subsidiary industry transportation founded 2007 key people larry pimentel president & ceo bert van middendorp avp hotel & marine operations ellen bettridge vp sales & marketing signe bjorndal director of global marketing & pr richard twynam managing director uk & ireland . products cruise ship holidays parent royal caribbean cruises ltd. website azamaraclubcruises.com azamaraclubcruises.co.uk azamara club cruises is a cruise company that operates two ships the azamara journey and the azamara quest . the company is a subsidiary of royal caribbean cruises . it was founded in 2007 as azamara cruises and was rebranded in 2009 . both ships were refurbished in early 2016 . contents 1 fleet history 2 leadership 3 ships and cruises 3.1 the vessels 3.2 guest profile 4 awards and honors 5 references fleet history edit azamara club cruises currently operates two vessels that were originally part of the eight r class cruise ships built between 1998 2001 for renaissance cruises . the azamara journey and azamara quest were both built in 2000 and were originally called r six and r seven . both ships are 30 447 gt . leadership edit since 2009 larry pimentel has been president and ceo of azamara club cruises . he was formerly president and ceo of the seadream yacht club cunard line and seaboard cruise line as well as president and ceo of the classic hawaii tour company . ships and cruises edit azamara club cruises offers 60 to 70 voyages around the world . the vessels edit ship built builder entered service for azamara gross tonnage flag notes image azamara journey 2000 chantiers de l atlantique 2007 30 277 tons malta previously blue dream r six . azamara quest 2000 chantiers de l atlantique 2007 30 277 tons malta previously blue moon delphin renaissance and r seven . each of the vessels carries up to 686 guests . guest profile edit 45 % from north america 20 % from the united kingdom and ireland 10 % from australia and new zealand 1 awards and honors edit azamara club cruises has won awards for its service value and traveler experience . among its honors azamara club cruises won three awards in the same category with best entertainment going to azamara journey while azamara quest was named best fitness and best public rooms by the 2015 uk cruisers choice awards . 2 in addition azamara club cruises was named one of travel leisure s world s best awards in 2014 in the large ship cruise lines category 3 and earned recognition in cond nast traveler s top 28 cruise lines readers choice awards in 2014 . 4 wikimedia commons has media related to azamara cruises . v t e subsidiaries of royal caribbean cruises ltd. fully owned subsidiaries azamara club cruises celebrity cruises royal caribbean international joint ventures with springwater capital cdf croisi res de france 49 % share pullmantur cruises 49 % share wamos air 19 % share other tui cruises 50 % share grand bahama shipyard 40 % share skysea cruise lines 35 % share former joint ventures island cruises formerly 50 % share references edit azamara club cruises estimate http www.cruisecritic.com news news.cfm id 6201 http www.travelandleisure.com worlds best cruises 2014 winners list http www.cntraveler.com galleries 2014 10 20 top cruise lines readers choice awards 2014 10 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title azamara club cruises & oldid 743550092 categories cruise linescompanies based in miamicompanies based in miami dade county floridaroyal caribbean cruises ltd.american companies established in 20072007 establishments in floridahidden categories use dmy dates from may 2015use list defined references from may 2015use british english from may 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschfran aisnorsk bokm lsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 04 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view