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Sunterra Corporation Announces Winner of $100,000 'Arrive in Style' Sweepstakes

Sunterra Corporation today announced that Linda Grice of Bowden, Georgia has won the company's Arrive in Style Sweepstakes.

The Arrive in Style Sweepstakes began in March 2004 and drew 154,000 entrants through the February 28, 2005, contest end. The grand prize was a choice of either His and Hers 2005 Cadillac Escalades or $100,000 in cash. Mrs. Grice, the mother of three with six grandchildren, chose the $100,000.

Sunterra will also treat the Grice's to their first trip to Las Vegas, including airfare and lodging, and present them with a check on April 19, 2005, at the Sunterra corporate offices in North Las Vegas.

Sunterra advertised the Arrive in Style Sweepstakes throughout the country, including widespread internet postings and the sweepstakes website, www.arriveinstylesweepstakes.com, at Sunterra resort locations, throughout the season at the San Francisco Giants baseball park, at Major League Baseball's Spring Training venues, as well as at a wide variety of state fairs, travel shows and special events throughout the nation.

On March 1, 2005, the company launched the 2nd annual Arrive in Style Sweepstakes, with a new twist: There will be two winners and two drawings, each with a choice of two Harley-Davidson® motorcycles or $50,000 in cash. The drawings will be held in the fall of 2005 and spring of 2006. See the sweepstakes website at www.arriveinstylesweepstakes.com, for details.

Sunterra Corporation is headquartered in North Las Vegas, Nevada, and employs more than 500 in the Las Vegas area. The company's Desert Paradise Resort in Las Vegas attracted approximately 15,000 guests in 2004. Sunterra is one of the world's largest vacation ownership companies with more than 300,000 owner member families and 95 affiliated resort locations in 13 countries throughout the continental United States and Hawaii, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Mexico. Sunterra news releases, as well as additional news and information on the Company, can be found at www.sunterra.com.

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