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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines wins top accolades in the  Cruise Critic ‘UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards 2014’

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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines wins top accolades in the Cruise Critic ‘UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards 2014’

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to win two major awards in Cruise Critic’s prestigious ‘UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards 2014’, chosen entirely by cruise guests. Fred. Olsen’s 929-guest cruise ship, Braemar, has been recognised as the ‘Best Small Ship for Embarkation’, with a score of 4.7 out of a total of 5, and 804-guest Black Watch has been named ‘Best Small Ship for Shore Excursions’, with a rating of 4.4 out of 5.

Both Braemar and Black Watch were named in the top five ‘Best Small Ships Overall’, being rated number four and number five respectively.

Cruise Critic is the largest online cruise community, with more than one million members, and the site has more than three million visitors globally, every month.

Fred. Olsen also achieved two top-five placements in the ‘Mid-Ship’ category with its 1,350-guest flagship, Balmoral, for ‘Fitness’ (number five) and ‘Shore Excursions’ (number four), and eleven top five placements in the ‘Small Ships’ category, as follows:

- ‘Cabins’ (Braemar, number five)

- ‘Dining’ (Braemar, number three; Black Watch, number four; Boudicca, number five) 

- ‘Entertainment’ (Black Watch, number two)

- ‘Fitness’ (Boudicca, number three; Black Watch, number five) 

- ‘Public Rooms’ (Braemar, number five) 

- ‘Service’ (Black Watch, number five) 

- ‘Value for Money’ (Braemar, number four; Black Watch, number five)

Adam Coulter, UK Editor at Cruise Critic, said:

“Winning a ‘Cruisers’ Choice Award’ is a fantastic accolade for cruise lines, particularly as they’re based entirely on review ratings submitted by cruisers over the course of the past year, rather than votes.

“These awards offer a great insight into British consumers’ first-hand experiences and feedback of the cruises they have been on.”

Nathan Philpot, Sales and Marketing Director for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said:

“It is important to us that we always try to offer the very best small-ship cruise experience that there is, and we are very proud that our efforts have been recognised by Cruise Critic and its members in this significant way.

“At Fred. Olsen, we believe that your holiday starts from the very moment that you arrive with us at the Cruise Terminal, which is why the embarkation process is so key, with a warm Fred. Olsen welcome and excellent ‘service with a smile’. We also put a lot of thought into creating new, exciting and tailored shore excursions for our guests, especially on our smallest, most traditional ship, Black Watch, which has the highest repeat rate of guests across our fleet, with sometimes up to 60% returning Fred. Olsen cruisers.”

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines was previously named ‘Best Value for Money’ in the Cruise Critic ‘Editors’ Picks UK Awards 2013’, and ‘Best Affordable Cruise Line’ and runner-up ‘Best Cruise Line’ in the ‘Cruise International Awards 2013’.


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Fred. Olsen Cruise Line operates in the UK with four intimately sized ships for a more personal cruising experience.

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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has defined and redefined the cruise experience, and judging by the number of passengers that come back time and again, we seem to have styled it to perfection

The company originated in Hvitsten, a small town on Oslofjord in Norway, in 1848 when three Olsen brothers – Fredrik Christian, Petter and Andreas – bought their first ships and began an international shipping company.

Now into the fifth generation of the family, they operate companies skilled in various aspects of the cruise and passenger shipping trade as well as aviation, ships’ crewing, shipbuilding and offshore industries.
Aside from the transportation industries, the Fred. Olsen group also has interests in the luxury hotel sector, estate management, property development, and electronics companies.

Offices for the company are spread throughout the world, although the company headquarters remain firmly in the family’s hands in Oslo and Tenerife. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is based in Ipswich in Suffolk.

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Registered Name & Office: Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Ltd, 2nd Floor, 64-65 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2NU.
Place of registration: England and Wales
VAT Number: 927 5336 08

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IP1 5LL Ipswich, Suffolk
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