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14 February 2025 09:58

Feel the love with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines this Valentine’s weekend, with additional £100 saving on new bookings and refer a friend offer

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests looking to sail with them for the first time the chance to save £100 on bookings made on a selection of 2025 cruises this weekend, in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
The saving can be enjoyed by new guests - on top of our current spend and save offers - for cruises of five nights or more setting sail in 2025, when using promo code LOVEFRED at the tim

4 February 2025 09:53

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines launch brand new travel agent training platform

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has today launched the Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Academy, a brand new integrated training platform, designed to provide agents with the knowledge and tools to sell confidently and boost sales.
The new platform offers bite-sized learning modules that agents can complete at their own pace, covering everything from Fred. Olsen’s unique brand and fleet to the hand-crafted it

31 January 2025 10:22

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines wins Feefo’s Exceptional Trusted Service Award

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has been awarded one of Feefo’s most exclusive accolades in customer service – the Feefo Exceptional Service Award, in recognition of their service excellence.
Feefo’s Exceptional Service Award is a prestigious recognition awarded to just 32 businesses that have demonstrated outstanding excellence in customer service, with Fred. Olsen being the only cruise line to recei

21 January 2025 14:27

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines unveils five brand-new 2026 sailings with FREE On-Board Spend and introductory offers

Travellers looking to create unforgettable moments at sea now have five brand-new 2026 cruises to choose from. To mark the launch of these new adventures, guests can enjoy introductory fares and special offers, available for a limited time.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched five brand-new 2026 cruises from Liverpool on board their flagship, Bolette.
These cruises include the chance to wi

17 January 2025 10:59

Enjoy additional savings on 2025 Norway sailings with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines – for this weekend only!

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering additional savings of £40 per person on it’s 2025 sailings to Norway, in celebration of its flagship Bolette making her television debut this evening.
It means that those looking to witness the dramatic landscapes of the Norwegian Fjords first-hand or wishing to go in search of the Northern Lights in Arctic Norway, can enjoy an additional saving of £40 per

15 January 2025 09:03

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines unveils first ever Moments Crew with celebrity artist, author and photographer

Comedian-turned-artist Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), best-selling author Jenny Eclair, and celebrity photographer Scarlet Page, are taking to the seas to become the cruise industry’s first Moments Crew – a new service promising to capture guests’ most memorable onboard moments.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has recruited the famous crew of documentarians following research that revealed 82 per cent of

10 January 2025 14:36

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines celebrate over 9,500 wildlife sightings in 2024 with marine conservation charity ORCA

Guests aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines fleet of three smaller ships have made over 9,500 wildlife sightings together with ORCA’s Ocean Conservationists in 2024 as part of their marine wildlife conservation work.
The ORCA Ocean Conservationist programme is a unique whale and dolphin monitoring project, which uses the data collected during cruises to identify and monitor whale and dolphin populat

3 January 2025 09:25

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship Bolette to feature in new series of Susan Calman’s Cruise of a Lifetime

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ flagship Bolette is to make her Channel 5 debut later this month, as presenter Susan Calman sets sail on a Cruise of a Lifetime to the breath-taking Norwegian Fjords.
Susan set sail on her eight-night adventure from Liverpool, before venturing to the Norwegian ports of Olden, Ålesund, Åndalsnes and Geirganger, complete with scenic sailings of Nordfjord, Geirangerfjord

27 December 2024 12:49

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines unveils savings on over 100 cruises and FREE On-Board Spend up to £330 per person

Travellers looking to create moments to remember have until the end of February to take advantage of savings on over 100 cruises and FREE On-Board Spend up to £330 per person.
From 26th December 2024 until 28thFebruary 2025, guests can enjoy savings on a range of cruises ranging from five to 24 nights aboard Fred. Olsen’s fleet of three smaller-sized ships,Bolette, Borealis and Balmoral.
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23 December 2024 12:23

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral sets sail following multi-million-pound dry dock project

The first guests have set sail aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ newly refurbished Balmoral, following a multi-million-pound dry dock programme.
The cruise line’s smallest ship, Balmoral, entered the shipyard at A&P Falmouth on 1st December for a two-week programme of maintenance.
On-board, the work has included a technical refurbishment of The Neptune Lounge theatre, the renovation of a

10 December 2024 14:17

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Offers Travel Agents the Chance to Win a £500 Shopping Voucher

Two £500 Marks and Spencer’s shopping vouchers are up for grabs for travel agents who enter selected bookings on to Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Travel Agent Centre before Christmas.

Bookings must be made by 24th December (inclusive) for cruises departing before 31st March 2025. During this time, guests can enjoy a last-minute Christmas getaway to the Canary Islands and see in the New Yea

9 December 2024 13:05

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Awarded Best for Solo Travellers by Cruise Critic

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has been awarded Best for Solo Travellers at Cruise Critic UK’s Best in Cruise Awards 2024.
Praised for its outstanding programme for solo cruisers, including dedicated welcome drinks parties, mixed dining tables, solo traveller meet-ups and a wide range of solo cabins, the cruise line has been recognised for its commitment to solo travellers.
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