Carnival Rolls Out New On-Line Shore Excursion Booking System

Miami January 3, 2005 - Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest cruise operator, has introduced a new on-line shore excursion booking system that provides guests the opportunity to purchase shore excursions prior to their cruise utilizing the line's user-friendly Web site, carnival.com.

With the new system, guests are able to book shore excursions in conjunction with all Carnival "Fun Ships" sailing to 65 different ports throughout the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, Canada, New England and Europe.

More than 1,000 different shore excursion choices are available. Snorkeling and scuba expeditions, horseback riding, helicopter flightseeing, shopping and city tours are among the excursions that can be booked via this new dynamic shore excursion booking engine. In-depth information such as excursion description, activity level, duration, and pricing are included in each listing.

"More consumers than ever are using the Internet for travel research and purchases and our new on-line shore excursion booking system provides Carnival guests with an easy and convenient means for purchasing the wide variety of fun and interesting shore excursions available aboard the 'Fun Ships,'" said Bob Dickinson, Carnival president and CEO.

To access the new on-line shore excursion booking engine, guests must be registered on carnival.com and have a fully deposited cruise booking. After accessing their cruise booking through the "View Cruise Details" link, guests are prompted with the "Add Shore Excursions" option, which lists all shore excursion choices associated with the ports of call featured on their particular cruise.

To purchase a shore excursion, guests simply click on the shore excursion of their choice and enter credit card payment information via a secure encrypted reservations portal. Guests are provided with a printable shore excursion confirmation and shore excursion tickets are delivered to guests' staterooms on embarkation day.

On-line shore excursion orders can be made from 180 days up to five days prior to departure date. Guests are also welcome to visit the shore excursion desk once on board to book shore excursions and obtain additional information.

The new on-line shore excursion system is just the latest enhancement to Carnival's popular carnival.com Internet site, which encompasses more than 2,000 Web pages and offers a host of new and expanded features, including enhanced site navigation, streaming video, personalized content tailored to each visitor, and more 360-degree "virtual tours" of the "Fun Ship" fleet.

Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, is the largest and most popular cruise line in the world, with 20 "Fun Ships" operating voyages ranging from three to 16 days in length to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, Canada, New England and Europe. The line currently has two 110,000-ton "Fun Ships" - Carnival Liberty and Carnival Freedom - scheduled for delivery between now and spring 2007.

For additional information and reservations on Carnival's "Fun Ship" cruises, contact any travel agent, call 1-800-CARNIVAL or visit carnival.com.

Carnival Cruise Lines is a proud member of the exclusive World's Leading Cruise Lines. Our exclusive alliance also includes Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises, Windstar Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn. Sharing a passion to please each guest, and a commitment to quality and value, our member lines appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Together, we offer exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world's most desirable destinations.

Royal Caribbean Announces 2005 Schedule

Miami January 5, 2005 - From extreme makeovers to outstanding new itineraries from the Northeast, Royal Caribbean International is offering even more innovative amenities and exciting vacation options for guests in 2005.

Freedom of the Seas Under Construction

Royal Caribbean’s much-anticipated Freedom of the Seas is under construction with bookings scheduled to open in spring 2005. At 158,000 gross registered tons, Freedom will be the world’s largest cruise ship when she enters service in April 2006 and will sail year-round, seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami. The line will be releasing details on the ship’s unique and innovative features throughout 2005.

Onboard Enhancements

Sovereign of the Seas continues her year-round, three- and four-night Bahamas itineraries from Port Canaveral, having undergone an extreme makeover at the end of 2004 that transformed all areas of the ship and added Boleros, the line’s hot Latin lounge; a sit-down coffee and ice cream shop; and three teen-only venues. The third Royal Caribbean ship to undergo extensive renovations in recent years, Sovereign’s most visible additions are 62 new balconies, creating the ship’s first balcony staterooms.

This spring, the line is going to new lengths with Enchantment of the Seas, which will receive a 73-foot midsection insert, dramatic suspension bridges, a splash deck for kids, and bungee trampolines that send guests soaring into the air. Returning to service in July 2005, Enchantment of the Seas will offer a series of special summer and fall Canada/New England sailings from Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J., as well as from Philadelphia and Boston, before returning to year-round Caribbean sailings from Fort Lauderdale.

Northeast News

Royal Caribbean is strengthening its Northeast lineup, with Voyager of the Seas and Grandeur of the Seas set to sail alternating five-night Bermuda and nine-night Western Caribbean itineraries from May through November 2005 from Cape Liberty, in Bayonne, and Baltimore respectively. In addition, the line’s newest ship Jewel of the Seas returns to Boston in September 2005 to offer new 10-night Bermuda/Caribbean sailings visiting Tortola, BVI.; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; King’s Wharf, Bermuda, and Labadee, Royal Caribbean’s private destination in Hispaniola.

Exotic Caribbean Itineraries

Royal Caribbean has 16 ships in the Caribbean this winter, including Empress of the Seas, which is offering exotic itineraries in Southern Caribbean through April 2005. Departing from San Juan, the unique 11-night adventures take guests to St. Maarten, St. Barts, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Barbados, Venezuela, Aruba and Curacao. Empress also sails three-night cruises to St. Thomas/St. Maarten and St. Kitts/St. Maarten.

Exploring Ashore

In 2005, Royal Caribbean once again is offering exclusive European cruisetours, pairing land trips to some of the most historic and beautiful regions of England, France and Spain with European cruises on Brilliance of the Seas and Splendour of the Seas in the Mediterranean and Jewel of the Seas in Northern Europe. Land-tour portions, ranging from three to five days, are escorted by knowledgeable, local Tour Directors. They include four- and five-star hotel accommodations and guided tours of top cultural attractions, as well as plenty of free time to pursue individual interests.

Royal Caribbean guests can explore Alaska and Canada with cruisetour packages in conjunction with seven-night Alaska cruise itineraries. Vision of the Seas sails one-way Gulf of Alaska itineraries between Vancouver and Seward, while Radiance of the Seas and Serenade of the Seas sail roundtrip Hubbard Glacier itineraries from Vancouver. Guests aboard Vision of the Seas sailings can choose from 19 cruisetours that explore Alaska’s natural wonders and include travel by deluxe motorcoach and luxurious glass-domed railcars, the Wilderness Express. Adventurous land excursion options include white-water rafting, glacier flight-seeing and heli-hiking. The line also offers Canadian Rockies and Whistler cruisetours in conjunction with the roundtrip Hubbard Glacier cruises.

Galveston Getaways

Royal Caribbean is continuing short cruises from the Gulf. Splendour of the Seas will return to Galveston in November 2005 to sail four- and five-night itineraries to the Western Caribbean during the 2005-06 winter season.

Steiner Leisure Renewal of Agreement with Princess 

Nassau January 6, 2005 - Steiner Leisure Limited announced today that it has renewed its agreement with Princess Cruise Lines, including the addition of the Caribbean Princess, Sapphire Princess and P&O Australia ships. The vessels have been divided into three classes and renewed for three, four and five years, respectively. The new agreement enables the Company to continue its long relationship to exclusively provide unique spa and massage services, hairdressing, beauty treatments and fitness programs on the existing fleets of Princess & P&O Australia, consisting of a total of 16 cruise ships, as well as the two new ships, Crown Princess and Caribbean Princess III, scheduled for delivery in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and any additional new ships announced by Princess through December 2006.

Leonard I. Fluxman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Steiner Leisure, commented, "We are very excited about our contract renewal with Princess Cruise Lines and P&O Australia and Princess's decision to include the vessels that it had previously operated in house. This decision reflects the commitment by both parties to continue our mutually successful relationship. We are also looking forward to assisting Princess in the further development of its exclusive Lotus Spa program providing high quality spa services to the their passengers."

About Steiner:

Steiner Leisure Limited is a worldwide provider of spa services. The Company's operations include spas and salons on 114 cruise ships, and in 66 resort spas and two luxury day spas. Our cruise line and land-based resort customers include Carnival Cruise Line, Caesars Entertainment, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Cunard/Seabourn Cruise Lines, Hilton Hotels, Holland America Line, Kerzner International, Marriott Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises and Royal Caribbean Cruises. Our Elemis Limited subsidiary manufactures its Elemis(R) brand products for use in our cruise ship and land-based spas. This top quality European line of beauty products is also distributed worldwide to exclusive hotels, salons, health clubs and destination spas. Elemis(R), as well as other Steiner private label products, including La Therapie(R), Ionithermie, and Steiner Hair Care, are available at http://www.timetospa.com.

Steiner Leisure also owns and operates three post secondary schools (comprised of a total of seven campuses) located in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Sarasota, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; York, Pennsylvania and Charlottesville, Virginia. Offering degree and non-degree programs in massage therapy and skin care, these schools train and qualify spa professionals for health and beauty positions within the Steiner family of companies or other industry entities.