As part of Vistas, its wide-ranging cruise enhancement programme, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is proud to welcome on board the famed explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell. Lecturing aboard Braemar’s cruise of the Brazilian Amazon, M1203, appropriately he will be talking about ‘Amazonia’ and expeditions to this fascinating region.
Nigel Lingard, Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Sales and Marketing Director, has been awarded Cruise Baltic’s inaugural ‘Crown Award’, in recognition of his on-going support and promotion of the Baltic Sea region as a cruise destination.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will welcome a delegation of VIPs on a visit to its 880-guest cruise ship, Boudicca, when she makes a turnaround call at the Port of Tyne, Newcastle on 4th October 2011, before departing on her 12-night ‘Baltic’ cruise.
Two stars of the BBC’s much-loved Second World War comedy, ’Allo ’Allo!, Herr Otto Flick of the Gestapo (Richard Gibson) and Private Helga Geerhart (Kim Hartman), are to join two Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ cruises in 2012.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines crowned ‘Best Cruise Lines for Groups’ at the ‘Group Leisure Awards 2011’ for second consecutive year.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be exhibiting at the Scandinavia Show 2011 at London’s Earls Court on 8th and 9th October 2011.
The award-winning former restaurant critic of The Times and acclaimed broadcaster on food and architecture, Jonathan Meades, will be the guest speaker on two Fred. Olsen cruises in 2012.
Generous staff at Ipswich-based Fred. Olsen – recently voted ‘Cruise Line of the Year’ in the ‘Cruise International Awards 2011’ – Fred. Olsen Travel and Fred. Olsen Limited, as well as the Fred. Olsen Travel shops throughout East Anglia, joined together at their Summer Ball at Trinity Park, Ipswich to raise a staggering £7,410 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ‘Treehouse Appeal’.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has swept the board at the first-ever ‘Cruise International Awards’, held at the Soho Hotel, London on 14th September 2011. The cruise line won the hotly-contested accolade of ‘Cruise Line of the Year’ in these new awards, which attracted some 180,000 votes from readers of Cruise International magazine and keen cruise customers, across 20 categories.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to announce that wine expert Jilly Goolden will be joining a Balmoral cruise to Iberia in 2012, hosting a theme of ‘Wines of Iberia’ as part of its cruise enhancement programme, Vistas.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathan Philpot to the role of Sales and Marketing Director. Nathan will succeed Fred. Olsen’s long-standing and popular Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Lingard, who retires at the end of November 2011.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Boudicca will commence her second season of cruises from Portsmouth on 1st November 2011.
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.
