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30th September 2003

SUPERSTAR LEO OFFERS SEASONAL CRUISE ITINERARIES IN AUSTRALIA JANUARY
- MARCH 2004

Star Cruises, "The First Global Cruise Line" and "The Leading Cruise
Line in Asia-Pacific" is pleased to announce an Australian Summer
programme for its world-class megaship SuperStar Leo from January to
March 2004. The three-month seasonal redeployment starts from her
homeport of Hong Kong on 4th January and ends with her return on 26th
March 2004 to Hong Kong where she will commence cruises at the start
of the summer peak holiday period. She is scheduled to arrive in the
port of Fremantle on 12th January 2004.

As part of its fleetwide 2004 itinerary planning exercise, Star
Cruises has included seasonal deployment of its ships to provide more
cruise options to its passengers. The repositioning of SuperStar Leo
comes in the wake of a very successful inaugural stint in Australia
earlier this year.

The three-month programme which coincides with the Australian summer
season includes a special relocation cruise from Hong Kong to
Fremantle with a call at SuperStar Leo’s first homeport in Asia,
Singapore, on 7th January 2004; and a return relocation cruise to Hong
Kong from Darwin on 16th March with calls in Singapore and Hue,
Vietnam on 21st and 24th March respectively.

In the Australian programme, SuperStar Leo will offer a combination of
3day/2night, 4day/3night, 5day/4night, 8day/7 night and 10day/9night
cruise itineraries to 15 destinations along the waters of the
Australian continent spanning from Fremantle on the west coast down to
Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, Tasmania in the south and upwards to
Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns including the South Pacific islands of
Fiji, New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines in Noumea.

SuperStar Leo will be making maiden calls to Fremantle, the Tasmanian
destinations of Hobart, Freycinet and Port Davey, Hardy Reef in
Queensland and Isle of Pines in the South Pacific.

“The forthcoming seasonal repositioning of SuperStar Leo to Australia
sees Star Cruises attempting to strike an optimal balance in catering
to an already established market presence in Hong Kong and at the same
time satisfying a growing demand for our cruises in a relatively new
area of operations, Australia”, said Mr Chong Chee Tut, Star Cruises’
Chief Operating Officer.

“The seasonal deployment provides another opportunity to promote and
market the ship in Australia. It is envisaged that this increased
product awareness would stand in good stead for Australians to cruise
to destinations in Vietnam and China on SuperStar Leo when she returns
to Hong Kong”, added Mr Chong.

“With the longer lead time that we have compared to the deployment
earlier this year, the 27 planned cruises would be better marketed via
Star Cruises’ international sales network in Asia including Japan,
North America, Europe and UK which has shown interest in the
Australian itinerary. This certainly provides an added boost to the
inbound Australian tourism and hospitality industry” said Mr Chong.

“The redeployment coincides with the summer season and provides an
ideal holiday alternative for Australians to enjoy world class cruise
experiences in their own home waters though many Australians have
sailed on our ships like SuperStar Virgo from Singapore” he added.

ABOUT SUPERSTAR LEO
SuperStar Leo, at 76,800-grt is the first and largest megaship in
Asia-Pacific with 1,000 cabins and a lower berth capacity of 2,000.
SuperStar Leo offers world-class food and beverage, entertainment and
recreation facilities including a swimming pool, bars and pubs,
restaurants, karaoke, disco, library, cinema, hair and beauty salon,
meeting rooms, international show lounge and sports deck to name a
few. SuperStar Leo is also a triple winner of the 1999 ShipPax Awards
for her outstanding cruise sun decks, saloons and cabins.


SuperStar Leo

ABOUT STAR CRUISES
Star Cruises, the third largest cruise line in the world is a global
cruise brand presently operating a combined fleet of 19 ships with
over 24,000 lower berths, with cruises to destinations and islands in
Asia-Pacific, North and South America, Hawaii, Caribbean, Alaska,
Europe, Mediterranean, Bermuda and the Antarctica under the Star
Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Orient Lines & Cruise Ferries brands.

The Pride of America - the first of the two Project America vessels -
is presently under completion at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Germany.
The 81,000-grt and 2,100 lower berth vessel is expected to commence
Hawaii inter-island cruising next year with a "Best of America" theme.
The second Project America vessel, which is currently sailing as
Norwegian Sky will be renamed Pride of Aloha and will reflect a strong
Hawaiian theme which will be accomplished after a refurbishment in
September 2004. Both ships will sail under NCL's new US-flag brand -
NCL America (sm).

Star Cruises is represented in more than 20 locations worldwide with
offices in Australia, New Zealand, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United
States of America. For more information on Star Cruises and NCL,
please contact your travel agent.