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Media Release: April 27, 2009

Rub Noses with Our Kiwi Neighbours on an Exclusive Hosted Cruise Package

Two-week all-inclusive return voyage to New Zealand from top to bottom for only $1999

Plus onboard spending money!

Cruises closer to home are in hot demand as the recession bites so Cruise Express has put together a new, value-added cruise package that offers an escorted, two-week return voyage to New Zealand this November from just $1999 per person.

“More cruise lovers are preferring to travel closer to home as the credit crunch bites into their travel wish list so we’ve put together a bargain deal that is low in cost and time away but high in value and spectacular scenery,” said Cruise Express Director Hardy Schneider, who was voted Australia’s Best Cruise Consultant of the Year at this year’s International Cruise Council of Australasia awards.

The package includes a 13-night return cruise to New Zealand, sailing from Sydney on November 3, 2009, aboard Australia’s luxury superliner, Dawn Princess. Hosted by Cruise Express, the cruise includes all main meals and entertainment aboard the ship, an exclusive cocktail party for Cruise Express guests and $100 spending money for every guest to spend onboard.

The cruise embraces almost all New Zealand’s top attractions from Milford Sound, Dunedin and Christchurch on the South Island to Wellington, Napier, Tauranga (for Rotorua), Auckland and the Bay of Islands on the North Island.

Fares are available from $1999 per person, twin-share, and the onboard currency is Australian dollars, adding to the savings. *

Cruise Express is also offering its guests a half-price shore tour package for $599 per person which includes exclusive half or full day hosted tours in each of seven ports. The tours include NZ’s only castle in Scottish-flavoured Dunedin, the beautiful gardens and English charm of Christchurch, the acclaimed Te Papa museum in Wellington, lunch in a Hawkes Bay vineyard near art-deco Napier, the geysers and Maori culture of world-famous Rotorua, a tour of Auckland and a Maori-guided forest tour and lunch near the beautiful Bay of Islands.

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