Akshay Kumar – Mumbai
Azamara Club Cruises, one of the sophisticated and upmarket cruises line, is all set to sail from Chennai on December 9, 2014 for 13 night Spice Route – II Voyage across the Bay of Bengal passing through Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The cruise line has more plans to touch the Indian shores in 2015 to tap the Indian cruise travellers.
Ratna Chadha, chief executive, TIRUN Travel Marketing, said, “The Spice Route Voyage offers a truly immersive experience of the rich sights and sounds of the Indian sub-continent to international travellers. It also provides an opportunity for the Indian guests onboard to experience Azamara style of cruising through their unparalleled service and destination immersion programmes that showcase the region in all its splendour. Azamara Club Cruises will offer two Spice Route sailings in 2015 onboard the Azamara Quest- 16 night sailing from Singapore to Dubai on March 21, 2015 and 15 night Spices, Teas and Rubber Tree voyage from Dubai to Singapore on November 3, 2015. In addition to other Asian ports, the ship will touch Indian shores and visit Kochi, Goa and Mumbai. These itineraries are for international guests who wish to explore India.”
“For the next couple of years, while Azamara Cruise ships will touch Indian shores namely the ports of Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Murmagao during its several Asian voyages, she will offer a 13 night Spice Route II sailing from Chennai to Singapore on November 17, 2016,” she added.
Recently, Azmara Cruise Club had set its sail from Mumbai to Chennai on November 26, 2014. The 13 night Spice Route Voyage on Azamara Quest started from Mumbai and will cruise through Goa, Kochi, Maldives, Colombo, Galle and Chennai.
Azamara’s 2015 voyages programme will comprise 52 voyages, ranging from five- to 18-night itineraries. Catering to up-market travellers, Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest will visit a total of 203 ports in 62 countries.