A treasured British tradition for centuries, a proper afternoon tea is one of the joys of a cruise holiday, and Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has introduced a very special enhanced tea that restores this delightful meal to its former glory.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution – RNLI – in recognition of the cruise lines’ 40 years of fundraising for the Lifeboat charity. The award was presented to Fred. Olsen managing Director, Mike Rodwell, by HRH Prince Michael of Kent at the charity’s annual presentation, held at the Barbican Centre on Thursday 27th May.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has long associations with the port of Greenock, with the Black Prince cruise ship a regular visitor in the past, carrying many passengers to destinations worldwide from this Scottish port.
An agreement to sell the Fred. Olsen cruise ship, Black Prince, has today been confirmed by the vessel’s owning company, Black Prince Cruise Ltd.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has been doing its share to help British travellers stranded abroad by the recent volcanic eruptions. Three of her cruise ships picked up holidaymakers in Spain and the Canary Islands and brought them home in comfort.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced that, due to the current high price of oil, it will be introducing a fuel supplement, applicable to all new bookings from Wednesday 5th May 2010.
Following the disastrous earthquake that afflicted Haiti in January this year, passengers on the Fred. Olsen cruise ships expressed their desire to help and a fund was quickly established on board each ship.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a brochure dedicated to its programme of departures from Dover this year on its ships Balmoral and Braemar. Destinations for the 16 sailings featured in the brochure are as diverse as the Arctic, Spitsbergen, Norwegian fjords, Canary Islands, Iberia, Mediterranean and the Adriatic, with cruise lengths from seven nights to 21-nights.
Boudicca Baltic Cruise from Liverpool Fred. Olsen has a cruise to the Baltic aboard Boudicca in May with an intriguing itinerary.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at the charity.
Steam locomotive enthusiasts who cruise with Fred. Olsen on Black Watch's 'Around the UK' cruise in August, will be in for a rare treat as one of the founders of the 'Tornado' project will be on board as a guest lecturer.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has teamed up with the English Bridge Union to offer an EBU -sanctioned bridge tournament on board Balmoral, hosted by well-known player and Daily Express bridge correspondent, Paul Hackett. There are still a few spaces remaining so keen bridge players should book a cruise now!
