cruises (Best for Suites, Best for Design)

  • Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection (Most Distinctive Ambience, Best for Active Travelers)

  • Amawaterways (Best for On-Shore Activities)

  • Adventures by Disney (Best for On-Shore Activities)

  • Scenic (Best for Independent Travelers)


Expedition Cruises

  • Abercrombie & Kent/Ponant (Best Overall, Best for On-Shore Activities, Best for Food)

  • Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic (Best for Families, Best for Onboard Activities)

  • Aqua Expeditions (Best for Suites, Best for Design)

  • REI Adventures (Best for Active Travelers)

  • Silversea Expeditions (Best for Adventure Newbies)



For more information on the T&C Travel Cruise Awards and to read the feature, visit www.townandcountrymag.com/2016cruiseawards.