Tagged: Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be waving a fond farewell to Mike Evans, the company’s Head of Sales, in April 2019, after an impressive 27-year career with Fred. Olsen. Mike is very well-known within the travel industry, having worked in many areas of the travel trade, including retail, tour operating, tourist boards and airline sales, across a career spanning over 40 years. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering up to £200 per person in free onboard spending credit on a selection of its longer voyages, with durations ranging from 22 to 70 nights, for bookings made by 19th November 2018 inclusive. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is celebrating a successful third quarter in 2018 in which a boost in trade sales by almost 30% was just one of a number of year-on-year headline figures – with the number of booked fly-cruise guests also up by more than 80%. (more…)

Travel agents are in with the chance to win a cruise for two aboard the newest addition to Fred. Olsen’s fleet – its river boat Brabant – in celebration of the company’s new European River Cruising Online Training Programme. (more…)

Two British women have been killed while on a coach trip excursion in the middle of an ‘Authentic Arabia’ cruise in the Middle East. The pair were stepping off a coach in Salalah, Oman, near the Haffa market, when they were hit by a car. (mirror.co.uk)

Holidaymakers looking to set sail to the scenic Norwegian fjords in 2019 can enjoy a free all-inclusive drinks upgrade on 15 selected itineraries with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines next year, when booked by 31st October 2018 inclusive. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines celebrated an historic coming together of its fleet of four ocean ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – in Cádiz, Spain on 10th September 2018. Entitled ‘Captains in Cádiz’, this was only the second time ever that the fleet has converged in one place, anywhere in the world. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is promoting its sensational sailings from the north of the UK in its new ‘Balmoral from the north’ brochure, showcasing a variety of exciting cruises from Newcastle and Rosyth (Edinburgh) next year, aboard its flagship, Balmoral. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is bringing the world ‘closer’ to more guests than ever before, as it launches a packed programme of ‘closer’ cruising for 2019 aboard Braemar from Southampton. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is celebrating a bumper start to its new ‘Warmer Cruising’ campaign, with one of its highest booking days for guest numbers ever, following the promotion’s launch on Wednesday 15th August 2018. In the first two days of the new campaign, sales have been up 8.5% year-on-year. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched its new ‘Warmer Cruising’ campaign, offering guests up to 40% off a selection of 42 tempting cruises between October 2018 and March 2019, on new bookings made up to 17th October 2018 inclusive. (more…)

Holidaymakers looking to explore the delights of Iceland and Greenland can benefit from free door-to-door transfers up to 90 miles on five selected scenic itineraries next year, as Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines releases its ‘Lands of Fire & Fjords of Ice’ brochure. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is inviting guests to ‘turn their dreams into reality’ on two outstanding longer-voyage adventures in 2018/19: Black Watch’s107-night ‘Around the World with Sydney at New Year’ sailing in November 2018; and Boudicca’s 168-night ‘Grand Voyage’ in October 2019, set to be the longest, most extensive sailing ever undertaken in Fred. Olsen’s history. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a ‘Free Flights & Transfers’* promotion on six of its exotic fly-cruises to the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and India on Boudicca and Braemar later this year, on all new bookings made by 8th August 2018 inclusive. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a ‘Free Flights & Transfers’* promotion on six of its exotic fly-cruises to the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and India on Boudicca and Braemar later this year, on all new bookings made by 8th August 2018 inclusive. (more…)

The enchanting gardens of Madeira, the exquisite waterways of Sweden and the captivating Norwegian fjords are among the destinations named in Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ most popular sailings for 2019/20. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests up to £200 per person free onboard spending credit on its two 2018 ‘Mystery Cruise Adventures’, on all new bookings made by 2nd July 2018 inclusive. (more…)

With just under three months to go, excitement is mounting as Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines puts the final preparations in place for its long-awaited ‘Captains in Cádiz’ fleet get-together, being hosted in one of Europe’s most historic cities, Cádiz in Spain, on Monday 10th September 2018. (more…)

Ipswich-based Fred. Olsen has announced its three new staff charities to support during 2018/19: Ipswich Winter Night Shelter, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Apostleship of the Sea. (more…)

As part of its focus upon waste minimisation and recycling across its fleet, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce on ‘World Environment Day’ that it has introduced a ban on the use of plastic straws on its four ocean ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch. Plastic cutlery is also being removed throughout the Fred. Olsen fleet. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship, Balmoral, will be commencing her inaugural cruise season from Edinburgh (Rosyth) on 16th May 2018, on a 10-night ‘Swedish Waterways & Cities’ sailing. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be commencing its 2018/19 cruise seasons from the ports of Newcastle and Liverpool on Thursday 26th April 2018. 1,350-guest flagship Balmoral will be setting sail from Newcastle on a seven-night ‘German Cities & the Kiel Canal’ cruise, and 804-guest Black Watch will be departing from Liverpool on an eight-night ‘Fjords, Mountains & Glaciers’ itinerary around Norway. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests attractive savings on over 40 ocean and river sailings from June to September 2018, in its new ‘Summer Sale 2018’, on all new bookings made from 11th April to 2nd July 2018 inclusive. (more…)

On 10th September 2018, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ fleet of four ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – will be reuniting once again in one of Europe’s most historic cities, Cádiz in Spain, for a spectacular event to mark the 170th anniversary of Fred. Olsen’s beginnings in the shipping industry. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new dedicated ‘Around the World 2018/19 with Sydney New Year’ brochure showcases an exceptional itinerary and the chance to explore the planet in a magical 107 nights! (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ 880-guest Boudicca is due to undergo an extensive refit from 17th March 2018, at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The ship will then return to the UK for a five-night D1804 ‘Mystery Cruise’, departing from Dover on 29th March 2018. (more…)

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has appointed GAC UK as its agent in Newcastle and Liverpool. Under the deal, GAC will manage 18 calls during 2018 for the 804-guest cruise ship Black Watch at its home port of Liverpool, and a further 16 for the 1,350-guest Balmoral, at its home port of Newcastle. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is excited to announce that, in 2019/20, its fleet of four smaller, more intimately-sized ocean ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – will be visiting no fewer than 219 destinations in 75 countries around the globe, covering 79 areas of scenic cruising. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has revealed its intention to build a series of “exploration” vessels – the first of which its chairman hopes could be delivered within “the next couple of years”. (ttgmedia.com)

Following on from the success of its ‘Four Ships in Bergen’ event in Summer 2015, and with it exciting ‘Captains in Cádiz’ celebration on the horizon on 10th September 2018, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is now pleased to announce that its fleet of four ocean ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – will be reuniting once again, this time in Funchal, Madeiraon Saturday 4th April 2020. (more…)

Looking for a holiday with a difference in 2018? Guests aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Braemar this Spring will get the chance to ‘steer the ship’, on an innovative 14-night ‘You Choose Your Cruise’ sailing of the Baltic, departing from Southampton on 29th May 2018, for adults only. (more…)

With destination experience topping the over-50s ‘wish list’ when it comes to choosing a holiday, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has released four fascinating sailings ‘To the Top of the World’ in 2018/19, which take in remote parts of Northern Europe. (more…)

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Williams as its new Head of Marketing, with effect from 1st March 2018. Ben has been promoted from his previous role as Fred. Olsen’s eBusiness Manager – in charge of the company’s website and social media communications – and will take responsibility for developing the brand and marketing strategy. (more…)