Exhibit 10.1**EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT**     This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is effective as of September 1 2007 (the“Effective Date”), and is made by and between **PREMIER EXHIBITIONS, INC.**, a Florida corporation (the“Company”), and **BRUCE ESKOWITZ**, **an individual**residing at                      (the “Executive’’).WITNESSETH:     WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive in accordance with the terms and conditionscontained in this Agreement and wishes to ensure the availability of the Executive’s services tothe Company;     WHEREAS, the Executive desires to accept such employment and render his services in accordancewith the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement;     WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement, which will fullyrecognize the contributions of the Executive and assure harmonious management of the Company’saffairs.     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants set forth in thisAgreement, and intending to be legally bound, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:     1. Term of Employment          (a) Offer/Acceptance. The Company hereby offers employment to the Executive, and theExecutive hereby accepts employment subject to the terms and conditions set forth in thisAgreement. The Company represents and warrants to Executive that this Agreement and alltransactions contemplated herein has been duly approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.          (b) Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence the Effective Date and shallremain in effect for a period of five (5) years thereafter (the “Term”).     2. Duties.          (a) General Duties. Commencing on the Effective Date, the Executive shall serve asPresident and Chief Executive Officer with duties and responsibilities that are customary for suchexecutives and any other duties and responsibilities specifically assigned to him by the Chairman..Subject to applicable law and shareholder approval, during the Term, Executive shall be entitledto a seat on the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company and the Executive shall enter into anindemnification Agreement with respect to the Executive’s services as an officer and board member.          (b) Best Efforts. The Executive covenants to use his best efforts to perform hisduties and discharge his responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement in a competent, diligent, andfaithful manner. The Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time, energy andexperience to the performance of his duties hereunder, and shall not engage in any other businessactivities, as an employee, director, consultant or in any other capacity, whether or not hereceives compensation therefor, without the prior written consent of the Company’s Board ofDirectors; provided, however, that the Executive may (i) manage his own passive investments (withappropriate disclosure to the Board) and (ii) serve on civic, charitable or non-profit boards orcommittees, so long as any of such activities do not interfere with the performance of theExecutive’s responsibilities to the Company under this Agreement.
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          (c) Location of Employment. The Executive shall work at the Company’s headquarters,which is currently located at 3340 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 2250, Atlanta, GA 30326. In the eventthat the Company moves its headquarters to a metropolitan area without a major internationalmetropolitan airport, such relocation without the Executive’s consent may be deemed terminationwithout Cause in the Executive’s sole and unfettered discretion.     3. Compensation and Expenses.          (a) Initial Bonuses. The Company will pay the Executive an initial bonus of ninehundred fifty-one thousand nine hundred twenty three dollars ($951,923.00), to be earned and paidon October 15, 2007, provided the Executive is still employed with the Company on that date. TheCompany will pay the Executive an additional bonus of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), to beearned and paid on June 1, 2008, provided the Executive is still employed with the Company on thatdate.          (b) Base Salary. For the services of the Executive to be rendered by him under thisAgreement, the Company will pay the Executive an annual base salary of six hundred twenty-fivethousand dollars ($625,000.00)(the “Base Salary”), which shall be subject to increase as set forthin subsection (c) below. The Base Salary shall be prorated over the time that the Executiveperforms services under this Agreement in any calendar year during which this Agreement shallbecome effective after January 1st thereof or shall terminate before December 31st thereof. TheCompany shall pay the Executive the Base Salary in twenty-six (26) equal installments payable everytwo weeks, in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices, and subject to applicabledeductions and withholdings.          (c) Base Salary Adjustment. The Base Salary shall be subject to a minimum cumulativesalary increase of five percent (5%) effective on each Anniversary Date.          (d) Performance Bonus. The Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors(the “Compensation Committee”) will approve and notify the Executive of an incentive bonus programon a going forward basis which takes into account the Executive’s performance and which will bebased upon reasonable and pre-determined criteria and benchmarks. In the event that the Companyand/or the Executive meet(s) these pre-determined objectives and criteria, the Executive shall beentitled to receive an annual bonus of not less than three hundred fifty thousand dollars($350,000.00).          (e) Expenses. In addition to any compensation received pursuant to this Section 3,the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable, ordinary and necessary travel,entertainment and other expenses incurred in connection with the performance of his duties underthis Agreement, provided that the Executive properly accounts for such expenses to the Company inaccordance with the Company’s policies and practices.               (i) The Company agrees to pay all of the Executive’s reasonable moving expenses (including,without limitation, any and all extraordinary costs associated with the moving of the Executive’sartwork) associated with his relocation to Atlanta, Georgia.               (ii) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable costs of commensurate temporary housing for theExecutive and the Executive’s spouse, upon their relocation to Atlanta, the duration of suchpayments not to exceed six months.          (f) Stock Options. Subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, on theEffective Date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Company shall grant theExecutive a stock option to purchase 625,000 shares of the common stock of the Company (the
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“Option”). The Option shall vest, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Companythrough the applicable vesting date, as follows: 100,000 shares on the first anniversary of thedate of grant (each annual anniversary of a date of grant, an “Anniversary Date”); 125,000 sharesshall vest pro rata on a monthly basis until the second Anniversary Date; 130,000 shares shallvest pro rata on a monthly basis until the third Anniversary Date; 135,000 shares shall vest prorata on a monthly basis until the fourth Anniversary Date; and the remaining 135,000 shares shallvest pro rata on a monthly basis until the fifth Anniversary Date. The per-share exercise pricefor the Option shall be equal to the closing bid price of such shares on the date of grant. TheOption shall have a term of ten (10) years from the date of grant. The Option shall re representedby a stock option agreement, the terms of which shall be consistent with this subsection, and shallcontain such other terms as are consistent with the Company’s award of stock options.          (g) Restricted Stock. Subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, on theEffective Date or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter, the Company shall grant theExecutive 625,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, which shares shall be restricted andsubject to forfeiture (the “Restricted Stock”). The Restricted Stock shall vest, subject to theExecutive’s continued employment with the Company through the applicable vesting date, as follows:100,000 shares on the first Anniversary Date; 125,000 shares shall vest pro rata on a monthly basisuntil the second Anniversary Date; 130,000 shares shall vest pro rata on a monthly basis until thethird Anniversary Date; 135,000 shares shall vest pro rata on a monthly basis until the fourthAnniversary Date; and the remaining 135,000 shares shall vest pro rata on a monthly basis until thefifth Anniversary Date. The Restricted Stock shall re represented by a restricted stock agreement,the terms of which shall be consistent with this subsection, and shall contain such other terms asare consistent with the Company’s award of restricted stock.          (h) Registration Rights. Company and Executive shall promptly negotiate in good faiththe terms and conditions of a mutually acceptable registration rights agreement, pursuant to whichand company stock or options to purchase Company stock shall be registered for resale consistentwith the purposes and intentions of this Agreement.     4. Benefits.          (a) Personal Days. For each calendar year during the Term, the Executive shall beentitled to six (6) paid personal days.          (b) Vacation. For each calendar year during the Term, the Executive shall be entitledto five (5) weeks of vacation (which shall accrue and vest, except as may be hereinafter providedto the contrary, on each January lst thereof) without loss of compensation or other benefits towhich he is entitled under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executiveacknowledges and agrees that he will be responsible for ensuring that his duties andresponsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer during any such vacation are notneglected. The Executive shall take his vacation at such times as the Executive may select and theaffairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates may permit.          (c) Employer Benefit Programs. In addition to the compensation to which the Executiveis entitled pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 above, during the Term the Executive will beentitled to participate in any stock option plan, stock purchase plan, pension or retirement plan,and insurance or other employee benefit plan that is maintained at that time by the Company for itsemployees, including programs of life, disability, basic medical and dental, and supplementalmedical and dental insurance.
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     5. Termination.          (a) Termination for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employmentpursuant to this Agreement for “Cause” upon the occurrence of any of the following events:               (i) the Executive is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, fraud, or isfound guilty or liable for any other securities related offense; or               (ii) the Executive engages in conduct that constitutes willful gross neglect or willful grossmisconduct in carrying out his duties under this Agreement resulting, in either case, in materialeconomic harm to the Company (which such conduct must be proven by the Company based onsubstantial, verifiable, evidence or admitted in writing by the Executive); or               (iii) the Executive fails to perform any material obligation set forth in this Agreement andsuch failure is not cured by the Executive within such reasonable time as may be necessary (notless than 30 days) after written notice to the Executive by the Company.          Upon any termination for Cause, and subject to the provisions of Section 3(a) above, theExecutive shall have no right to compensation, bonus, severance, or other reimbursement pursuant tothis Agreement or otherwise, except that the Executive shall be entitled to all guaranteedcompensation, and all stock options, restricted stock and other securities instruments and benefitsthat have accrued and/or vested as of the date of termination.          (b) Death or Disability. This Agreement and the Company’s obligations hereunder willterminate upon the death or disability of the Executive. For purposes of this Section 5(b),“disability” shall mean that for a period of six (6) months in any twelve-month period, theExecutive is incapable of substantially fulfilling the duties set forth in this Agreement becauseof physical, mental or emotional incapacity resulting from injury, sickness or disease asdetermined by an independent physician mutually acceptable to the Company and the Executive. Uponany termination of this Agreement due to death or disability, the Company will pay the Executive orhis legal representative, as the case may be, his Base Salary (which may include any accrued butunused vacation time) at such time pursuant to Section 3(a) through the date of such termination ofemployment (or, if terminated as a result of a disability, until the date upon which the disabilitypolicy maintained pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) begins payment of benefits), plus any othercompensation that may be due and unpaid.          (c) Voluntary Termination. Prior to any other termination of this Agreement, theExecutive may, on thirty (30) day’s prior written notice to the Company given at any time,terminate his employment with the Company. Upon any such termination, the Company shall pay theExecutive his Base Salary at such time pursuant to Section 3(a) through the date of suchtermination of employment (which shall include any vested and accrued but unused vacation time).          (d) Termination without Cause. If the Company terminates the Executive’s employmentfor any reason other than “Cause” as defined in Section 5(a) above, and if Executive signs arelease of claims in a form and manner satisfactory to the Company, Executive shall be entitled toall of the consideration listed below in this paragraph. Executive shall be entitled to a lump-sumpayment equal to one year of the Executive’s Base Salary. Such payment shall be made on the datethat is six months following the date of the termination or as soon as administratively practicablethereafter. In addition, the Option and the Restricted Stock detailed in Sections 3(f) and 3(g)above shall continue to vest and accrue in accordance with the schedules provided for in Sections3(f) and 3(g) above, respectively, and the requirements thereunder of continued employment throughthe dates of vesting shall be waived. For the sake of clarity, it is expressly acknowledged andagreed that Executive shall have no duty to mitigate
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damages with respect to any termination without Cause, and that Company shall not be entitled tooffset or credit any earnings (through cash or equity compensation) of Executive against the valueof the Options and Restricted Stock that will continue to vest following a termination withoutCause, nor shall Company be entitled to cease or terminate the vesting of such Options orRestricted Stock in the event that Executive earns any compensation after a termination withoutCause during the aforementioned vesting schedule.     6. Restrictive Covenants.          (a) Competition with the Company. The Executive covenants and agrees that, during theTerm of this Agreement, the Executive will not, without the prior written consent of the Company,directly or indirectly (whether as a sole proprietor, partner, stockholder, director, officer,employee or in any other capacity as principal or agent), compete with the Company.Notwithstanding this restriction, the Executive shall be entitled to invest in stock of othercompeting public companies so long as his ownership is less than five percent (5%) of suchcompany’s outstanding shares.          (b) Disclosure of Confidential Information. The Executive acknowledges that duringhis employment he will gain and have access to confidential information regarding the Company andits subsidiaries and affiliates. The Executive acknowledges that such confidential information asacquired and used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates constitutes a special,valuable and unique asset in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as thecase may be, holds a legitimate business interest. All records, files, materials and confidentialinformation (the “Confidential Information”) obtained by the Executive in the course of hisemployment with the Company shall be deemed confidential and proprietary and shall remain theexclusive property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as the case may be.The Executive will not, except in connection with and as required by his performance of his dutiesunder this Agreement, for any reason use for his own benefit or the benefit of any person or entitywith which he may be associated, disclose any Confidential Information to any person, firm,corporation, association or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever without the priorconsent of the Board of Directors of the Company, unless such information previously shall havebecome public knowledge through no action by or omission of the Executive. ConfidentialInformation shall exclude Executive’s knowledge, expertise, know-how or business acumen, as well ashis personal files whether developed or acquired prior to or during the Term.          (c) Subversion, Disruption or Interference. At no time during the term of thisAgreement shall the Executive, directly or indirectly, interfere, induce, influence, combine orconspire with, or attempt to induce, influence, combine or conspire with, any of the employees of,or consultants to, the Company to terminate their relationship with or compete with or ally againstthe Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the business in which the Company or any ofits subsidiaries or affiliates is then engaged in.          (d) Enforcement of Restrictions. The parties hereby agree that any violation by theExecutive of the covenants contained in this Section 6 will likely cause irreparable damage to theCompany or its subsidiaries and affiliates and may, as a matter of course, be restrained by processissued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedies provided by law.     7. Change of Control.          (a) A “ Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following events:
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               (i) during the term of this Agreement, a majority of the Directors on the Board as of theEffective Date (the “Incumbent Board”) no longer comprises a majority of the Board of Directors ofthe Company; provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whoseelection, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of atleast three-quarters (3/4) of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specificvote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as anominee for director without objection to such nomination) shall be, for purposes of this Section7(a)(i), considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or               (ii) any “person,” as such term is used in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than the Executive or entities controlled by theExecutive), becomes a “beneficial owner,” as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under thatact, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting power of the Company; or               (iii) all or substantially all of the assets or business of the Company is disposed ofpursuant to a merger, consolidation or other transaction (unless the shareholders of the Companyimmediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other transaction beneficially own, directly orindirectly, in substantially the same proportion as they owned the voting power of the Company, allof the voting power or other ownership interests of the entity or entities, if any, that succeed tothe business of the Company);          (b) The Company and the Executive hereby agree that if the Executive is in the employ of theCompany on the date on which a Change of Control occurs (the “Change of Control Date”), the Companywill continue to employ the Executive and the Executive will remain in the employ of the Companyfor the period commencing on the Change of Control Date and ending on the expiration of the Term,to exercise such authority and perform such executive duties as are commensurate with the authoritybeing exercised and duties being performed by the Executive immediately prior to the Change ofControl Date.          (c) During the remaining Term after the Change of Control Date, the Company will (i) continueto honor the terms of this Agreement, including the Base Salary and other compensation set forth inSection 3 above, (ii) continue employee benefits as set forth in Section 4 above at levels ineffect on the Change of Control Date; and (iii) immediately vest and accrue all outstanding stockoptions, restricted stock and other securities instruments as detailed in Section 3 above (allsubject to such reductions as may be required to maintain such plans in compliance with applicablefederal law regulating employee benefits in the wake of a change of control).          (d) If during the remaining Term on or after the Change of Control Date there shall haveoccurred a material reduction in the Executive’s compensation or employment related benefits, amaterial change in the Executive’s status, working conditions or management responsibilities, or amaterial change in the business objectives or policies of the Company, and the Executivevoluntarily terminates employment within ninety (90) days of any such occurrence, or the last in aseries of occurrences, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive, subject to the provisionsof subsection (e) below, a lump-sum cash payment equal to 299% of the Executive’s Base Salary ineffect on the Change of Control Date, which payment shall be made on the date that is six monthsfollowing the date of the termination or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter.          (e) The amounts payable to the Executive under any other compensation arrangement maintainedby the Company that became payable after payment of the lump-sum provided for in subsection (d)above upon or as a result of the exercise by the Executive of rights which are
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contingent on the Change of Control (and would be considered a “parachute payment” under Section280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the regulations thereunder),shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that such amounts, when added to such lump-sum and suchother amounts deemed “parachute payments” for purposes of Section 280G of the Code, do not exceed299% of the Executive’s “average annual compensation” (within the meaning of Section 280G of theCode) for the five-year period preceding the date of the Change of Control.     8. Assignability. The rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement shallinure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company, providedthat such successor or assign shall acquire all or substantially all of the assets and business ofthe Company.     9. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed to be invalid orunenforceable or is prohibited by the laws of the state or jurisdiction where it is to beperformed, this Agreement shall be considered divisible as to such provision and such provisionshall be inoperative in such state or jurisdiction and shall not be part of the considerationmoving from either of the parties to the other. The remaining provisions of this Agreement shall bevalid and binding.     10. Notice. Notices given pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall be sentby certified mail, postage prepaid, or by overnight courier to the following addresses:       To the Company: 3340 Peachtree Road, NE