Cruise Line Shareholders Receive Special Amenities

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 14, 2007 -  Cruise travelers who own at least 100  shares of stock in Carnival Corporation or Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. at the time of booking a vacation can enjoy special onboard credits, courtesy of the world's two largest cruise lines.

"It pays to own stock in these cruise companies," said Bob Levinstein, president of CruiseCompete.com.  "Carnival and Royal Caribbean reward stockholders beyond their earnings, with savings on their vacations.  I
suggest everyone check their stock portfolios before going on their next cruise."

Carnival Corporation owns Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America/Windstar and Seabourn.  These cruise lines provide an onboard credit per stateroom of $250 for cruises lasting 14 days or longer; $100 credit for sailings of 7-13 days; and $50 credit for cruises lasting six days or less.  These benefits are applicable on sailings booked by February 28, 2007 and completed by July 31, 2007. 

In addition to Royal Caribbean International cruises, shareholders of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. stock also receive benefits on Celebrity Cruises (excluding sailings on the Celebrity Xpedition and any sailings offered under the Celebrity Xpeditions program.)  Shareholders receive a $250 onboard credit per stateroom on cruises of 14 or more nights; $200 credit for sailings between 9-13 nights; $100 credit for cruises of 6-8 nights; and $50 credit for sailings of five nights or less.  These benefits can be applied toward reservations booked no later than May 1, 2007.

To receive these benefits, Carnival and Royal Caribbean shareholders must provide a photocopy of their shareholder proxy cards or a current brokerage statement.  For more details go to
http://www.cruisecompete.com/shareholderbenefits.php on how to apply for this special benefit.  

"Our travel agents provide the best cruise deals available to our clients and that means taking advantage of every discount we can offer," said Steven Gelfuso, president of CruiseBrothers.com, a leading member-agent of
CruiseCompete.com.  "We make it a point to ask them if they are stockholders in these cruise lines, which could be one of the reasons MSNBC ranks us as a Top 15 Web Broker"

About CruiseCompete.com:

In 2006, CruiseCompete.com was named as one of the "25 Best Value Travel Sites" on the Internet by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.  In addition, Washington Post Online listed CruiseCompete.com as one of the 36 Web sites that consumers "should know of" when planning a vacation.  For more information, visit http://www.cruisecompete.com.

CruiseCompete.com saves consumers time by finding the agent with the best deal for them.  Consumers secure quotes for cruise deals from multiple travel agencies without having to contact each one separately.  To date, more than 350,000 customers have accessed CruiseCompete.com to request cruise quotes from more than 200 member travel agencies around the country.  Agents have provided more than 1.5 million quotes to consumers. 
CruiseCompete, LLC, is an independent company not owned by or affiliated with any travel agency.