Press- 01 June09 WA/SA

Media Release: June 1, 2009

An Invitation to People in WA and SA to Share in Their

15 ‘Knots’ of Fame Aboard the Mighty Queen Mary 2

Meet the ‘Queen’ in Sydney

and then Sail Into Your Home Town

 Aboard the Biggest Ship to Ever Visit Perth and Adelaide

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, artist Andy Warhol predicted. Would-be celebrities in Perth and Adelaide can secure their bid for momentary stardom when they sail into their home towns next March aboard the biggest ship – Queen Mary 2 - to ever visit those cities.

The arrival of the giant, 3000-passenger liner into Adelaide on Thursday March 11, 2010, and Fremantle on Sunday March 14, 2010, is certain to attract TV cameras and huge crowds keen to see the world’s grandest and most famous ocean liner, with media keen to talk to local passengers about life onboard.

And to help star-seeking West Australians and South Australians get onboard Queen Mary 2 for her history-making, debut voyage from Sydney to Perth and Adelaide and on to South Africa, cruise specialists, Cruise Express, has put together a special $499 (per person, twin-share) pre-cruise package that includes flights to Sydney from Perth or Adelaide, a harbour dinner cruise to greet the arrival of Queen Mary 2 on March 7, 2010, and two nights in a deluxe Sydney hotel.

The Sydney package is for Australians who book Cruise Express’ escorted 18-day voyage on Queen Mary 2 from Sydney on March 8, 2010, to Cape Town which includes the maiden, headline-making visits to Adelaide and Perth as well as Mauritius and Durban.

An 18-day fly-cruise package from Sydney to Cape Town is available from $5490 per person, twin-share, including the flight back from Cape Town to Perth or Sydney. Passengers from Adelaide who purchase the $499 pre-cruise stay in Sydney will also be flown back home from Sydney as part of the package. Cruise Express is also offering post-cruise safari tours to Victoria Falls and Africa’s famous Kruger and Chobe National Parks. *

Bigger than 25,000 African male elephants and towering 23 storeys, the huge Queen Mary 2 boasts 13 bars, 10 restaurants, five pools, an 8000-book library, the first planetarium at sea and a grand ballroom.

Bookings are available through Cruise Express on 1300 766 537 or email: cruiseexpress@travelations.com.au or visit www.cruiseexpress.com.au.

  * Conditions apply and subject to availability.

Media contact: Andrew Mevissen, Peak PR, 0431 883 057 or: amev@bigpond.net.au