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24 April 2014 16:52

Celebrate your Christmas party aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Black Watch in Tilbury, London this year!

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be hosting its first-ever series of ‘Christmas Party Nights’ on board elegant Black Watch at London Tilbury Terminal in December 2014. Black Watch will be docked in Tilbury on the nights of 15th, 16th and 17th December 2014, and will be offering party-goers a mouth-watering four-course dinner, great entertainment – including a cabaret show, live comedian, DJ and...

23 April 2014 09:15

Relax on a Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ‘River Cruise’ in 2015

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering guests six new relaxing ‘River Cruises’ in its 2015 cruise season, after huge booking success on Braemar’s seven-night M1424 ‘French River Cruise’, which offers the chance to sail along two of France’s most beautiful rivers from Dover on 24th August 2014. Fred. Olsen is one of the few cruise lines that can offer this type of cruise experience due to its...

16 April 2014 14:44

Savings of up to £1,000 per cabin in Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new ‘Summer Cruises’ brochure

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new ‘Summer Cruises’ brochure, offering a selection of tempting cruises, departing between June 2014 and September 2014. These cruises are ideal summer escapes and offer some excellent savings of up to £1,000 per cabin. In addition, Fred. Olsen is offering ‘double discount’ on a number ‘Summer Cruises’, when booked before 30th April 2014.

14 April 2014 17:25

Save up to 30% on Fred. Olsen cruises with ‘The more you buy, the more you save’ campaign

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ guests can benefit from impressive savings if they make multiple cruise bookings in a single transaction, before 7th May 2014, on 2014/15 cruises of six nights’ duration or more, and less than 36 nights. If they buy two cruises as part of Fred. Olsen’s ‘The more you buy, the more you save’ campaign, they will save 20% off both cruises, and if they buy three or more...

11 April 2014 16:35

Celebrate Norway’s ‘National Day’ on a Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ sailing from Harwich in Spring 2014

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines – with its strong Norwegian heritage, having been established in the small Norwegian town of Hvitsten by the three Olsen brothers in 1848 – will be celebrating one of the most important days in the Norwegian calendar, its ‘National Day’, or ‘Constitution Day’, on 17th May 2014, when Braemar will be making a call in Bergen, the country’s second city.

11 April 2014 10:38

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines offers its first-ever Caribbean sailing from Scotland in 2015

For the first time ever, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering Scottish guests the chance to take a convenient, no-fly cruise to the Caribbean from ‘right on their doorstep’. The 32-night ‘Caribbean from Scotland’ cruise, W1521, on board 804-guest Black Watch, will depart from Greenock (Glasgow) on 10th November 2015, and will take in 12 sun-drenched islands.

9 April 2014 17:26

‘Fred.’s Enjoyment Promise’ is back!

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce an extension to its innovative ‘Enjoyment Promise’ – the biggest initiative of its kind ever to take place in the UK to encourage people to try cruising! ‘Fred.’s Enjoyment Promise’ is now applicable on all Fred. Olsen cruises in 2014/15, booked at least 14 weeks in advance, on sailings of seven nights’ duration or more (and less than 36 nights).

1 April 2014 13:09

‘Go West’ with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines on a longer voyage in 2015/16

Whilst most of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ voyages are around a week or fortnight in length, the cruise line also offers selected longer departures, for guests with the time and curiosity to explore a bit further afield and discover even more new and exciting ports around the world. Amongst the new 2015 voyages are two brand new cruise itineraries to spectacular Canada and the mighty USA.

24 March 2014 17:43

You can ‘tell the Captain where to go’ with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new ‘You Choose Your Cruise’ concept in autumn 2015

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched its most exciting, innovative and unique cruise yet! Braemar’s 15-night ‘You Choose Your Cruise’ sailing, which departs from Southampton on 10th October 2015, is a brand-new concept for Fred. Olsen, and quite possibly within the cruise industry as a whole. Guests on board will get to ‘tell the Captain where to go’, as they vote for the next port of call as...

20 March 2014 14:23

A discovery of wine on board Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ‘Iberian Sea & Gastronomy’ cruise in Spring 2014

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce that expert oenophile Martin Ward of Wine Educators International will be joining Braemar’s 12-night ‘Iberian Sea & Gastronomy’ cruise, M1414, departing from Harwich on 20th May 2014. Martin will be providing tutored wine tastings and interactive lectures for guests throughout this cruise, which will stop in six beautiful Iberian ports, including...

19 March 2014 09:54

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines launches new ‘Fly-Cruises Worldwide 2014/2015’ brochure

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new ‘Fly-Cruises Worldwide 2014/2015’ brochure, offering a host of tempting getaways to destinations far and wide, on board Balmoral, Braemar and Black Watch. These varied, exotic and sun-drenched fly-cruises, with prices starting from just £699 per person, can take guests straight to their chosen destination in a shorter time and importantly, for those...

13 March 2014 14:41

First ‘Aalborg Hotdog of Honour’ for award-winning Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to be awarded the inaugural ‘Aalborg Hotdog of Honour’ for its services to the up-and-coming Danish destination. Fred. Olsen, which operates a fleet of four smaller, more intimate ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – is offering a number of cruises from the UK to Aalborg, a port in Northern Jutland, Denmark, in 2014.