NCL AMERICA LAUNCHES “CRUISE & STAY” HOTEL PACKAGES IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRIDE OF ALOHA’S 2004 HAWAI’I CRUISES

Miami, November 24, 2003 - NCL America has created a collection of “Cruise & Stay” packages for Pride of Aloha guests sailing on three- and four-day inter-island cruises in Hawai’i beginning Oct. 1, 2004. The Cruise & Stay packages combine Pride of Aloha voyages with hotel stays, car rentals, transfers, gratuities and other amenities to form exotic land/sea vacations ranging from seven to nine nights. Pride of Aloha, currently sailing as Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, will transfer to the NCL America U.S.-flag brand next fall.

NCL America’s Cruise & Stay packages feature three-, four-, five- and six-night hotel stays at Honolulu’s Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Sheraton Moana Surfrider plus Kona‘s Hilton Waikoloa Village and Maui’s Sheraton Maui. Each package also includes lei greetings, hotel taxes and bellman gratuities, admission to the historic Bishop Museum with a discount for the museum’s gift shop, and transportation between the hotel and the pier.

“We’ve made it easy for our guests to enjoy Hawai’i’s boundless natural beauty and exotic culture on land and sea,” said Colin Veitch, president and CEO of NCL. “By partnering with several of Hawai’i’s most popular hotels, we’ve created a flexible variety of Cruise-And Stay packages that will allow our guests to experience virtually every aspect of this dream destination.”

Cruise & Stay guests receive a number of benefits including priority embarkation, express luggage delivery to the ship, and support through the hotel-based NCL Service Center at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, where guests may check-in for their cruise, pre-book shore excursions and register for a variety of activities at their convenience. The Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort will offer a dedicated NCL television channel to provide information to guests about their cruise vacation.

NCL America Cruise & Stay packages will allow Pride of Aloha guests to customize their Hawai’i Vacation. The packages include:

The “Aloha Hawai’i Series”, featuring four-day cruises packaged with stays of three, four or five nights at Honolulu’s Hilton Hawaiian Village or the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Guests can select from six separate Aloha Hawai’i packages, including a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay combined with a four-day cruise, a two-night, pre-cruise and a two-night, post-cruise hotel stay combined with a four-day cruise, or a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay and a two-night, post-cruise hotel stay packaged with a four-day cruise. Prices begin from $999.

The “Explore Hawai’i Series”, featuring three-day cruises packaged with stays of four, five or six nights at the Hilton Hawaiian Village or the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Guests can choose from eight separate packages in this series, including a six-night, pre-cruise hotel stay with a three-day cruise; a three-day cruise combined with a five-night pre- or post- cruise hotel stay or a three-day cruise combined with a four-night post-cruise hotel stay. Prices begin from $999.

The “Discover Hawai’i Series”, featuring three- and four-day cruises packaged with hotel stays of three, five or six nights at Kona’s Hilton Waikoloa Village, Honolulu’s Hilton Hawaiian Village and Sheraton Moana or Maui’s Sheraton Maui. Guests can select from four packages including a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay in Kona and a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay in Honolulu combined with a three-day cruise; a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay in Maui with a four-day cruise; a three-night, pre-cruise hotel stay in Maui combined with a four-day cruise and a two-night, post-cruise stay in Honolulu or a six-night pre-cruise hotel stay in Maui with a three-day cruise. Also included in the Discover Hawai’i packages is a complementary rental car while staying on the neighbor island and an inter-island flight between Honolulu and the applicable neighbor island. Prices begin from $1399.

In addition to the Cruise & Stay program, NCL America will shortly announce a series of Cruise Tours, offering guests the opportunity to experience the wonders of Hawaii’s dramatic coastline, hospitable culture and spectacular beauty.

For further information on NCL America, contact a travel agent or NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030; in Miami-Dade County, Fla., (305) 436-0866; visit NCL’s web site at www.ncl.com or on AOL at keyword: NCL; or to download high-resolution photography visit www.ncl.com/hires.

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