AZAMARA CLUB CRUISES SCORES BIG IN 2012 GLOBAL CC AWARDS

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MIAMI, Feb 22, 2012 – For a tiny, two ship cruise line, Azamara Club Cruises is getting an enviable reputation as “The little engine that could.” You know, the little engine in the childhood parable that huffed and puffed and made it up the steep hill despite great odds and disbelief.

Azamara remind up-market travelers of this happy story since the twin boutique cruise 
ships – Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest – were big winners in an authoritative, just-released, cruise ship ratings by world’s largest online cruise community, Cruise Critic.

Azamara’s two 694-guest cruisers were the highest rated in the “Overall Small Ships Category” announced in Cruise Critic’s 2012 Global Cruisers’ Choice Awards. One or both ships also scored or tied for first place in five of the nine rating categories including the ultimate accolade – overall best small ships.

The awards are based solely on ratings by cruisers when they post reviews on Cruise Critic (some 90,000 cruise ship reviews were placed on the site last year) – so these opinions come directly from cruising consumers.

When advised of the Cruise Critic Awards, Larry Pimentel, President and CEO, Azamara Club Cruises, said “Given the many excellent cruise lines in the small ship sector, we are greatly honored to be recognized as a leader. For us to score so highly is amazing, since we only introduced our enhanced operation and became known as Azamara Club Cruises in 2010. That’s not much time to get it right but obviously we are trying hard and more and more consumers are becoming aware of The Little Engine that Could.

“What a great pat on the back this is for the onboard staff of our ships. This is a magnificent recognition for them and for everyone connected to our young cruising enterprise whether at sea or ashore,” Pimentel added

Those interested in more information on these Cruise Critic awards are invited to utilize this link: http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberrevie ... serschoice index.cfm.
President Pimentel concluded: “There was one Azamara Cruise Critic rating that I really appreciated – it scored high with me. It’s called Value for Money. And to me, good value is what 
it’s all about.”