Azamara Club Cruises Offers Shipboard, Air Credits

Azamara Club Cruises, which is offering 2-for-1 fares on all sailings through March 2011, now is featuring a $500 shipboard credit and a $500 per person ChoiceAir credit on bookings for select sailings made by June 30. Meanwhile, travel professionals who book the new, limited-time offer will receive a $200 bonus commission per booking.

The new offer applies to bookings for Azamara Club Cruises’ European voyages from April 25 through Nov. 10 on Azamara Journey, and departures from May 3 through Nov. 20 on Azamara Quest. The offer is applicable to new, individual bookings in North America only, in all categories with the exception of Club Interior staterooms.

Azamara this month introduced a host of new inclusive amenities. The line now includes complimentary vintage red and white wines at lunches and dinners; bottled water, sodas, specialty coffees and teas, whether in public venues or in staterooms and suites; housekeeping, dining and bar staff gratuities; shuttle bus service to and from port communities, where available; destination-influenced entertainment and enrichment programs; specialty dining in Prime C and Aqualina (complimentary for suite guests; $15 per person for stateroom guests); English butler service in suites; self-service laundry; and concierge services.

Azamara this year will make nine first-time calls at Bastia, Corsica; Chania, Crete; Korcula, Croatia; Katakolon, Skiathos and Zakynthos Greece; Trieste, Italy; Gijón, Spain; and Liverpool, England. Overnight stays are scheduled for Florence (Livorno), Sorrento and Venice, Italy; St. Petersburg, Russia; Barcelona, Spain; Stockholm, Sweden; Istanbul, Turkey; Edinburgh (Leith), Scotland; London (Greenwich), England; Bordeaux, France; Berlin (Warnemunde), Germany; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; and Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Late-night stays departing at 10 p.m. or later are featured in 21 European ports this year, including Dubrovnik; Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt; St. Tropez, France; Volos, Mykonos, Rhodes and Santorini, Greece; Dublin, Ireland; Ashdod and Haifa, Israel; Ravenna and Trieste, Italy; Valetta, Malta; Monte Carlo; Kotor, Montenegro; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lisbon, Portugal; Gijón; and Bodrum and Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey.