Fuel cost update
Due to the escalating price of oil fuel, FOCL has reviewed the impact on its operating costs.
Due to the escalating price of oil fuel, FOCL has reviewed the impact on its operating costs.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has changed its website address to www.fredolsencruises.com The new .com address reflects the international nature of the cruise line, and will make access easier, wherever you are searching from.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced the introduction of a new dining service – An Evening In – on its longer cruises, offering a more casual dinner, delivered to the suite or cabin. The new service will initially be launched on Balmoral and Black Watch, from 5th January 2011, and, if successful, will be rolled out to the other ships in due course.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched its own official Facebook and Twitter profiles, and you can also view Fred. Olsen video footage on the cruise line’s dedicated channel on YouTube. The famous Facebook, Twitter and YouTube icons are now displayed on the home page of the Fred. Olsen website, so visitors to www.fredolsencruises.co.uk are just a click away.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will be exhibiting at the Manchester and Glasgow Daily Telegraph Holiday and Travel Shows in 2011, showcasing its programme of worldwide cruises, mostly from the UK, aboard its fleet of four smaller, traditional-style ships.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has always valued the personal touch, and its Reservations team is known for a friendly and helpful approach. Now, selected team members have had extra training, to help them specialise in a particular destination. This means that they will be even better placed to offer advice and useful information, when handling enquiries and bookings.
Fred. Olsen’s cruise ship, Boudicca, will be in Santa Cruz, Tenerife on Carnival Day next year – 12th March 2011. Guests on cruise D1103, departing from Southampton on 6th March 2011, will have a unique opportunity to experience all the colour and excitement of the Carnival – the biggest and most spectacular outside Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' has created an upmarket new Fine Jewellery shop on board its Braemar cruise ship. The new stylish boutique, in the location of the former Port Shop, on Deck 5, Lounge Deck, sells some stunning fine jewellery, including pearls, some wonderful pieces from Clogau Welsh Gold, and an extensive range of coloured gemstones, as well as watches.
Make a last-minute getaway, and avoid the crowds in the high street – you could be doing your Christmas shopping in the warm and sunny Canary Islands, while enjoying a pre-Christmas cruise. Fred. Olsen’s Balmoral has a 14-night cruise to the Canaries, departing from Southampton on 7th December 2010.
Make a last-minute getaway, and avoid the crowds in the high street – you could be doing your Christmas shopping in the warm and sunny Canary Islands, while enjoying a pre-Christmas cruise. Fred. Olsen’s Balmoral has a 14-night cruise to the Canaries, departing from Southampton on 7th December 2010.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a new brochure of 52 specially selected, ex-UK cruises for 2011, offering exceptional value for money – The Captains’ Collection. All the featured cruises offer additional savings on the prices in Fred. Olsen’s second edition brochure, and selected cruises offer Double Savings.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has triumphed in the Cruise Critic Editors’ Picks Awards. The Ipswich-based cruise line – with its Norwegian heritage, and fleet of four smaller, traditional ships – has been voted Best for Seeing the World by the influential cruise website.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is pleased to announce that guests can now benefit from a Wi-Fi service on board its ships. Currently, the service is live and fully operational on three ships in the fleet - Black Watch, Braemar and Balmoral. It will be available on Boudicca from January 2011.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship, Boudicca, will enter dry-dock in early January 2011, for a refurbishment programme. The work will be carried out by the Blohm + Voss GmbH shipyard in Hamburg, when Boudicca returns from her Christmas Canary Islands cruise on 4th January 2011.
Fans of The Archers will get a treat in 2011, when Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines hosts two Archers-themed cruises, as part of its popular programme of special-interest cruises, The ArtsClub. Archers aficionados will get the chance to mingle with their favourite cast members from the long-running show, whilst cruising in luxury around the beautiful Mediterranean.
The Danish-born historian, lecturer and broadcaster, Lars Tharp – who is also one of the longest running experts on the BBC’s ‘Antiques Roadshow’ – will be one of the special guest speakers aboard Fred. Olsen’s 23-night Black Watch cruise, W1105, to the Eastern Mediterranean, in May 2011.
Escape the doldrums of a cold, British January, and escape across the Atlantic aboard Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral. Fred. Olsen has an unbeatable offer on the first sector of its 2011 World Cruise, a 22-night South America cruise, departing from Southampton on 5th January 2011.
Booking you cruise online is an easy way to research all the information you need at your leisure. And with our Double Savings, there has never been a better time to book your Fred. Olsen cruise. The six cruises detailed below are all available with 10% off when you book through this website - thats an extra 5% in addition to the usual 5% online discount - giving you Double Savings.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is delighted to offer Elvis fans a chance to rock to the sounds of ‘The King’ with top Elvis tribute act, Rocking Dave, who is headlining on Boudicca’s 14-night ‘Canary Islands’ cruise, D1101, departing from Southampton on 16th January 2011
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines was delighted to be crowned the most group-friendly cruise line at this year’s Group Leisure Awards, held in Birmingham last night (22nd September 2010), in front of over 350 members of the UK and international travel trade.