DEILMANN OFFERS FREE AIR, 20% REDUCTION ON CRUISE RATES ON TWO-WEEK MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE THIS FALL


Luxury Liner Sails to Spain, Morocco, Elba, Sardinia, Sicily and Venice

NEW YORK, April 15, 2005 - A two-week Mediterranean cruise this fall aboard a luxury European ocean liner at rate reductions of 20 percent and free air is the latest special offer from Peter Deilmann Cruises for U.S. travelers on the five-star MS Deutschland. The 15-night cruise, from Lisbon to Venice, Sept. 22-Oct. 7, visits cities in Spain, Morocco, France, Italy and several Mediterranean islands. The cruise offers savings of up to $2,800 on cabin prices, free air from 16 U.S. gateways, free airport/ship transfers and 50 percent reductions on shore excursions.

This cruise of the 513-passenger “Grand Hotel” Deutschland departs from Lisbon on the Atlantic to Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira and then heads to the Mediterranean for Cartagena and Barcelona in Spain; Casablanca in Morocco; Toulon, France; the French island of Elba and the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily.

The free air on the cruise is available from New York and 15 other eastern gateways while low air supplements start at $100 from 19 gateways in central states and at $200 from 13 gateways in western states. Free airport/ship transfers are included in any air purchased through Deilmann Cruises.

The reduced prices on this Deutschland cruise begin at $2,862 per person double occupancy and $3,547 for single cabins. Passengers will save 50% on a pre-purchased package of English-language shore excursions. The Sept. 22-Oct. 7 Mediterranean cruise is also one of the ocean liner’s golf theme cruises so golfers can take advantage of the new 20% reduction in cabin prices and free air. With the reductions, starting price for the 15-night golf cruise is just $3,661 per person double occupancy, including free air, while single occupancy cabin/air rates start at $4,346.

The Deutschland has three Mediterranean cruises this fall, one to western ports and two to eastern ports. Among the island ports of call on the western Mediterranean sailing are Portoferraio, Elba; Olbia, Sardinia; Palermo and Catania, Sicily, and the ship overnights in Venice at the end of the cruise. Ports on the two eastern Mediterranean sailings in October and November include Zadar and Dubrovnik, Croatia; Montenegro, Yugoslavia; Heraklion, Crete; the island of Rhodes, Piraeus (Athens), Volos, Kaval, Thessaloniki and Nauplia in Greece; Istanbul and Kusadasi, Turkey; Alexandria, Egypt; Beirut, Lebanon, and Lattakia, Syria.

The 286-cabin MS Deutschland, launched in 1998 and refurbished annually, is a beautifully appointed ocean liner with classic elegance. Gourmet dining has always been the hallmark of a grand journey at sea and dining on board on board the Deutschland is highly rated by the prestigious Chaine des Rotisseurs organization and readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. All three of the ship's restaurants serve multi-course gourmet cuisine and an outdoor dining terrace, comfortable bars and cafes each offer a different ambience.

Outdoor and indoor swimming pools, three sun decks, open-air promenade deck, an elegant theater for film screenings and lectures, fitness center, sauna, Turkish bath, grand two-level ballroom with dancing and international revue shows, shopping boutique, beauty salon with massage therapy and infirmary are among other features of the nine-deck ship.

For further information on itineraries and prices on this and other Mediterranean cruises of the Deutschland, contact a travel agent or Peter Deilmann Cruises. To view and download Deutschland sailings, log on to www.deilmann-cruises.com. The Grand Hotel Voyages brochure of the Deutschland is available from travel agencies and by calling Peter Deilmann Cruises at 1-800-348-8287 or by e-mail pdcmail@deilmann-cruises.com.