Azamara Quest Anniversary Celebration Brings Booking Incentives to Travel Agents, Consumers
This October, Azamara Quest will commemorate one year of bringing cruisers deluxe vacation style in exotic destinations and Azamara Cruises is offering travel agents and consumers the opportunity to celebrate by taking advantage of special booking incentives. The booking promotion, called the “Quest for Europe” sale, begins today.
Travel agents who book clients between September 22 and October 19, 2008, on 2009 Europe cruises on the 694-guest Azamara Quest or her nearly-identical sister ship Azamara Journey, will receive a $99 bonus commission per booking. Travel agents are encouraged to use this commission to either renew or initiate their Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Travel Agent Membership.
Guests who book the 2009 Europe cruises between those dates will enjoy onboard credit: $600 per suite, $400 per veranda, and $200 per oceanview stateroom. Guests also can enjoy the freedom of 50 percent reduced deposits when booking Azamara’s 2009 Europe sailings between September 22 and October 19, 2008.
Azamara Cruises’ 2009 Europe season will include 20 new ports and overnight stays in some of the most romantic cities on the continent. The line’s series of seven- to 15-night itineraries will visit 91 ports in 36 countries, and depart from five different homeports: Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; Copenhagen, Denmark; Rome and Venice, Italy.
Overnight stays will be offered in Barcelona, Edinburgh, Scotland; Florence and Ravenna, Italy, Istanbul, Turkey; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Stockholm, Sweden. Late-night (10 p.m. or after) departures will be offered in 10 ports of call, allowing guests to capture more of the flavor of each locale’s nightlife. Highlights of Azamara’s 2009 Europe season include:
A new “Iceland and Norwegian Fjords” voyage roundtrip from Copenhagen, Denmark, featuring three Icelandic ports. The sailing also includes calls on Scotland’s Shetland Islands, Denmark’s Faroe Islands, which received National Geographic Traveler’s top score among islands in Europe in its November/December 2007 issue, and Scotland’s famed Shetland Islands.
An enhanced “Best of Italy” itinerary with overnight stays in Venice and Sorrento, as well as in Ravenna, giving guests the opportunity to visit Florence by train to experience one of the world’s oldest republics, the independent state of San Marino; the Ferrari and Lamborghini factories; or the sixth-century church of Chiesa di San Vitale, noted on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and famed for its collection of Byzantine mosaics.
Azamara’s “Quest for Europe” booking promotion is not combinable with any other offer. The offer is not available for United Kingdom bookings. The offer applies to individual and group bookings made between September 22 thru October 19, 2008. The onboard credit in this offer is per stateroom. The $99 bonus commission per booking will be paid upon completion of sailing.
