Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Celebrates St. Valentine's Day
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines always celebrates St. Valentine’s Day – 14th February - in great style across its fleet, and this year will be no different!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines always celebrates St. Valentine’s Day – 14th February - in great style across its fleet, and this year will be no different!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral will be setting sail for the Baltic on 27th May 2013, on a 14-night voyage from Southampton, L1305. There are currently some very competitive offers available on this fascinating cruise.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new TV campaign which will run through February 2013. The combination of 30 second and 10 seconds commercials utilises the quirky brand identity, with the characterful animation and ‘daub’ font that has become synonymous with Fred. Olsen, underscoring the personal and friendly style of cruising.
Stewart Anderson from Scotland was crowned as the new singles champion, in the finals of the Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines World Indoor Bowls Championship 2013, on Sunday 27th January 2013. The 27-year-old ninth seed celebrated an epic 10-10, 10-9 victory at Potters Leisure Resort over fellow Scot Paul Foster, taking the coveted championship and a prize pot of £45,000.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted that Tracy Edwards MBE will be joining Balmoral’s ‘Spain, Portugal & Gibraltar Explorer’ cruise in August 2013, as a host with the onboard enrichment programme, Vistas.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is enjoying a second year as the title sponsor of the ‘World Indoor Bowls Championships’, which is running until 27th January 2013 at the five-star Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton on Sea, Norfolk.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be offering cruises from the port of Harwich in 2013, and one of the most exciting itineraries is Black Watch’s ‘Undiscovered Lapland & St. Petersburg’ cruise of 17 nights, that departs on 29th May 2013.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines regularly offers new and exciting itineraries, to less well-known destinations worldwide, made easier by the relatively small size of its ships. For summer 2013, Braemar will be making a historic voyage into the Arctic Circle and the White Sea.
This year is predicted to be one of the best for many years to view one of Nature’s most awe-inspiring sights – the majestic ‘Aurora Borealis’, or ‘Northern Lights.’ ‘In Search of the Northern Lights’ winter cruises, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, known for its Norwegian heritage offers three itineraries this winter.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has a tempting offer for families looking for some ‘fun in the sun’ this February Half Term. Cruise ship Braemar is based in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, for a winter season of fly-cruises.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines offers a host of great facilities and a varied daily programme of activities aboard its fleet of four, modestly-sized cruise ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch. An added attraction, on selected cruises, is the award-winning onboard enrichment programme, Vistas.
In December 2012, the generous staff at Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Fred. Olsen Travel and Fred. Olsen Limited, based on White House Road in Ipswich, joined together to raise a record-breaking £2,818.00 in a prize draw, in aid of the Woolverstone Wish Fund.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is celebrating the New Year by launching a brochure of selected cruises with substantial discounts. The ‘Cruise Sale 2013’ brochure features 55 cruises, with departures on all four ships across the Fred. Olsen fleet – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – between March and December 2013.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new, quarterly guest publication – Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Closer Magazine. This stylish, glossy ‘lifestyle’ magazine is a combination of fun and informative features and articles on exciting ports and destinations around the world, gardening, health, well-being, shopping, cookery and much more.
What better time to pamper yourself than at Christmas? And what better place than aboard a cruise with Fred. Olsen? Each of the cruises line’s four, modestly-sized ships has an onboard spa, offering a wide range of treatments at very competitive prices, and using high quality ingredients. The spa teams are highly trained and happy to discuss each guest’s specific requirements.
The popular writer, broadcaster, and former MP, Edwina Currie, will be joining a Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ‘Spain and Portugal’ cruise aboard Black Watch in 2013, with the very topical theme of ‘Ballroom Dancing’, through Fred. Olsen’s award-winning on board enrichment programme, Vistas.
Mike Evans, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Regional Sales Manager, for the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, recently presented a special award to Mike and Gloria Bartram, owners of Abbey Travel in Selby, North Yorkshire.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to welcome back wine expert Jilly Goolden on a Braemar ‘Wine Regions of Bordeaux and Rioja’ cruise in 2013, featuring a ‘Wine’ theme as part of its award-winning Vistas onboard enrichment programme.
Cruise experts at influential consumer website Cruise Critic have voted Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ‘Best Value for Money’ and ‘Best for Itineraries’ in the fourth annual ‘2012 Cruise Critic UK Editors’ Picks Awards’. The winners are selected by Cruise Critic’s international team of editors, based on the lines and ships that they feel best represent excellence in each of the 18 designated categories.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has once again been named as the title sponsor of the ‘World Indoor Bowls Championships’, which will run from 11th to 27th January 2013 inclusive at the five-star Potters Leisure Resort in Hopton on Sea, Norfolk. This follows the cruise line’s successful first foray into the event in January 2012.