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Awards & Affiliations

In order to ensure you are satisfied, you want to travel with the most dependable company. Avalon offers award-winning river cruises and small-ship cruises.
Awards | Affiliations

Awards

Cruise Critic

2010

• Best River Cruise Line

Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards

2011

• Best River Cruise Ship (Avalon Panorama^SM)

2010

• Best River Cruise Ship (Avalon Scenery®)

Sherman's Travel

2011

• Best River Ship Debut (Avalon Panorama^SM)

Travel Weekly Magellan Awards

2011

• Winner/Cruise Ship: Advertising/Marketing Campaign (Avalon Panorama^SM)
• Silver Winner/Cruise Ship: Overall River Cruise Ship (Avalon Panorama^SM)
• Silver Winner/Cruise Ship: Overall River Cruising (Avalon Waterways)

2009

• Gold Winner/Cruise Ship: Best Overall River Cruising
• Silver Winner/Cruise Ship: River Cruise Ship (Avalon Affinity®)
• Silver Winner/Cruise Ship: Marketing Campaign (Virtual Tours)

2008

• Silver Winner/Cruise Ship: River Cruise Ship (Avalon Scenery®)

Conde Nast Traveler

2010

• Top Cruise Ships 2010

2009

• Gold List
• Top Cruise Ships 2009

2008

• Voted a Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Line in 2008 Reader's Choice awards

Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel

2009

• Best Value in River Cruising

Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards

2011

• Avalon Waterways ranked in the top 5 among River Cruises in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards 2011 readers' survey.

2010

• Avalon Waterways ranked in the top 5 among River Cruises in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards 2011 readers' survey.

2009

• Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Line - #2

2007

• Top 10 Small Ship Cruise Line

Travel Age West WAVE Awards

2011

• Best New River Cruise Ship (Avalon Luminary®)

2009

• Best New River Cruise Ship (Avalon Scenery®)
• "Editor's Pick" for Best Overall Cruise Line for River Cruising

2008

• "Editor's Pick" for River Cruising

2007

• Best Trade Advertising Campaign
• "Editor's Pick" for River Cruising

Affiliations

Avalon Waterways is a proud member of the following associations: