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.
A ‘World Cruise’ is, for many people, the holiday of a lifetime, visiting some of the most exciting destinations on the planet; to enable guests to make the very best of their time in these amazing locations, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is offering optional ‘holiday extensions’ on each sector of its epic 112-night ‘World Cruise’ L1301 aboard Balmoral.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced that it will be extending the opening hours of its Reservations Department, with effect from Monday 5th March 2012
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ 1,350-guest cruise ship Balmoral made her inaugural call at the Port of Galveston in the United States on 25th January 2012, during the first sector of her 89-night ‘Cruise to the New World’, which departed from Southampton on 5th January 2012.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to announce that the inspirational former jockey and Grand National winner, Robert ‘Bob’ Champion MBE, will be joining its acclaimed cruise enrichment programme, Vistas, as one of its ‘Sporting Personalities.’
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines – awarded ‘Best Educational Cruise’ by readers of Cruise International magazine in 2011 – is offering three cruises in 2012 with ‘Antiques’ as the special topic, through its acclaimed onboard enrichment programme, Vistas.
At Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines we are very proud of our smaller ships – Bolette, Borealis and Balmoral - and the imaginative and unusual itineraries they allow us to offer. Every cruise is hand-crafted from scratch by our team of in-house Journey Planners to make sure you are not only visiting the best destinations, but at the best time to experience them.
For us, it’s not just about where we go but how we take you there. We put as much time into planning scenic cruising as we do in choosing the destinations themselves. On board, our Signature Experiences showcase the history, culture, nature and flavours of the destinations you’ll visit – from Treats of the Region, where you can enjoy local delicacies, to our Sky at Sea star-gazing sessions where you can relax with a hot toddy out on deck while our astronomer talks you through the night sky.
Plus, with each ship carrying 1,300 guests or less, our ships are small enough for us to offer a warm, friendly and personal service where nothing is ever too much trouble, as we visit a host of exciting ports in every corner of the globe.
