North America
Cruise Industry Awards
Class of 2025
Presented annually during a gala dinner at Cruise360, the CLIA Hall of Fame Cruise Industry Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose efforts and accomplishments represent a significant contribution to the cruise industry.
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Travel Agency of the Year
- Elite Cruise Counsellor (ECC) of the Year
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
Alex Pinelo, MCC
Chief Sales Officer, AmaWaterways
Awarded to an individual who is a lifetime champion of cruise travel and has made monumental contributions to the cruise industry.
2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
Drew Daly
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Dream Vacations and CruiseOne
Awarded to an individual who is a lifetime champion of cruise travel and has made monumental contributions to the cruise industry.
2025 Travel Agency of the Year
Oasis Travel Network
Awarded to a CLIA Travel Agency Member (TAM) or Premier Agency Member (PAM) that has demonstrated innovative and visionary leadership in their approach to promoting cruise travel, growing their cruise travel sales, and supporting their affiliated travel advisors.
2025 Elite Cruise Counsellor (ECC) of the Year
Amanda Goddard, M.Ed., ECC
KHM Travel Group
Awarded to an Individual Agent Member (IAM) who has demonstrated their career commitment to professional development through achievement of Elite Cruise Counsellor or Elite Cruise Counsellor Scholar status – the Ultimate CLIA certification – with the requisite sales requirements as well as significantly impacted the travel agent landscape through contributions to their agency.
Spirit of Ascension
The CLIA Hall of Fame Cruise Industry Award statuette, “Spirit of Ascension,” is a stunning Art Deco goddess fashioned in gleaming chrome, raising an optical crystal globe to new heights — honoring commitment, endeavor, and perseverance.
More than fourteen inches in height and weighing seven pounds, the CLIA Hall of Fame Cruise Industry Award is emblematic of the monumental contribution those to whom the honor is bestowed have made to the cruise industry.
