(Fort Lauderdale – November 4th, 2002) Ultra-luxury cruise market leader, Silversea, won the highly prestigious Condé Nast Traveler award for “World’s Best Small Ship Cruise Line 2002” for the seventh year running, at this year’s award ceremony held in Honolulu during the ASTA congress last night. Silversea also received the highest score of any cruise line large or small for the third year in a row.

With the highest score of 92.9, Silversea Cruises outscored the nearest runner-up in the Small Ship category (vessels carrying fewer than 500 passengers) by 4.1 points. The high score of 92.9 also enabled Silversea to outscore all cruise lines in the Large Ship category (ships carrying more than 500 passengers).

Albert Peter, CEO of Silversea Cruises commented “I am so proud of the crew and personnel of Silversea whose daily commitment to go above and beyond our guests’ expectations have made this record possible”. Peter added “Winning this award for 7 years in a row is an exceptional achievement and the result of our commitment to consistently deliver the most luxurious experience ‘at sea’ ”.

This highly prestigious Condé Nast Traveler award is the latest to be added to an ever growing list of accolades that have been given to the company since it started operating in 1994. For the fourth consecutive year, Silversea Cruises was named best small-ship line in the 2002 readers’ survey conducted by Condé Nast Traveler (UK) magazine. Recently Silversea Cruises was also named as the “World’s Best Small Cruise Line, 2002” by the readers of Travel + Leisure.

Silversea Cruises is recognized as an innovator in the luxury segment, offering guests large-ship amenities aboard intimate vessels designed to offer an atmosphere of conviviality and casual elegance. The recent launch of all-suite luxury sister ships Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper continues Silversea's award-winning service excellence and sophistication with new features and amenities aboard vessels catering to just 382 guests.