Press Releases

Fred. Olsen Travel has announced that Tracy Clenshaw has joined the company in the newly-created role of Head of Commercial.

Fred. Olsen Travel Agents had a successful night at the prestigious Carnival UK Cruise Awards in London, picking up two awards for Innovative Marketing Campaign and Partnership Achievement.

Get to know Travel Academy member Kit from our Thorpe Travel branch in Norwich.

Fred. Olsen Travel Honoured with Outstanding Employer Award from Blue Sky Assessing for their Commitment to Apprenticeship Programme

Fred. Olsen Travel Agents saw their 19th retail store officially opened by Classic Collection Holidays CEO, Andy Freeth, on 10th January in The Royal Arcade, Worthing.

Our Travel Academy members and a few of our wider team were lucky enough to visit Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines flagship Bolette recently. For some of them, this was a first-time experience having never stepped foot on a cruise ship before!

We couldn't resist sharing our experience aboard Celebrity Silhouette earlier this year for our 2023 Marketing Conference, where innovation certainly met inspiration as we embarked on this luxurious ship.

Fred. Olsen Travel, one of the UK’s leading travel agencies, continues its expansion in Suffolk with the acquisition of Ipswich-based Idelo Travel

East Anglian-based Fred. Olsen Travel Agents is celebrating scooping three major awards.

Fred. Olsen Travel Agents saw their 18th retail store officially opened by Councillor Candy Vaughan, Mayor of Eastbourne, on Monday 10th July at The Beacon, Eastbourne.

Fred. Olsen Travel Agents is celebrating a triumphant win at the inaugural Cruise Awards by Cruise Adviser.

The NHS across Suffolk and north east Essex has teamed up with one of the country’s leading travel companies, Fred. Olsen Travel and TravelQuest, to launch a campaign to remind travellers to get their COVID-19 vaccination.

The Travel Norwich Airport Holiday & Cruise Show took place on 22nd January at Norwich Airport and was a huge success with over 300 attendees, many of whom booked holidays for this year as well as for 2023.

Fred. Olsen Travel, one of the UK’s leading travel agencies, has expanded into East Sussex with the opening of a new shop in Heathfield, near Eastbourne.

Fred. Olsen Travel are thrilled to celebrate winning Best East of England Large Agency (Covering East Midlands & East Anglia) at the Travel Weekly Agent Achievement awards on 16th September 2021.

Following the sad news that all remaining Beales department stores are to close, the team at Fred. Olsen Travel Agents would like to reassure customers that they will still have a presence within the city.

Way back in the summer of 2018, P&O Cruises launched a competition for travel agents, offering the chance for six winners to become ‘Iona Insiders’. Hundreds entered from up and down the UK, including our very own Chris Mayhew, who, as you may have guessed, was chosen as one of the winners.

We were proud and delighted to recently discover that Fred. Olsen Travel has been nominated for ‘Favourite Travel Agent’ at this year’s Wave Awards.

The team at our Beales store in Bournemouth wanted to let you know that your existing and future bookings are safe & secure with Fred. Olsen Travel at Beales.

Paul Hardwick, Fred. Olsen Travel’s Head of Commercial, was recently honoured with an award for Cruise Advocate of Year. The accolade was handed out during the annual CLIA Forum on 18th December 2019 and was just one of many prizes that made up the 2019 CLIA UK & Ireland Cruise Excellence Awards.