Norwegian Cruise Line will launch a ‘Book Early – Cruise Happy’ promotion on 1 September allowing agents to offer guests up to $500 of free on board spending money per stateroom when booking select 2012/13 Europe itineraries.

The campaign, which runs until 30 September, gives agents the opportunity to drive forward bookings as well as receive a bonus commission of £30 for each sale made.

Itineraries included in the promotion range from six to 14-nights in length and run between April 2012 and April 2013 including peak holiday periods. Sailings offered are Norwegian Sun’s Baltic Capitals from Copenhagen, Norwegian Epic’s Western Mediterranean from Barcelona, Norwegian Jade’s Adriatic, Greece & Turkey from Venice and Norwegian Spirit’s Grand Mediterranean from Venice.

Agents can offer more on board spend the longer the cruise and higher the stateroom grade and, as an added extra, all Norwegian Epic bookings receive an additional $50 per stateroom.

Nick Wilkinson, director of sales at Norwegian Cruise Line said: “As we head towards autumn, customers will be thinking about next years holidays so this promotion is well timed to help agents secure those early bookings now.  Agents can also make the most of our biggest ever European deployment of four ships to offer their customers even greater Freestyle Cruising choice.”