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Celebrity Cruises Announces New Deployment for Celebrity Millennium and Celebrity Mercury

"Australia andNew Zealand are charming and beautiful destinations, and we're confident we'll return again as our brand and fleet grows," said Celebrity's President & CEO Dan Hanrahan. "Currently, though, our travel agent partners and guests have repeatedly said they want more options to sail with Celebrity from the Eastern seaboard, where our brand was founded, and still has a very large and loyal base of cruisers. So, we're pleased to present some very attractive new cruise vacations from that region."

CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM TAKES ON CELEBRITY MERCURY'S TERRITORY

The 2,038-guest Celebrity Millennium will cap its 2009 season inAlaska with cruises previously scheduled for the 1,898-guest Celebrity Mercury, offering more capacity on the popular sailings. The itineraries will reflect those previously announced for Celebrity Mercury, with the addition of a 12- night wine-themed cruise departing fromVancouver on September 28, 2009, followed by an eastbound, 16-night Panama Canal cruise on October 10, 2009, fromSan Diego toSan Juan, where Celebrity Millennium will offer a series of 10- and 11-nightSouthern Caribbean cruises roundtrip fromSan Juan, beginning October 26, 2009. Ports of call on theSouthern Caribbean itineraries include Tortola,St. Maarten,St. Lucia,Barbados,Grenada,Curacao,Aruba,St. Croix, St. Kitts andDominica, with slight variations between the 10- and 11-night sailings.

Guests with reservations on the sailings previously scheduled for Celebrity Mercury will be contacted and re-accommodated on the same sailing dates on Celebrity Millennium, at the rates paid.

CELEBRITY MERCURY OFFERS NEW OPTIONS ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD

Celebrity Mercury will sail a 17-night Panama Canal cruise fromSan Diego on October 23, 2009, ending inBaltimore. There, from November 2009 to February 2010, the ship will present a series of new 12-nightEastern Caribbean cruises visitingSt. Thomas;St. Kitts;Antigua;St. Maarten, and Tortola, as well as four 9-night cruises visitingCharleston;Key West, Fla., and Cococay andNassau, Bahamas.

Celebrity Mercury then will present a series of 10- and 11-night Eastern andWestern Caribbean voyages fromCharleston from February through April 2010, with visits toSt. Thomas,St. Maarten,St. Kitts and Tortola on the eastern series, andKey West; Costa Maya,Mexico;Belize City,Belize; Cozumel, Mexico, andNassau on the western lineup.

The new itineraries on Celebrity Mercury replace theSouthern Caribbean cruises fromSan Juan previously scheduled from November 2009 to April 2010. Guests with affected bookings will be contacted and offered the option to be reaccommodated in like accommodations on identicalSouthern Caribbean itineraries on Celebrity Millennium at the rate paid.

Guests holding either individual or group reservations on Celebrity Millennium's previously scheduledAustralia andNew Zealand cruises between October 9, 2009 and March 22, 2010, will be offered the option to either re- book on Celebrity Millennium'sAustralia andNew Zealand cruises between October 17, 2008 and April 12, 2009, subject to availability, at the prevailing rate, and will receive a $600 per-stateroom or $800 per-suite onboard credit. Alternatively, these guests may re-book Celebrity Millennium's new Panama Canal orSouthern Caribbean sailings between October 10, 2009 and April 16, 2010, and receive a $200 per stateroom and $400 per suite onboard credit.

All guests and travel agent partners with affected bookings will be contacted by Celebrity Cruises. A special toll-free line also has been established to answer questions: 1-888-281-9343. The number is the same for both individual and group bookings.

Any reservations on the late-2009 and early-2010 Celebrity Millennium sailings inAustralia andNew Zealand that have not been moved or cancelled by Friday, October 3, 2008, will be cancelled automatically.

Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise experiences with highly personalized service, exceptional dining, and extraordinary attention to detail. Celebrity sails inAlaska,Australia/New Zealand,California,Canada/New England, theCaribbean,Europe, Galapagos Islands,Hawaii, the Pacific Coast, Panama Canal andSouth America. The line also offers unique cruisetour vacations inAlaska,Australia,Canada,Europe andSouth America. Noted for four of the top ten "Top Cruise Ships in the World" in the large-ship category, as voted by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler (February 2008 readers' poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and a fourth Solstice-class ship in 2011. For more information, call your travel agent, dial 1-800-437-3111 or visit www.celebritycruises.com

SOURCE Celebrity Cruises