Travel + Leisure magazine has released the list of winners in the cruise section of its World Best Awards. The big winners are repeaters, Crystal Cruises in the category Top Large-Ship Cruise Lines and Seabourn in Top Small-Ship Cruise Lines. Each year the readers of Travel + Leisure vote hotels, cruises, destinations that represent the best in travel.

In the  category Cruise Lines with small vessels corresponding prize for the fourth consecutive year went to Seabourn, ensuring its place in the corner of the reputation of the companies that have been on the list of Travel + Leisure for over a decade. Second place in this category goes to Paul Gauguin Cruises, third SeaDream Yacht Club, fourth Lindblad Expeditions and closing the list of the top five shipping Silversea Cruises.

In the category Cruise Lines with large vessels is also the last year the winner Crystal Cruises, owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Crystal Cruises has been chosen seventeenth consecutive year "Best Large Cruise Shipping World." Second place in this category goes to Regent Seven Seas, third Azamara Club Cruises, Oceania Cruises fourth, fifth Disney Cruise Line, Cunard Line sixth, seventh Celebrity Cruises, eighth Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean International's ninth and closing in the TOP10 Princess Cruises.

Finally in category Top River Cruises the winner is Viking River Cruises. The five shipping lines have been voted in descending order: Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection, Tauck, Abercrombie & Kent and Grand Circle Cruise Line.