SYDNEY (September 2023) – Off the back of a highly successful inaugural partnership in 2022, award- winning premium cruise line Celebrity Cruises, and Australia's leading craft distillery Four Pillars Gin are back, serving up a new range of gin-inspired experiences for guests cruising on Celebrity Edge for its down under 2023-24 season debut.

Year two of the partnership sees new and exciting offerings including a limited-edition Celebrity Cruises x Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin, as well as a new Celebrity Cruises signature cocktail available onboard Celebrity Edge. Guests will be able to take in the stunning coastlines of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, while sipping on their favourite gin cocktail, available at all 11 bars and lounges onboard.

Offering the ultimate gin-spired holiday, travellers on the six-night sail to Tasmania, departing Sydney on 7 March 2024, will be hosted by Four Pillars Ambassador Lizzie Willans, marking Celebrity Cruises' second gin- focused sailing. Pairing two award-winning trailblazers in the food and drinks space, culinary-curious travellers will have the opportunity to refine their palate with exclusive gin tasting and food pairing experiences designed to enhance guests' knowledge, appreciation and love of gin.

Celebrity Cruises Vice President and Managing Director of Australia and APAC, Tim Jones, said, “We're thrilled to be partnering with Australia's leading craft distillery, Four Pillars for a second season, as we celebrate the upcoming debut of Celebrity Edge in local waters.”

“Not only will we see crowd-favourites from last year return, but we also look forward to showing our guests how more happens on the Edge, with new bespoke offerings for the culinary curious, as exciting as the diverse destinations we're visiting.”

Four Pillars Director of Global Travel Retail, David Hogan, said, “This perfect pairing of brands saw Celebrity Cruises as the first cruise line to offer custom curated Four Pillars cocktails at sea, and we went on to sell out the first ever gin-focused sailing on Celebrity Eclipse.”

“We couldn't be happier to be working with the Celebrity Cruises team again to offer a unique experience to all on board.”

Taking guests experience to the Edge, highlights of the Celebrity Edge six-night gin-centric itinerary include:

• An Introduction to Gin with Australia's Best, Four Pillars – an exclusive gin tasting experience accompanied by an intimate Q&A session with Four Pillars Brand Ambassador, Lizzie Willans, discovering the story behind the brand and method of making their signature, award-winning gins.

• Four Courses, Four Cocktails, Four Pillars – a four course, gin cocktail-paired dining experience.

• Back for a second year by popular demand, Four Pillars Gin & Tasmanian Oyster Evening – pairing

  Tassie's freshest produce with gin

• Four Pillars Cocktail & Chocolate Masterclass

• The Four Pillars of Martinis – a cocktail 'mini-martini' masterclass so guests can create the perfect

  serve at home long after their holiday.

  This sailing is one of 12 bespoke itineraries available to book onboard the award-winning resort at sea, Celebrity Edge. Travellers also have a chance to win a spot for two on this season's sailings in a luxurious infinite veranda stateroom designed by famed interior designer Kelly Hoppen CBE. For the chance to win, all they need to do is purchase a bottle of gin from the Four Pillars website (www.fourpillarsgin.com) or from Heinemann Duty Free Departures at Sydney International Airport during the month of October, and enter their details & proof of purchase via a competition page on the Four Pillars website.

  Travellers can look forward to an array of 6- to 13-night itineraries on Celebrity Edge from early December 2023 through to April 2024, visiting an impressive collection of 22 ports with departures from both Sydney and Auckland, and a number of mouth-watering dining options to match the breath-taking scenic surrounds that pair perfectly with Four Pillars gin.

  Boasting 29 world-class restaurants and bars, stylish accommodations, an exclusive resort-within-a-resort area for suite guests at The Retreat®, plus an array of indulgent treatments at The Spa, Celebrity Edge offers guests the chance to sail close to home on an award-winning resort at sea.

  And, because holidays should be effortless from the start, guests can choose to have Wi-Fi, drinks and service charges All IncludedSM, simplifying the premium holiday experience.

  For more information on Celebrity Edge sailings, guests can visit celebritycruises.com/au, call 1800 003 002 or their local travel advisor.

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  About Celebrity Cruises

  Celebrity Cruises, owned by Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL), reimagines cruising by pioneering resort travel at sea. Recognised for its iconic "X", the Celebrity cruise experience is both refined and relaxed, merging contemporary design, amenities, and entertainment, with world-class, personalised service that makes travellers feel at home anywhere in the world. The cruise line transports travellers to nearly 300 destinations, across all seven continents, and up to eight destinations in one voyage. Multi-award winning, Celebrity is the first cruise line with ships to earn Forbes Travel Guide's four-star rating and has also been voted "Best Premium Cruise Line" for 15 consecutive years in the Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards. For more information, visit https://www.celebritycruises.com/au

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