TRY A WINDSTAR MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE THIS FALL

Seattle, WA, June 30, 2000
Windstar is giving everyone a great reason to visit Europe this fall. No excuse is really needed, but plenty abound. Super deals lead the list, pick your favorite excuse to book a Windstar cruise:

1.) Miss the crowds! Fall is shoulder season, the kids are back in school and the crowds are gone.

2.) Experience an exclusively personal and relaxing cruise vacation.

3.) Holiday Shopping! Shop Europe, ship home: find great values on holiday gifts and fall fashions.

4.) See the sights! Museums, paintings, sculptures, castles, cathedrals, chateaux and no lines.

5.) Fall Foliage & Festivals! Spectacular fall colors are not limited to New England alone.

6.) Harvest time! Learn the process of harvesting grapes and wine-making or just sip and savor.

7.) Italy's Jubilee 2000 - Experience a once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza - Italian style.

8-DAY AIR-INCLUSIVE POSITIONING VOYAGE Rates start at US$2,263 [CDN$4,556] per person, for a unique Wind Surf 8-day positioning voyage departing on November 11, 2000. Cruise rate includes free round-trip airfare from New York, an 8-day cruise, all transfers, port charges and taxes. The voyage departs Nice, France visiting Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, and Malaga, Spain; Tangier, Morocco; finishing in Lisbon, Portugal.

7-DAY CRUISE & AIRFARE AT SUPER SAVINGS Fall brings great reasons to book one of Windstar's port-intensive 7-day itineraries listed below. Due to popular demand, Windstar extended the season this year to offer more Europe cruises.

Starting at $2,962 [CDN$3,482] per person, the Wind Star and Wind Surf set sail from the Mediterranean meccas of Lisbon, Portugal; Barcelona, Spain; Nice France; Rome and Venice, Italy. Rates reflect savings of 40 percent off the brochure fare, a savings of up to $8,454 per couple.

All cruises below are 7-days, rates are per person, double occupancy and include port charges and taxes. Low-cost airfare through Windstar is available on all cruises.

Free round-trip airfare from New York is the bonus for guests that choose one of the bonus savings cruises on October 28 on Wind Surf or October 29, 2000 on Wind Star.

WINE HARVESTS & FALL FOLIAGE Cruises along the southern coasts of France, Spain and Portugal will delight travelers with picturesque landscapes of vineyard harvests and the changing colors of the seasons. Bring home the dramatic hues of the Costa del Sol and Cote d'Azur found in the crafts of pottery and glass art, hand-styled soaps, herbs, wines, antiques and clothing.

On October 1, 22 and 29, 2000 the Wind Star cruises between Barcelona, Spain and Nice, France visiting the ports of Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Port Vendres, Marseille, Sanary Sur Mer, Porquerolles and Cannes, France.

On October 8 and November 5, 2000 the Wind Star sails between Barcelona, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal making calls to Mahon, Ibiza and Marbella, Spain; Tangier, Morocco; and Portimao, Portugal.

Round-trip airfare through Windstar on the above Wind Star cruises is just $399 per person from New York to and from the embarkation /disembarkation city.

JUBILEE 2000, DAVID & THE PALACE OF MONACO Italy embraces the new millennium and Rome bursts with Jubilee 2000. Windstar invites cruise guests to enjoy the treasures of Europe at a more relaxed pace. View Michelangelo's David on a shore excursion to Florence or stroll the palace grounds in Monte Carlo without having to endure long lines and crowds of tourists.

On September 2, 23, 30 and October 21 and 28, 2000 the Wind Surf cruises round the boot of Italy visiting Rome, Amalfi, Taormina, Italy; Corfu, Greece; Dubrovnik and Rab Island, Croatia; and Venice, Italy.

On October 7 and November 4, 2000 the Wind Surf sails from Rome, Italy visiting Bonifacio, France; Portoferraio, Portovenere, Portofino, Italy; St. Tropez, France; Monte Carlo, Monaco; disembarking in Nice, France.

Round-trip airfare through Windstar on the above Wind Surf cruises is just $499 per person from New York to and from the embarkation /disembarkation city.

Seattle-based Windstar Cruises operates the 312-guest Wind Surf and 148-guest Wind Star, Wind Song and Wind Spirit. The four masted-sail yachts cruise to over 65 worldwide ports of call and offer casual attire and ambiance, and an affordably priced, luxury vacation.

The company's trademark of casual elegance resounds, with spacious, all-outside staterooms, innovative cuisine and wine selections, pleasant and pampering service, enchanting port calls, complimentary water sports, and a resort-style ambiance.

Windstar finished in the top two for small ship cruising in both Travel and Leisure's World's Best Awards and Condé Nast Traveler UK Readers' Choice Awards for 1999, and was recently named to the Condé Nast Traveler 2000 Gold List of Best Places to Stay in the World.