Silversea Cruises named Best Cruise Line

For the fourth year running, Silversea Cruises has been named ‘Best Cruise Line’ in Luxury Travel magazine’s prestigious Gold List awards. All four Silversea vessels were recognized in the top ten for the ‘Best Small Cruise Ship’ category, with the Silver Whisper and Silver Shadow ranked first and second place.

Steve Odell, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific for Silversea, said, “We are delighted to once again receive such positive recognition by the readers of Luxury Travel magazine. These accolades reaffirm our position as the world’s leading ultra-luxury cruise line and underline our dedication to providing guests with the ultimate cruising experience.”

Luxury Travel is one of Australia’s most prestigious travel and lifestyle magazines, available worldwide by subscription or from newsagents Australia-wide. The 2008 Gold List is voted for by thousands of subscribers, readers and clients of Virtuoso.

Silversea’s award winning Silver Whisper will be visiting Australia and New Zealand early 2008, starting with a 14 day cruise from Sydney to Auckland departing on 5 January 2008.

Silversea Cruises offers guests large-ship amenities aboard four intimate vessels, Silver Cloud, Silver Wind, Silver Shadow, and Silver Whisper, all designed to offer an atmosphere of all inclusive conviviality and casual elegance.

For nine consecutive years, Silversea has also been named "Number One Small Ship Line” in the Readers' Choice survey conducted by Condé Nast Traveller magazine in the USA and in 2007 was named in the UK edition of Condé Nast Traveller’s “Top 100 Luxury Travel Experiences” at the same time topping the Small Cruise Line award for the eighth time. Silversea has been selected as "World's Best Small Ship Line” in the US Travel + Leisure readers' poll for the past eight years.

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