Denver (ots/PRNewswire)

SAMSONITE CORPORATION (OTC Bulletin
Board: SAMC) today announced that it will hold a conference call with
securities analysts to discuss third quarter fiscal year 2005
earnings results for the quarter ended October 31, 2004, at 10:00
a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, December 10, 2004. Investors
and interested members of the public are invited to listen to the
discussion.

The dial-in phone numbers are +1-877-809-7599 in the U.S. and
Canada and +1(706)679-6135 for international calls, the conference
name is Samsonite and the conference ID # is 2607296. The leader of
the call is Marcello Bottoli. If you cannot attend this call, it will
be played back through Thursday, December 30, 2004. The playback
numbers are +1(800)642-1687 in the U.S. and Canada and
+1(706)645-9291 for international calls, and the conference ID # is
2607296.

Samsonite is one of the world's largest manufacturers and
distributors of luggage and markets luggage, casual bags, backpacks,
business cases and travel-related products under brands such as
SAMSONITE(R), AMERICAN TOURISTER(R), LARK(R), HEDGREN(R), LACOSTE(R)
and SAMSONITE(R) BLACK LABEL. For more information about Samsonite,
please visit our website at www.samsonite.com.

/Web site: http://www.samsonite.com /

Contact:

Richard H. Wiley of Samsonite Corporation, +1-303-373-6373