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Balmoral, Boudicca, Braemar and Black Watch are all now based temporarily in the Firth of Forth. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ ocean fleet has taken up temporary residence in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, just outside the Port of Rosyth, during their pause in cruise operations which is running until 23 May 2020.  Peter Deer, Managing…

Arne Wilhelmsen, a founder of cruise line Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, passed away on Saturday 11 April 2020, at the age of 90. Wilhelmsen worked closely alongside its first chief executive, the late Edwin Stephan and he served more than three decades on the company’s board of directors. Richard Fain,…

Catching a lime to calypso beats, clad in carnival colours and fuelled by Banks beer; Barbados is the epitome of island life. Here’s all you need to know about when is best to visit the Caribbean >> Things to do in Barbados DON’T MISS According to Trip Advisor, the second…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed that it’s third historic fleet get together will be ‘Four Fred.s in Lisbon’ in October 2021 after they had to cancel their 4 April 2020 event in Madeira due to the current coronavirus outbreak. Boudicca, Black Watch and Braemar were already scheduled to call into Lisbon, Portugal,…

By now, it’s fair to say that we have baked all the banana bread we can stomach and felt that familiar pang of guilt as Netflix asks if we’re still there. Of course we are Netflix, now play our sixth episode of Ozark in a row and be quiet. With…

They may be more used to making guests smile from onboard ships stationed around the world but with operations paused in wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, Fred. Olsen’s famously friendly crew members have come together to lift spirits from their individual homes around the world with a moving rendition of…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has donated a container of fresh produce food supplies intended for Fred Olsen Cruises to support local charities in Barbados. Following news of port cancellations, the container comprising 18 pallets featuring 17,589kgs of chilled fruit and vegetables was left in Bridgetown. Determined that it wouldn’t go…

In a future not too far from now, we’ll all be holidaying again, and if there’s one thing that being unable to travel has taught us, it’s that we don’t have nearly enough trinkets and mementos to remember all of our past trips by. These are the souvenirs we’ll be…

Viking’s new purpose-built ships will bring guests to Mississippi in 2022. Viking Cruises first custom river cruise ship, Viking Mississippi, will debut in August 2022 and will sail voyages on the Lower and Upper Mississippi, between New Orleans and St. Paul. Scheduled ports of call on Viking’s new Mississippi River…

Paul Theroux is considered the godfather of travel writing, sparking our sense of adventure for decades with classics such as ‘Deep South’ and ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star’. His insatiable appetite for travel saw him join some of the world’s most respected creatives on ‘The Tale of Tales’, Silversea’s…