Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has always valued the personal touch, and its Reservations team is known for a friendly and helpful approach. Now, selected team members have had extra training, to help them specialise in a particular destination. This means that they will be even better placed to offer advice and useful information, when handling enquiries and bookings.
Fred. Olsen’s cruise ship, Boudicca, will be in Santa Cruz, Tenerife on Carnival Day next year – 12th March 2011. Guests on cruise D1103, departing from Southampton on 6th March 2011, will have a unique opportunity to experience all the colour and excitement of the Carnival – the biggest and most spectacular outside Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' has created an upmarket new Fine Jewellery shop on board its Braemar cruise ship. The new stylish boutique, in the location of the former Port Shop, on Deck 5, Lounge Deck, sells some stunning fine jewellery, including pearls, some wonderful pieces from Clogau Welsh Gold, and an extensive range of coloured gemstones, as well as watches.
Make a last-minute getaway, and avoid the crowds in the high street – you could be doing your Christmas shopping in the warm and sunny Canary Islands, while enjoying a pre-Christmas cruise. Fred. Olsen’s Balmoral has a 14-night cruise to the Canaries, departing from Southampton on 7th December 2010.
Make a last-minute getaway, and avoid the crowds in the high street – you could be doing your Christmas shopping in the warm and sunny Canary Islands, while enjoying a pre-Christmas cruise. Fred. Olsen’s Balmoral has a 14-night cruise to the Canaries, departing from Southampton on 7th December 2010.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new brochure of 52 specially selected, ex-UK cruises for 2011, offering exceptional value for money – The Captains’ Collection. All the featured cruises offer additional savings on the prices in Fred. Olsen’s second edition brochure, and selected cruises offer Double Savings.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has triumphed in the Cruise Critic Editors’ Picks Awards. The Ipswich-based cruise line – with its Norwegian heritage, and fleet of four smaller, traditional ships – has been voted Best for Seeing the World by the influential cruise website.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce that guests can now benefit from a Wi-Fi service on board its ships. Currently, the service is live and fully operational on three ships in the fleet - Black Watch, Braemar and Balmoral. It will be available on Boudicca from January 2011.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship, Boudicca, will enter dry-dock in early January 2011, for a refurbishment programme. The work will be carried out by the Blohm + Voss GmbH shipyard in Hamburg, when Boudicca returns from her Christmas Canary Islands cruise on 4th January 2011.
Fans of The Archers will get a treat in 2011, when Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines hosts two Archers-themed cruises, as part of its popular programme of special-interest cruises, The ArtsClub. Archers aficionados will get the chance to mingle with their favourite cast members from the long-running show, whilst cruising in luxury around the beautiful Mediterranean.
The Danish-born historian, lecturer and broadcaster, Lars Tharp – who is also one of the longest running experts on the BBC’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’ – will be one of the special guest speakers aboard Fred. Olsen’s 23-night Black Watch cruise, W1105, to the Eastern Mediterranean, in May 2011.
Escape the doldrums of a cold, British January, and escape across the Atlantic aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral. Fred. Olsen has an unbeatable offer on the first sector of its 2011 World Cruise, a 22-night South America cruise, departing from Southampton on 5th January 2011.
