Spirit Of Tasmania II will feature tonight on Channel Nine's National IQ test after fifty passengers participated in a pre-test onboard earlier this month.

The program is expected to attract millions of viewers around Australia after last year's audience numbers peaked at over 2.7 million.

Manager Corporate Communications Simone Ferrier said she was excited about Spirit of Tasmania's involvement with Channel Nine in the pre-testing of the program.

"The passengers had a great time being involved.   It was purely voluntary and Channel Nine gave out prizes for participants during the day sailing.

"It is fantastic to be able to bring together national exposure for the company and the Tasmanian Tourism Industry, which is now booming all year round."

The exposure generated for Spirit of Tasmania will be timely for the launch of the company's third vessel, Spirit of Tasmania III in mid January.

The vessel will provide travellers the opportunity of sailing between Sydney and Devonport six times a week.

Ms Ferrier also said the exposure tonight would significantly compliment the company's national advertising, sales and public relations efforts.

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For further information contact:

Simone Ferrier

Spirit of Tasmania

Manager Corporate Communications

Tel: 03 9206 6220