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ICE Achieves another Record Revenue & Cruise Bookings Year in 2004

Targets $300M in Cruise Booking for 2005

PHOENIX, Arizona—April 1, 2008—International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE), a leading provider of Cruise Programs and Internet marketing technology for the leisure industry, today announced it achieved another record revenue and cruise bookings year in 2004. ICE also announced it is targeting $300 million in cruise booking sales in 2005.

ICE reported its cruise bookings increased 21% in 2004 and its gross revenues rose in excess of 45%. The fast pace of cruise bookings continues through the first quarter 2005, with ICE's cruise revenues in the first quarter of 2005 expecting to exceed the same period in 2004 by more than 200%.

"The first 30 days of 2005 not only brought ICE record consumer bookings, but tremendous new business alliance opportunities that will continue to stimulate robust bookings growth for the remainder of 2005 and beyond," said ICE President and CEO John Rowley. "January marks the start of the Wave Season when cruise lines traditionally gauge the strength of the market based on bookings during this high-volume period. ICE's 2005 wave season has been particularly strong so far and we anticipate reporting record-setting numbers."

ICE's record results reflect the company's outstanding customer experiences, technology innovation and superior marketing for their suppliers and business partners. The power of the company's business alliances offer cruise lines, vacation suppliers, travel providers, and corporations worldwide the ability to reach untapped markets with ICE's leading edge products; taking their respective businesses to record levels of success.

According to Cruise Lines International Association's (CLIA) December 7, 2004 press release, "Statistics for the first three quarters of 2004 show nearly a 10% increase in worldwide passengers to 7.897 million guests, up from 7.187 million for the same period in 2003. North American guest totals for the period grew 10.33% to 6.679 million, up from 6.054 million in 2003, while foreign-sourced passengers climbed to 1.219 million guests, up from 1.133 million in 2003."

About ICE:
International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. (ICE) provides Cruise Programs and Internet marketing technology to the leisure and land-based resort industries. ICE is affiliated with more than 650 luxury resort properties and provides vacation fulfillment services to 55 million plus consumers and businesses. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, ICE has 750 worldwide employees. For more information visit http://www.icegallery.com/ or call toll free (888) 320-4234.

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