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Holland America Line Premieres ‘Planet Earth II in Concert’ Featuring Breathtaking Footage and Live Music in Partnership with BBC Earth

Newmultimedia production takes guests on a musical adventure, revealing the planet from a new perspective with the latest ‘BBC Earth'production

Seattle, Wash., Mar. 12, 2018 —Following the success of the highly acclaimed "Frozen Planet in Concert" thatwas produced in partnership with BBC Earth, Holland America Line is debuting"Planet Earth II in Concert" on nearly all ships in the fleet. Combining livemusic with a backdrop of breathtaking footage from the new, award-winning BBCEarth television series "Planet Earth II," the exclusive show immerses guestsin the most spectacular landscapes and habitats on Earth, bringing themeye-to-eye with the animals on screen.

"Planet Earth II in Concert" is presented through Holland America Line'spartnership with BBC Earth, where world-class education and entertainment arebrought onboard through behind-the-scenes films and live multimedia shows — inaddition to special feature cruises with masterclass presentations from thetelevision teams that work behind scenes on the programs.

"Our partnership with BBC Earth has been an extraordinary journey to allcorners of the globe, and we can't wait to take our guests into the world of‘Planet Earth II' with this stunning, new live concert," said Orlando Ashford, presidentof Holland America Line. "‘Frozen Planet in Concert' has been one of our mostpopular shows, and ‘Planet Earth II' will be the perfect encore. No one showsthe spectacle of nature like BBC Earth."

During "Planet Earth II in Concert," guests rub shoulders with acrobaticprimates in the jungles of Madagascar, race alongside hunting lions in theremote sandy deserts of Namibia, face stormy seas of the Great Southern Oceanwith a family of penguins and tap their toes along with dancing grizzly bears —all accompanied by a live orchestra that plays the main theme music byOscar-winner Hans Zimmer and the original music score by Jacob Shea and JashaKlebe for Bleeding Fingers Music.

"Planet Earth II in Concert" is rolling out across Eurodam, Koningsdam, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Oosterdam, Rotterdam, Veendam, Westerdam and Zuiderdam, and willbe on board all of those ships by the end of April 2018.

Alaska-bound ships will revert to showing "Alaska in Concert," developed lastseason with exclusive Alaska wildlife footage, for the duration of the season.For Holland America Line's 70th anniversary season in Alaska in 2017, BBC Earthlaunched the "Alaska in Concert" production that combined live music setagainst backdrop footage from the BBC Earth television series "Wild Alaska,"where audiences experience the cycle of four seasons and see this place is asunforgiving as it is beautiful.

In addition to "Planet Earth II in Concert" and "Alaska in Concert," theaterscreenings of BBC Earth programs are featured on each sailing, and 45- to60-minute "Inside Earth" films go behind the scenes and explore the making ofBBC Earth content. "Frozen Planet in Concert" will continue to show on longervoyages as a second BBC Earth performance for guests.

About BBC Earth
BBC Earthisa global portfolio brandthat invites audiences everywhere to engage withthe wonders of our universe. We bring amazing premium content, televisionand experiences to the world, across multiple platforms including brandedchannels, live events, digital and social media, AR/VR, theatrical releases forcinema and giant screen films, and consumer products. We believe thatcelebrating and connecting with our world is more important than ever, acrossnature, science, space and the human race. Along with our partners we arecontinually innovating to find new stories and experiences to bring insight,enlightenment and fresh perspectives to inspire us to think and feeldifferently about our world. From the epic to the everyday, BBC Earth bringsyou face to face with heart-pounding action, mind-blowing ideas and the sheerwonder of being part of this amazing planet we call home.BBC Earth is acommercial and global consumer brand managed by BBC Worldwide outside of theUK.

About BleedingFingers Music
Emmy- and BAFTA-nominated Bleeding Fingers Music has assembled an exceptionaland sonically diverse roster of composers to create superlative original filmand television scores. Co-founded by Hans Zimmer, Extreme Music CEO RussellEmanuel, Steven Kofsky and SonyATV, the company's core belief is thatcollaboration breeds innovation, and working in an environment where the giftedare empowered to be adventurous, experimental and creatively generous resultsin extraordinary music. Our 20 state-of-the-art studios based on Zimmer'sworld-renowned campus and our best-in-class production team allow us theability to produce music at the very highest standard. Bleeding Fingers hascreated original music for productions including Fox's"The Simpsons";BBC's"Blue Planet II,""Planet Earth II" and"Big Cats";National Geographic's"Diana: In Her Own Words"and"ChallengerDisaster: Lost Tapes"; Sony's"Snatch"(TV); Netflix'soriginal"Dope";and History Channel's"Mountain Men."

About Planet EarthII
This BAFTA and EMMY award-winning BBC TV series premiered on BBC One in theU.K. in November 2016. It was produced as a sequel to "Planet Earth," which wasbroadcast in 2006. The series immerses audiences in the most spectacularlandscapes and habitats on Earth. From the highest mountains to the remotestislands and from the richest jungles to the harshest deserts, "Planet Earth II"focuses on the most iconic habitats on land and seeks to bring audiences anexperience of what it's like to live in these great wildernesses.

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About HollandAmerica Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL andCUK)]
Holland America Line's fleet of 14 ships offers more than 500 cruises to morethan 400 ports in 98 countries, territories or dependencies around the world.From shorter getaways to 113-day itineraries, the company's cruises visit allseven continents, with highlights including Antarctica explorations, SouthAmerica circumnavigations, Cuba cruises and exotic Australia/New Zealand andAsia voyages; four annual Grand Voyages; and popular sailings to the Caribbean,Alaska, Mexico, Canada and New England, Bermuda, Europe and the Panama Canal.The line welcomed Koningsdamin 2016 and has a second Pinnacle-class ship,Nieuw Statendam, tobe delivered in December 2018. A third Pinnacle-class ship, due for delivery in2021, recently was announced.

The company is undergoing $300 million in brand enhancements to secure itsposition as the leader in premium cruising. Fleetwide, the ships featureinnovative initiatives and a diverse range of enriching experiences focused ondestination immersion and personalized travel. Guests can expand theirknowledge through an exclusive partnership with O, The Oprah Magazine; duringan America's Test Kitchen show; at Explorations Café presented by The New YorkTimes; and by taking a Digital Workshop powered by Windows. Outstandingentertainment fills each evening at venues including Lincoln Center Stage,Billboard Onboard and B.B. King's Blues Club. The dining experience can besavored at a variety of restaurants with menus that feature selections fromHolland America Line's esteemed Culinary Council, comprising world-famous chefswho design dishes exclusively for our guests.

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