NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE GROUP SELECTS XPEDITE TO DELIVER ITINERARIES AND PROMOTIONS WORLDWIDE
International Cruise Company Uses Multimedia Messaging Capabilities for Information Distribution

TINTON FALLS, N.J. (August 6, 2002) - Xpedite (www.xpedite.com), a business unit of Ptek Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK), and a company that helps businesses manage information distribution to and from their customers through multimedia messaging solutions, including fax, e-mail, voice and wireless services, today announced that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) Group has selected its high-volume broadcast fax services. The NCL Group, which includes Norwegian Cruise Line and Orient Lines, is using Xpedite's services to broadcast daily promotions to travel partners and its on-demand service to deliver valuable information and itineraries to guests or valued travel partners. Xpedite's on-demand services provide real-time retrieval of information from the cruise line's Website or by using a touch-tone phone for immediate delivery to any fax machine.

"Xpedite's interactive messaging platform enables us to quickly and easily deliver customer-specific information to our guests and travel partners around the world," said Ursula Schleider, NCL Group's Director of Marketing. "In the travel and hospitality business, customer service is key. With a fleet of eight ships, traveling to 140 ports around the globe, we need a reliable and convenient information delivery network that enables us to focus on what we do best - providing an enjoyable cruise experience. We also are evaluating Xpedite's other high-volume multimedia messaging services, including e-mail and voice broadcast, to complement our overall marketing program."

"Xpedite has a rich history in providing multimedia messaging solutions to leaders in the travel and hospitality industry, including Marriott International, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Air France, and now the NCL Group," said Rob Mainor, President of Xpedite. "Our solutions offer a cost-effective, dependable way for customers to disseminate information to their target audiences, and through our interactive and on-demand services, companies can better meet their customers specific needs."

About Norwegian Cruise Line and Orient Lines
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line is an international cruise company and industry innovator that currently operates a fleet of eight ships sailing to more than 140 ports around the world. NCL is currently building Norwegian Dawn (for delivery December 2002), a 2,200-passenger sister ship to Norwegian Star.

For further information on NCL, contact a travel agent or NCL in the U.S. and Canada at (800) 327-7030; in Miami-Dade County, Fla., (305) 436-0866; visit NCL's web site at www.ncl.com; or on AOL at keyword: NCL; or to download high resolution photography visit www.ncl.com/hires.

Orient Lines offers passengers an in-depth destination experience as part of its CruiseTour program. On all of the line's itineraries, passengers enjoy first-class or deluxe hotel stays, sightseeing tours in embarkation/ disembarkation cities, transfers, baggage handling and the services of an Orient Lines hospitality desk. Distinguished guest lecturers enrich the destination experience and gentleman hosts make sure everyone joins in the dancing and shipboard activities.

For more information about Orient Lines, please call a travel agent, or Orient Lines directly toll free at (800) 333-7300 or visit www.orientlines.com

For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements and factors that could cause actual results to differ from the Company's forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially in the "Factors Affecting Future Performance" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and in subsequent filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.