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ORIENT LINES ADDS TWO NEW CRUISETOUR VACATIONS TO ITS 2005-2006 LINEUP

Marco Polo offers new port call in Tripoli, Libya and returns to
Alexandria, Egypt for the first time since 2001

Destination cruise specialist Orient Lines Thursday announced it will
add two European CruiseTours to its 2005-2006 lineup of itineraries,
including an Ancient Civilizations & Empire tour and Ancient Egypt and
the Ottoman Empire voyage. Both voyages offer a new port of call,
Tripoli, Libya and mark the return of Orient Lines to Alexandria,
Egypt. The new itineraries are on sale now.

The 2005-2006 program offers 60 separate European Cruise Tours and 11
Exotic CruiseTours on the Marco Polo, which recently celebrated its
10th year as Orient Lines' flagship.

"The 2005-06 deployment features the most diverse array of ports and
turnaround cities Orient Lines has ever offered," said Andy Stuart,
executive vice president of marketing, sales and passenger services
for Orient Lines. "With the addition of these two new tours, Orient
Lines offers more than 15 new ports of call, three new turnaround
cities and more time in port than ever before."

The European CruiseTour program features the industry's only
international ship home porting a series of cruises in Warnemunde in
the former Eastern Germany combined with a two-night stay in the
historic city of Berlin and overnights in many historical cities
throughout Europe including Paris, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Edinburgh and
Copenhagen. Additionally, the ship will sail to several new ports this
year, including Izmir, Turkey; Split, Croatia; Brussels (Zeebrugge),
Belgium; Visby, Sweden; Gdansk, Poland, and Riga, Latvia.

As part of the exotics program, the 822-passenger Marco Polo will
again return to Antarctica for an 11th year with a series of
awe-inspiring CruiseTours to the White Continent. Additionally, the
ship will sail around the southern tip of South America in a line-up
of new Exotic cruises debuting Rio de Janeiro as an
embarkation/debarkation port. Finally, Marco Polo will sail from Chile
through the Panama Canal to the Caribbean with a new turnaround option
in Montego Bay, Jamaica before returning to the Mediterranean for her
summer season. New ports of call for the Exotic voyages include
Florianapolis, Brazil; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Huatulco, Acapulco
and Zihuantenejo/Ixtapa, Mexico; San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua; San
Andres, Columbia and George Town, Grand Cayman.

Orient Lines' CruiseTour program offers guests in-depth experiences on
land and sea. Passengers on all of the line's sailings enjoy
first-class or deluxe hotel stays, sightseeing tours in
embarkation/disembarkation cities, transfers, baggage handling and the
services of an Orient Lines hospitality desk. In addition gentleman
hosts make sure everyone joins in the dancing and shipboard
activities.

2005/06 European CruiseTour Program

Orient Lines' 2005/06 Europe program will be highlighted by two new
itineraries, one new turnaround port and six new exciting ports of
call:

Iberia and French Highlights, a completely new cruise for Orient
Lines, features overnight stays in Lisbon and Paris as well as favored
stops in Malaga and Cadiz, Spain with an optional tour to Seville;
Another new itinerary, Enchanting Cities, features three overnight
stays in Amsterdam, Holland; Edinburgh (Leith), Scotland and
Copenhagen, Denmark as well as new ports of call in Brussels
(Zeebrugge), Belgium and Visby, Sweden;
The Baltic and Russia cruise features an overnight in St. Petersburg,
Russia, the line's first-ever call to Riga, Latvia, and an overnight
and turnaround in Warnemunde combined with a two night land stay in
Berlin, Germany, a cruise industry first;
Also embarking from Warnemunde with a two-night stay in Berlin,
Germany is the Medieval Cities CruiseTour with a new port of call in
Gdansk, Poland;
Finally, the Venice and Aegean CruiseTour features two new ports of
call for Orient Lines guests: Izmir, Turkey and Split, Croatia.

Previously called Voyage Around Italy, the Marco Polo's Adriatic &
Amalfi Coast CruiseTour is not new but renamed in 2005 in honor of the
ship's 10th Anniversary with Orient Lines and as a tribute to Marco
Polo's birthplace of Korcula, Croatia and his long-time home of
Venice, Italy.

Back by popular demand is Orient Lines' North Cape & Fjords from
Copenhagen, Denmark with stops in Flam, Gudvangen, Hellsylt, Tromso,
Norway; a cruise through the Geiranger Fjord before continuing her
calls in Honningsvag, Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo,


2005/06 Exotic CruiseTour Program

Orient Lines' Exotic CruiseTour program will feature an additional
sailing to Antarctica, two completely new itineraries with new
turnaround ports and eight new ports of call:

In 2006, Orient Lines will feature a fourth Antarctic Peninsula
voyage, one more than previously offered;
A new CruiseTour, Rio Carnival & Chilean Fjords will feature Rio de
Janeiro as a turnaround city for the first time as well as a new port
of call in Florianopolis, Brazil;
Exotic Americas & Panama Canal, another brand new voyage for Orient
Lines, features new ports of call in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala;
Huatulco, Acapulco and Zihuantenejo/Ixtapa, Mexico; San Juan Del Sur,
Nicaragua; San Andres, Columbia and George Town, Grand Cayman with
Montego Bay, Jamaica debuting as a turnaround city.

The Orient Lines Difference

Distinguished guest lecturers enrich the passenger experience by
providing insight about the destination, including its history,
culture and people. Guests who aren't able to attend the lecture can
watch it in-cabin at their convenience.

Special cultural traditions - like Afternoon Tea in England -- and
local folkloric performances further enhance guests' experience.
Orient Lines believes that little considerations make a big
difference. Guests receive a complimentary bottle of water upon
leaving for shore excursions and are greeted by a friendly face ready
to offer them a cool towel and cold lemonade or iced tea upon their
return.

A Pampered Experience - From Beginning to End

Orient Lines offers a pampering experience from the moment CruiseTour
passengers set foot in their overseas embarkation city. Guests are met
at the airport by an Orient Lines representative and transferred by
motor coach to a first-class or deluxe hotel property that has been
carefully selected for comfort and proximity to key landmarks.

These hotel stays offer passengers a chance to relax after long
flights and give them time to explore some of the world's great travel
destinations. Other lines regard hotel stays as optional add-ons.

At the end of the pre-cruise stay, passengers are transferred by motor
coach to the Marco Polo for boarding. Because ship check-in was
processed at the hotel's hospitality desk, there's no waiting at the
pier. And, because luggage was collected at the hotel, passengers
simply walk aboard with their carry-on bags; porters bring the luggage
directly to each passenger's stateroom shortly after embarkation.

After the cruise, passengers are transferred by motor coach to their
post-cruise hotel. In addition to providing concierge services, Orient
Lines representatives at the hospitality desk also schedule
passengers' final transfer to the airport. It's a seamless transition,
pampering passengers from beginning to end.

For more information call your travel professional.