Press Release

CRUISE WEST INTRODUCES E-BROCHURES

~Travel Agents will Benefit from the Convenience and Ease of Navigation ~

March 12, 2007

Cruise West, specializing in small ship voyages, has introduced e-brochures to the Cruise West agents and consumer websites. The brochures are identical to the hard copy versions providing details on itineraries, excursions, pricing and travel dates, but are now available to read online, email to clients, download and print. The travel agent is top-of-mind at Cruise West, and these new materials provide agents with better tools to sell.

“We strive to be a preferred partner to our travel agents. Making brochures and other marketing material available online is just one-way we help our travel agents be successful with Cruise West products,” said Melanie Cole, Vice President of Sales. “We have also recently introduced webinars on how to navigate our travel agent website, as well as product specific webinars to gain destination and product knowledge. These webinars are educational, informative and take less than one hour per session.”

The e-brochure tool is intuitive to navigate and provides the ease of emailing the e-brochure directly to a client, saving on mailing costs and time. Other features include searching the brochure by table of contents, page number, increasing or decreasing the page size, or viewing by single or double page. In addition, digital notes may be written directly in the e-brochure allowing the travel agent or consumer to make notes on individual pages of the e-brochure. The brochure can also be saved and bookmarked. To view e-brochures, visit www.cruisewestagents.com and click on e-brochures on the right side of the page or visit the consumer site, www.cruisewest.com, click on our cruises, destination and e-brochures.

Travel agents may also sign-up for webinars at www.cruisewestagents.com. Once the agent has signed up, there is an option to add a reminder directly to the individual’s outlook calendar – this feature just takes one-click.

For more information about Cruise West selling Cruise West products, contact 1-800-426-7702 or visit www.cruisewest.com.

~ Up-Close, Casual and Personal Cruising ~

Cruise West – the largest American-owned cruise line and a second-generation, family-owned business – offers the opportunity to explore remote, worldwide locales by providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind, personalized itineraries not offered by the traditional larger cruise lines. Cruise West’s nine small ships have a capacity of 78-138 guests, depending on the ship. The casual onboard experience encourages relaxation and congenial interaction between guests and crew alike. Guests may expect personal enrichment through onboard narrative and lectures and presentations by local experts from a wide variety of backgrounds. In addition, destination specific materials and a wide variety of books are provided in the onboard library. The forward lounges and ample outdoor deck space on all ships offers outstanding viewing and photography opportunities of the wildlife and scenery and the inflatable boats allow for up-close exploration and shore landings.

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Cruise West – a second-generation, family-owned business based in Seattle – offers the opportunity to explore remote, worldwide locales by providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind, personalized itineraries not offered by the traditional larger cruise lines. Cruise West’s smaller ships – nine in all – hold between 78-138 people each, and the casual style onboard encourages relaxation and congenial interaction between guests and crew alike. The experience is personally enriching through expert Exploration Leaders providing onboard narrative and lectures, special local guests from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the library provided on each vessel. All have forward lounges and ample outdoor deck space for viewing and photographing wildlife and scenery. All vessels are also equipped with inflatable landing boats for close-up exploration of remote areas and shore landings.

Destinations served include: Alaska and the Bering Sea, British Columbia, Columbia & Snake Rivers, California Wine Country, Mexico's Sea of Cortés, Costa Rica & Panama, Japan, the South Pacific, and the Kuril Islands.