Well-heeled cruisers can leave their worries onshore and relax on board one of the intimate cruise ships of Azamara Club Cruises for a 2012 cruise holiday never to be forgotten. Passengers booking selected cruises will even receive $500 credit per stateroom to spend on shore excursions, at the ship’s spa or in the onboard boutique.

Azamara Quest and Azamara Journey offer passengers something totally different: enjoy Valentine’s Day in exotic Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, spend Mother’s Day in the charming Belgium city of Bruges or watch the fireworks explode over Rio de Janeiro’s beautiful Copacabana Beach on New Year’s Eve.

The company’s VP of Marketing and Sales, Edie Bornstein, said “Azamara Club Cruises offers voyages that coincide with special cultural celebrations to offer our guests the greatest opportunities to immerse themselves in the exotic destinations where we sail.”

For young-at-heart couples Azamara Journey’s cruise, which departs on the 6th February next year, will be of particular interest. It is a nine-night romantic odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The cruise will actually spend Valentine’s Day in Rio.

On the 30th of March Azamara Journey departs for New York, visiting Puerto Rico and San Juan on its way. The 11-night journey from Paris to Amsterdam departing on the 6th May is ideal for those who want to spend Mother’s Day in Bruges and the 10th June cruise between Amsterdam and Stockholm will allow passengers to celebrate Father’s Day on board the ship. The Azamara Journey also features overnight stays in St. Petersburg and Stockholm respectively during these two cruise holidays.