Athena’s 2011/12 Australian Cruise Brochure Released
Classic International Cruises has launched its first-ever electronic brochure as part of its brochure roll-out this month for the 2011/12 Australian summer program for its flagship, Athena.Travel agents can view the 48-page e-brochure on www.classicintcruises.com and can email it or pages of it to clients, speeding up the booking and information process and saving postage. The hard-copy version of Athena’s 2011/12 program from Perth and Adelaide – CIC’s biggest-ever season in Australia - has also been distributed to travel agents across Australia this month.
Classic International Cruises Managing Director for Australia, Grant Hunter, said pages of the new e-brochure could be flipped with the click of a mouse and people with sight difficulties could listen to the brochure being read with the click of a button.
“We have developed our first e-brochure to help agents sell Athena’s cruises faster and easier, with options now of viewing our 2011/12 brochure online or in hard copy,” Mr Hunter said.
The electronic and hard copies of Athena’s 2011/12 summer program – Classic International Cruises’ eighth successive season in Australia – feature 15 cruises from two to 40 nights to and from Perth and from Adelaide. The season will be CIC’s longest-ever by 35 days, extending more than six months from November, 2011, to May, 2012.
Athena’s 2011/12 program includes five cruises to and from Adelaide, CIC’s first-ever itinerary from Perth to Japan and back, the first round-trip cruise from Adelaide to Sydney, CIC’s first voyage from Perth to Europe via South Africa instead of the Suez Canal and Athena’s maiden visits to Darwin, Broome and Geraldton as part of a line-up for itineraries to Asia and around the WA coastline.
Fares for the 2011/12 season start from $450 per person, twin-share, for a two-night cruise aboard the 550-passenger Athena, with children under 18 cruising for free on selected cruises, with only nominal taxes to pay. And supplements for solo travellers in selected cabins are as low as 25 per cent, instead of double. The currency onboard Athena is Australian dollars, adding to the savings.
Fares for CIC’s longest-ever round-trip itinerary from Australia - a 38-night ‘cherry blossom’ voyage in March, 2012, to Japan, The Philippines, China, Malaysia and Indonesia, are available from $5995 per person, twin-share, with one-way, 19-night sectors between Australia and Japan from $3375 per person, twin-share.
Originally a transatlantic liner, the classic-styled, 16,000-ton Athena offers traditional wooden deck chairs, pool, fitness centre, five bars and lounges, casino, library, cinema and two restaurants. The Portuguese-based Athena has 276 spacious cabins and each boasts a bath – a luxury only found in suites on the latest superliners.
