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

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® 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® 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.