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https://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/ 2025-05-23 2025-05-23T14:30:00.000Z 10 30 am Freddy Pereira [email protected] 786-626-9725 PortMiami named best cruise port by Global Traveler for third consecutive year PortMiami has been named Best Cruise Port by Global Traveler magazine for the third consecutive year, as part of its 13th Annual Leisure Lifestyle Awards. PortMiami has been named Best Cruise Port by Global Traveler magazine for the third consecutive year, as part of its 13th Annual Leisure Lifestyle Awards. The winners were recognized at an event at the InterContinental Miami on May 22, and are also featured in Global Traveler’s May Leisure Travel Issue. “PortMiami continues to break records and uphold its status as the Cruise Capital of the World®,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “This recognition highlights PortMiami’s commitment to excellence in passenger experience, infrastructure and sustainability. I also extend my heartfelt congratulations to the entire seaport team and our valued cruise line partners on reaching this extraordinary achievement.”  Global Traveler conducted a survey of its readers from September 20, 2024, to January 30, 2025, with open-ended questions for the best in many categories of leisure, luxury, and lifestyle travel. The survey was published in the magazine, as an insert within subscriber copies, as a direct mail questionnaire, online, and was emailed. Hydi Webb, PortMiami Director and CEO, added, “I am thankful to Global Traveler readers who voted for PortMiami for three consecutive years. I also want to acknowledge Mayor Levine Cava, the Board of County Commissioners, and our cruise line partners for their unwavering support to ensure PortMiami is the departure choice for cruise passengers.”  In Fiscal Year 2024, PortMiami welcomed a record-breaking 8.2 million cruise passengers, a 12.79% increase over the previous year. The port also made history on February 8, 2025, by hosting 10 cruise ships in a single day; and on Sunday, March 30, 2025, had its busiest cruise passenger day with 72,008 passengers. About PortMiami PortMiami is recognized as the Cruise Capital of the World and Global Gateway of the Americas. The port is among Miami-Dade County’s most important economic engines, contributing $61 billion annually to the local economy and supporting more than 340,000 jobs.  For more information, please visit www.portmiami.biz.     no 2025 00 a.m. 00 a.m. Please select an organization 1 rel1748003899883123 Seaport PortMiami 1015 N America Way Miami 33132 local county miami-dade department department SeaportPortMiami Contact Us https://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/contact-us.asp About Us https://www.miamidade.gov/portmiami/about.asp /global/publicrecords/search.page Miami-Dade County Seaport Department We operate and improve the world's leading cruise port and one of the largest container ports in Florida to maximize its assets, strengthen its advantage for future growth, support sustainability and operate in an environmentally responsible manner. We promote international trade and commerce as a vital link between North and South America and a growing center for global trade. PortMiami is known worldwide as the Cruise Capital of the World, welcoming more cruise passengers to its terminals than any other port in the world. Our unique geographic position makes the port easily accessible to Caribbean and Latin American markets, as well as those of Asia and Europe by way of the Panama Canal. We are the U.S. container port closest to the Panama Canal, providing shippers fast access to Florida’s booming local consumer base and the entire U.S. market. Our Terminal operators furnish wharfage, dock, warehouse and other marine terminal services. We have established a General Purpose Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ 281) to allow businesses to receive, warehouse and re-export products duty-free. 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MIAMI-DADE ( May 23, 2025 )–

PortMiami has been named Best Cruise Port by Global Traveler magazine for the third consecutive year, as part of its 13th Annual Leisure Lifestyle Awards. The winners were recognized at an event at the InterContinental Miami on May 22, and are also featured in Global Traveler’s May Leisure Travel Issue.

“PortMiami continues to break records and uphold its status as the Cruise Capital of the World®,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “This recognition highlights PortMiami’s commitment to excellence in passenger experience, infrastructure and sustainability. I also extend my heartfelt congratulations to the entire seaport team and our valued cruise line partners on reaching this extraordinary achievement.”

Global Traveler conducted a survey of its readers from September 20, 2024, to January 30, 2025, with open-ended questions for the best in many categories of leisure, luxury, and lifestyle travel. The survey was published in the magazine, as an insert within subscriber copies, as a direct mail questionnaire, online, and was emailed.

Hydi Webb, PortMiami Director and CEO, added, “I am thankful to Global Traveler readers who voted for PortMiami for three consecutive years. I also want to acknowledge Mayor Levine Cava, the Board of County Commissioners, and our cruise line partners for their unwavering support to ensure PortMiami is the departure choice for cruise passengers.”

In Fiscal Year 2024, PortMiami welcomed a record-breaking 8.2 million cruise passengers, a 12.79% increase over the previous year. The port also made history on February 8, 2025, by hosting 10 cruise ships in a single day; and on Sunday, March 30, 2025, had its busiest cruise passenger day with 72,008 passengers.

About PortMiami
PortMiami is recognized as the Cruise Capital of the World and Global Gateway of the Americas. The port is among Miami-Dade County’s most important economic engines, contributing $61 billion annually to the local economy and supporting more than 340,000 jobs. For more information, please visit www.portmiami.biz.