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Priceline Cruise Blowout Sale Features up to 75% off on Select Cruises, Plus Free...

Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:36am EST
Priceline Cruise Blowout Sale Features up to 75% off on Select Cruises, Plus Free Hotel Stay Coupons

     Limited-time offer only available for telephone bookings made
                          through February 15
NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)--It's just one bonus after another when you book your next cruise
through Priceline Cruises. This week, priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) is
launching its winter Cruise Blowout Sale. For starters, the sale
offers savings of up to 75% off select cruises to the world's most
popular destinations. But that's not all. From now through February
15, customers who call 800-735-8000 and book a four-night or longer
getaway in an oceanview or higher category stateroom on certain
cruises will receive a special discount coupon that can be used toward
a hotel stay.

   In addition, for customers who book their cruises by January 31,
Priceline Cruises major cruise line partners are offering many other
extras, including:

   --  Carnival Cruise Lines. Free onboard savings booklet. Free
        upgrade worth up to $120.

   --  Celebrity Cruises. Up to $200 in free onboard spending.

   --  Royal Caribbean International. Up to an extra $200 off. Two
        free onboard savings booklets.

   --  Norwegian Cruise Line. Free $300 onboard savings booklet. Up
        to $100 free onboard spending. 10% off suites and villas.

   --  Azamara Cruises. Up to $800 free onboard spending.

   --  Holland America Line. Up to $100 free onboard spending. Free
        dining upgrade. Free champagne and strawberries. Free upgrade
        to oceanview. Upgrade to balcony from $100.

   --  Crystal Cruises. $200 in free onboard spending. Pre-paid
        gratuities.

   --  Oceania Cruises. Up to $150 in free onboard spending. Ask
        about free airfare. Ask about 2-for-1 cruise fares. Pre-paid
        gratuities.

   See www.priceline.com and visit Priceline Cruises for full
details, terms and restrictions associated with Cruise promotions.
Call 1-800-735-8000 to speak to a Priceline Cruise consultant.
Priceline's hotel promotion is only available with cruises booked
through the special 800 number.

   Priceline Cruise customers can choose from a broad range of
cruises at great prices covering the Bahamas, the Caribbean, coastal
Canada, Europe, Mexico, the South Pacific, South and Central America,
Hawaii and Alaska. Cruise lengths can be 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, or 12
nights or more.

   Priceline Cruise customers can research their ideal cruise
according to several criteria. They can browse the featured best-deal
cruises offered on that day. They can enter a particular month and see
all the available cruises and destinations for that time frame. They
can pick a departure port or destination and see all the cruises being
offered. Or they can pick their favorite cruise line and see its
offerings and prices. For each cruise line, customers can see
individual ship statistics, deck plans, cabin layouts and descriptions
of the ship's public areas and attractions. For each cruise, customers
can view sailing times, itineraries, off-ship activities and
sightseeing suggestions and maps of the cruise.

   About Priceline.com(R) Incorporated

   Priceline.com Incorporated (Nasdaq: PCLN) operates priceline.com,
a leading U.S. online travel service for value-conscious leisure
travelers, and Booking.com, a leading international online hotel
reservation service. Priceline.com also operates Agoda.com, an Asian
online hotel reservation service. In the U.S., priceline.com gives
customers more ways to save on their airline tickets, hotel rooms,
rental cars, vacation packages and cruises than any other Internet
travel service. In addition to getting great published prices, leisure
travelers can narrow their searches using priceline.com's TripFilter
advanced search technology, create packages to save even more money,
and take advantage of priceline.com's Name Your Own Price(R) service,
which can deliver the lowest prices available.

   Priceline.com believes that Booking.com is Europe's largest and
fastest growing hotel reservation service, with a network of
affiliated Web sites. Booking.com operates in over 60 countries in 16
languages and offers its customers access to over 38,000 participating
hotels worldwide. Priceline.com also operates the following travel
websites: Travelweb.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and
BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that
offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an
independent licensee. Priceline.com licenses its business model to
independent licensees, including priceline mortgage and certain
international licensees.

Priceline.com
Press Information:
Brian Ek, 203-299-8167
brian.ek@priceline.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008



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