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DEILMANN TO ACCEPT RESERVATIONS STARTING AUGUST 8 FOR 2006 EUROPEAN
RIVER CRUISES

Cruise Line Schedules more than 270 Departures

NEW YORK,
Peter Deilmann Cruises will begin accepting reservations on August 8,
two months earlier than in past years, for its 2006 European river
cruises that will offer more than 270 departures of 7 to 14 nights.
The nine deluxe river ships of the cruise line operate on the Danube,
Rhine, Moselle, Rhône, Saône, Seine, Elbe, Vltava, Oder and other
rivers from late March through mid-November.

Deilmann will offer a full complement of 14 cruise tours in 2006 with
more than 50 departures. The line is introducing fully escorted tours
for the first time with five itineraries that features one marking the
400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death to or from Holland and two
other new ones exploring the regions of Bohemia and Normandy.

Among new independent cruise-tours are a Cézanne Centenary celebrating
the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth and one that operates from
Saxony to Copenhagen. Among perennial favorites, the cruise line will
offer “European Capitals” with extensions to Prague and Munich aboard
the five-star MV Mozart, which will celebrate its namesake’s 250th
birthday all year long; the “Romance of France”, highlighting the
south of France; and the “Elbe Explorer”, with longer stays in Prague
and Berlin on Elbe River cruises.

Deilmann will have complete cruise-tour information available about
Sept. 1. “Discovery Add-ons,” a new concept for Deilmann in
independent cruise-tours, will add a dimension of flexibility and
convenience to tour options allowing travelers to select from a choice
of destinations at the beginning and end of a cruise, instead of just
one. Distribution of the 2006 Great Rivers of Europe brochure is
planned for late September, the same time the information becomes
available online.

Deilmann also has good news for travelers on its rates – the line is
holding prices on most of its ships at 2005 levels and making only
small increases (up to five percent) on four vessels (Cezanne,
Heidelberg, Katharina and Frederic Chopin).

Following the successful introduction of special interest cruises this
year, Deilmann will offer them again in 2006 with new music, golf and
gardens itineraries and introduce new equestrian riding programs. The
2006 music cruise aboard the MV Mozart, set for April 2–9, will pay
tribute to the composer's 250th birthday; escorted garden tours and
golf programs will take place in France, Germany and Austria
throughout the season; and horseback riding cruise programs are
planned over several months as well. S

eine River cruises from Paris, introduced this year aboard the
100-passenger Cezanne to Le Havre, Rouen and Vernon (Giverny), will
continue in 2006 as will Rhône River sailings aboard the four-star
Princesse de Provence from Lyon and Avignon to Burgundy and Beaujolais
wine regions and Provencal cities.

The 96-passenger Casanova will cruise on three rivers (the Rhine,
Moselle, Danube) and the Main-Danube Canal and will have two 14-night
sailings for the first time between Amsterdam and Budapest. The
Frederic Chopin and the Katharina, both 79-passenger ships, will sail
between Prague and Potsdam (Berlin) on the Vltava and Elbe rivers,
with the Chopin moving to the Oder River in June, July and August to
visit “undiscovered” destinations in Germany and Poland.

Rhine sailings will call at Amsterdam, Cologne, Rüdesheim, Koblenz,
Basel and Strasbourg; Moselle River stops will feature the wine towns
of Bernkastel, Cochem and Trier; and Main-Danube Canal cruises will
sail from Mainz and Passau. Ghent, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bruges and
Brussels are destinations on Dutch and Belgian canals on April cruises
round-trip from Amsterdam.

The popular Danube cruises on the 100-cabin Mozart, flagship of the
river fleet, and 186-passenger Danube Princess will operate round-trip
from Passau in southeastern Germany, and Deilmann will have six 10-
and 11-night Danube cruises from Passau to the Black Sea on these two
vessels and the Casanova.

The Katharina and Frederic Chopin will call at the historic cities of
Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Potsdam on the Elbe, Havel and Vltava
rivers sailing from Potsdam, just outside of Berlin, and Prague. The
106-passenger Dresden will have alternate weeklyh sailings on the Elbe
River from Hamburg and Dresden to cities and towns in northern and
eastern Germany combined with excursions to Berlin and Prague.

Seven of the nine river vessels in the Deilmann fleet are five-star
with the Mozart offering the largest cabins - 203 sq. ft. - of any
river ship in the world while the Heidelberg, built in 2004, has
cabins measuring 190 sq ft.

Among travel arrangements Deilmann makes for its cruise passengers are
air transportation, pre- and post-cruise city packages, reduced rate
shore excursion packages, meet-and-greet services and transfers
between airports and ships. For copies of Great Rivers of Europe 2006,
contact your travel professional.