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CONTACT: Media Contact: Vanessa Picariello: 305-436-4713 [email protected] NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD. OPENS OFFICE IN AUSTRALIA Company’s three brands now supported in Australasia with highly-experienced leadership team SYDNEY– October 1, 2015 – Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: NCLH) today marked the opening of the company’s first office the Pacific Region, with a new sales and marketing centre based in Sydney, Australia. The new office signifies the further international expansion of the company to support a growing worldwide demand for cruise travel. The office represents the company’s three brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Industry veteran Steve Odell is leading the office as Senior Vice President and Managing Director Australia & New Zealand for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. and is joined by a leadership team with broad travel industry experience including: Lisa Pile, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand for Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Nicole Costantin, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand for Norwegian Cruise Line; Ben Angell, Vice President Marketing Norwegian Cruise Line

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CONTACT: Media Contact: Vanessa Picariello: 305-436-4713 [email protected]

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD. OPENS OFFICE IN AUSTRALIA

Company’s three brands now supported in Australasia with highly-experienced leadership team

SYDNEY– October 1, 2015 – Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: NCLH) today

marked the opening of the company’s first office the Pacific Region, with a new sales and

marketing centre based in Sydney, Australia. The new office signifies the further international

expansion of the company to support a growing worldwide demand for cruise travel.

The office represents the company’s three brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania

Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Industry veteran Steve Odell is leading the office as

Senior Vice President and Managing Director Australia & New Zealand for Norwegian Cruise

Line Holdings Ltd. and is joined by a leadership team with broad travel industry experience

including: Lisa Pile, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand for Oceania Cruises and

Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Nicole Costantin, Vice President of Sales Australia/New Zealand

for Norwegian Cruise Line; Ben Angell, Vice President Marketing Norwegian Cruise Line

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Holdings Australia; and Elizabeth Krstevski, Operations/Contact Centre Manager Norwegian

Cruise Line Holdings Australia.

“Today marks an exciting day in the history of our company, as we further expand our

global team to serve the greater Australasia region,” said Odell. “With this new office, we can

now better support our travel partners as they serve their guests across the spectrum from

contemporary to luxury cruising, offering sales & marketing support and a dedicated Sydney

based call centre our three brands.”

Odell will be responsible for the continued growth of the company’s presence in

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and differentiating each brand’s unique offerings.

He has played a key role in the establishment of the luxury cruise segment in Australasia since

2000, with various positions in the luxury cruise sector and CLIA in the region.

Pile, most recently the Executive Director of Global Luxury Sales for Fairmont Raffles

Hotels International, brings a strong base of knowledge from the luxury sector, managing more

than 600 high-yield accounts across the globe in her previous role. In her new position, she will

offer sales and marketing support within Australasia for upper premium line Oceania Cruises

and luxury line Regent Seven Seas Cruises, with a focus on the line’s newest ship, Regent

Seven Seas Explorer, the most luxurious ship ever built, debuting next summer.

Costantin brings a wealth of knowledge from her seven years leading sales and

marketing efforts for Star Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line in the region to her new role as

Vice President of Sales. In this new role, she will focus on providing travel partners with the

tools and education necessary to be successful in selling Norwegian Cruise Line’s unique

proposition of offering freedom and flexibility to guests during their cruise holiday.

Angell joins NCLH from Virgin Australia and will bring more than seventeen years of

award-winning experience. He will support the company’s three brands with strategic planning,

marketing and engagement campaigns for both trade and consumers.

Krstevski, joins from The Cruise Team with previous key positions in product

management and operations. She brings more than ten years of cruise industry experience to

the company and will be responsible for managing the call center for the three brands and

ensuring the highest levels of customer service.

For further information contact Leeanne Aubrey, [email protected]

About Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) is a diversified cruise operator of leading

global cruise lines spanning market segments from contemporary to luxury under the Norwegian

Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands.

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These brands operate a combined 21 ships with approximately 40,000 lower berths

visiting more than 420 destinations worldwide. The Company's brands will introduce six ships

through 2019.

Norwegian Cruise Line is the innovator in cruise travel with a history of breaking the

boundaries of traditional cruising, most notably with the introduction of Freestyle Cruising, which

revolutionized the industry by giving guests more freedom and flexibility on the most

contemporary ships at sea. Oceania Cruises is the market leader in the upper-premium cruise

segment featuring the finest cuisine at sea, elegant accommodations, impeccable service and

destination-driven itineraries. Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the market leader in the luxury

cruise segment with all-suite accommodations, highly personalized service and the industry's

most inclusive luxury experience featuring fine wines and spirits and unlimited shore excursions

among its numerous included amenities.

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