Fred. Olsen Passengers Raise £42,282 For Manila Flood Appeal
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and its passengers have raised a total of £42,282 for victims of the flooding that affected the Philippine capital city, Manila, last autumn.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and its passengers have raised a total of £42,282 for victims of the flooding that affected the Philippine capital city, Manila, last autumn.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has started a collection on board each of its four ships for victims of the Haiti earthquake.
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.
Most regrettably the current Christmas cruise on board Boudicca has been affected by a gastro-enteritis type virus; and the decision has been taken to conclude this sailing one day early, on 4th January, to allow a most thorough deep cleaning of the vessel , including fumigation, between cruises.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has picked up two awards in the 2009 Cruise Critic.co.uk Editors’ Picks Award listing....
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has just launched another of its popular photography competitions, aimed at customers past and present.
The Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Black Watch will enter dry-dock in early December 2009 for an extensive programme of refurbishment.
The majority of the crew, aboard all Fred. Olsen’s cruise ships, are from the Philippines, and many have family and friends who have been affected by the recent terrible flooding in Manila.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines can confirm that a number of persons currently on board its ship Balmoral have demonstrated symptoms of a viral infection with mild gastro-enteritis.
As part of the new programme of music themed cruises from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines - Music at Sea - one of the great names of jazz will be entertaining passengers this autumn.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is enjoying record high levels of reservations, with advance bookings for 2010 well ahead of those a year ago.
The new 2010/11 Fred. Olsen brochure of worldwide cruises includes two epic voyages in 2010 and again in 2011. Any one of these amazing journeys is truly worthy of being called 'holiday of a lifetime'.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has released a pamphlet detailing some summer 2009 cruises that still have availability at very competitive prices.
Fred. Olsen has launched the new season of its popular autumn and winter Music at Sea cruises, headed this year by singing legend Lulu, who will be joined on board Boudicca by jazz saxophonist, Leo Green and his band The Leo Green Experience, performing hits from Motown Records, this year celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
Many Fred. Olsen cruises to worldwide destinations offer an extra programme of activities, both onboard and ashore, to enhance the holiday experience.
With the retirement of Black Prince in October 2009, Fred. Olsen will be relocating another of its vessels to take over the regional departure programme currently operated by Black Prince.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines operates a regular winter Caribbean fly-cruise programme, from October to April, on the 929-passenger Braemar.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has just launched its brochure of worldwide cruises for 2010/11 aboard its fleet of four modestly-sized, traditional ships - Balmoral, Boudicca, Braemar and Black Watch.
A new microsite has just been launched by Fred. Olsen to promote The ArtsClub, the programme of special interest theme cruises which is available on selected itineraries on all ships.
For the first time in 2009, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is operating cruises from Portsmouth; one of these sailings offers another first – Boudicca cruise BD0927, to Spain and Portugal, will feature top class entertainment from singing legend Lulu, performing with the Leo Green Experience.