Judging
The Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards 2009 Judging Panel comprised of executives with experience in relevant areas, members of Seatrade Insider’s global editorial team, cruise consultants, analysts and association experts from around the world and includes:
Terry Dale, President & CEO, Cruise Lines International Association, Inc. (CLIA)
Brett Jardine, General Manager, International Cruise Council Australasia(ICCA)
William Gibbons, Marketing Director, European Cruise Council (ECC) and Director of the Passenger Shipping Association(PSA)
Monica Bengtsson, Chairman of the Marketing Committee, Cruise Europe
Jose Campos, Secretary General, MedCruise
Jan-Erik Andersen, Consultant, Horten Maritime, Miami
Brad Anderson, Co-President, America’s Vacation Center, California
Andrew Coggins, Consultant/cruise industry analyst, School of Hotel & Tourism Management The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Antonius Heuer, President, Fidelio Cruise, Hamburg & Fort Lauderdale
Anne Kalosh, US editor, Seatrade Cruise Review and Seatrade Insider
Roderik McLeod, Co-Founding Partner, McLeod.Applebaum & Partners Inc, Florida
Tony Peisley, Director, A.R.Peisley (Cruise Analysts), UK
Rebecca Rogers, Manager Business Practices and Travel Industry Advisor, Conservation International, Virginia
Tim Moore, Tours Manager, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
The Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards 2009 Screening Panel will assess all nominations and three companies/individuals will be short-listed for each of the first seven categories (A-G). For the North European Cruise Personality of the Year, Seatrade will decide the winner based on nominations received. A shortlist of names for the ninth category, the Sea-going Employee of the Year will be posted on the Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards page together with précised description in support of the nominations. Seatrade Insider readers will be invited to vote for a winner based on a shortlist.
The Judging Panel will be invited to vote for the winners of each of the first seven Awards (A-G) based on the short-list. The company/or individual which receives the most votes will be declared the winner.
Seatrade will choose the Seatrade North European Cruise Personality Award and Seatrade Insider readers will be invited to vote for the Seatrade Insider Sea-going Employee of the Year. The individual which receives the most votes will be declared the winner.
The winner in each category will be announced during Seatrade Europe in Hamburg 15 -17 September 2009.
Closing date for nominations is August 1st, 2009.