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  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines shortlisted in two prestigious award schemes

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines shortlisted in two prestigious award schemes

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is in the running for several prizes at two highly coveted award schemes.
    Fred. Olsen is vying for three awards – Customers at the Heart of Everything, Best Customer-Centric Culture and Best Customer Service – at the UK Customer Experience Awards 2023.
    Alongside this, the Wave Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced with Fred. Olsen making the cut for five prizes. <

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    Trip of a lifetime handed out to 15 Community Heroes as part of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines campaign

    Fifteen deserving winners will be making waves after scooping a prize as part of our Community Heroes giveaway.
    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines partnered with The Scottish Sun to run a competition where readers could nominate their community heroes to win a cruise on board Balmoral departing from Rosyth.
    Entries told tales of individuals setting up Scotland’s first non-medical, 24/7 crisis centre,

  • Dedicated Liverpool volunteers recognised in our Cruises for Community Heroes

    Dedicated Liverpool volunteers recognised in our Cruises for Community Heroes

    Hundreds of people nominated in our Community Heroes giveaway who make a difference in their communities in Liverpool have been whittled down to 30 winners.

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines partnered with the Liverpool Echo to run a competition where readers could nominate their deserving community heroes to win a cruise on board Borealis departing from Liverpool.
    From setting up mental health c

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    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to work with global charity dedicated to saving world’s seagrass meadows

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has teamed up with global environmental charity Project Seagrass on a project to raise awareness of the ocean’s seagrass habitats.
    Scientists from the organisation will join a cruise on board Bolette to the Isles of Scotland and the Faroes in August.
    The experts will spend time both on deck and shoreside to help guests learn more about the importance of seagrass and

  •  A holiday of a lifetime for 100-year-old Betty thanks to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

    A holiday of a lifetime for 100-year-old Betty thanks to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has made a dream of a lifetime come true for one centenarian who celebrated her milestone birthday on board with four generations of her family.
    Betty Wright was joined by 13 relatives on board Bolettefor the seven-night Scenic Summertime Norwegian Fjords cruise and described it as an experience “far beyond my wildest dreams”.
    Speaking from her cottage in Filey, near

  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis celebrates two years of sailing

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis celebrates two years of sailing

    Today marks two years since Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage.
    Borealis was purchased in the summer of 2020, along with sister ship Bolette, as Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines looked to strengthen and evolve ahead of its return to cruising.
    Smaller shipBorealis, always carries less than 1,400 guests and brought several new venues and facilities to the Fred.

  • Michaela Strachan - Credit: Benjamin Harris

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines to welcome popular TV presenter onboard cruise to Greenland and Iceland

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be welcoming Michaela Strachan onboard Borealis for four nights in August to join the Exploring Rugged and Remote Greenland and Iceland cruise.
    One of Britain’s most loved television presenters, Michaela has been a regular face on our screens for more than three decades.
    She will be delivering a talk on British wildlife, behind the scenes of wildlife programme

  • Class of Year 5 students explore career opportunities at Cruise Liverpool with surprise visit on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis

    Class of Year 5 students explore career opportunities at Cruise Liverpool with surprise visit on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis

    A class of Year 5 pupils set foot on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Borealis with Cruise Liverpool as part of The Johnson Foundation’s My Big Future – a work experience initiative designed to inspire the next generation.
    Last Friday, 26 children from Christ Church Primary School in Birkenhead, Wirral, were invited to spend the day at Cruise Liverpool, with a surprise VIP tour on Borealis to ex

  • From left: Peter Deer, Jayne Biggs and Steve Williams

    Fred. Olsen House unveils first 24-hour publicly available defibrillator in partnership with local charity Heart 2 Heart

    A 24-hour publicly accessible defibrillator has been installed on the gates of Fred. Olsen House in Ipswich.
    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Fred. Olsen Travel and Fred. Olsen Limited have worked together with local Norfolk charity Heart 2 Heart for the past nine months in a fundraising campaign to purchase this publicly accessible defibrillator.
    Charity Heart 2 Heart was founded by Jayne Biggs i

  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines reinvents guest booking experience with launch of new video reservations system

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines reinvents guest booking experience with launch of new video reservations system

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled a new video reservations system, allowing guests to contact its Reservations team via video call.
    The new system allows those viewing cruises online to request a video call, offering a face-to-face interaction with a member of the Fred. Olsen team.
    The system, being operated by video call specialists Talkative, automatically assesses whether the guest

  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines makes inaugural connections to shore power in calls to Bergen and San Francisco

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines makes inaugural connections to shore power in calls to Bergen and San Francisco

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship Boletteand sister ship Borealis have made inaugural connections to shore power in calls to Bergen and San Francisco this month.
    Borealisbecame the first of Fred. Olsen’s fleet to utilise shore power, by connecting during a transit call to San Francisco as part of the ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ cruise on 17th April.
    Just one week later, flagship Bolette

  • Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines helps guests to ‘make it a year to remember’ with savings of up to £500 per person unveiled

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines helps guests to ‘make it a year to remember’ with savings of up to £500 per person unveiled

    Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is helping travellers to ‘make it a year to remember’, with savings of up to £500 per person unveiled today on a selection of sailings in 2023.
    Launched today (Wednesday, 3rd May), and running to 14th June inclusive, cruises included in the savings offer chances to seek out Lapland’s summertime wildlife, venture into the Arctic to witness the Midnight Sun, and to sail

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