Carnival Cruise Lines named Jamaican crewmember Peter John Ainsworth, the company's Team Member of the Year 2013.

Ainsworth, who was on vacation spending time with his family got the news and he still finds it hard to believe that he was able to come away with such a prestigious award.

"I am numb, I still can't believe that I have come out ahead of the thousands of persons who work with the company," said an elated Ainsworth, who leaves Jamaica at the end of the month to rejoin his fellow crewmen.

According to Ainsworth, within days after he was advised by officials of Carnival Cruise Lines about his "good fortune", his employer flew his wife, in Miami, Florida, for a three-day all-expense-paid trip where they were at the Miami headquarters during an elaborate ceremony.

Ainsworth was presented with a plaque and cheque, was acknowledged for his accomplishments by employers of the cruise line, as well as his co-workers.

Ainsworth, is a senior team headwaiter at Carnival Cruise Lines and has been working on the company's Carnival Glory cruise ship for the past four years

Carnival Cruise Lines employs more than 31,500 people — roughly 28,000 work on its ships — from over 50 nationalities.