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Fred Olsen boosts sailings ex-Liverpool and Newcastle


Harry Kemble harry.kemble@travelweekly.co.uk


Fred Olsen Cruise Lines is offering a record number of departures out of Liverpool and Newcastle in 2019-20. Black Watch will operate 22


ex-Liverpool sailings between April 2019 and March 2020, up from 18 this year. Prices for the five-night Scottish


Lochs & Islands cruise on May 24 next year lead in at £649. The lead-in price for the


16-night Mediterranean & French Riviera cruise, departing October 12, 2019, on Black Watch, is £1,999. From Newcastle, the number


of Balmoral sailings between April 2019 and March 2020 will increase from 15 to 16. Prices for


a Cruising German Waterways


sailing on Balmoral,


departing on April 21, 2019, from Newcastle, lead in at £899. Fred Olsen is also offering a


‘three cruises for the price of two’ deal on selected sailings. Agents booking one selected cruise departing between October and December 2018, plus any two cruises in 2018, 2019 or 2020 before May 31, will receive the lowest-priced sailing for free.


BALMORAL: The ship will operate 16 cruises from Newcastle in the year from next April


Clare Ward, the line’s director


of product and customer service, said: “The appealing combination of choice and value offered by Fred Olsen has already seen many first-time cruisers and repeat customers from the Newcastle and Liverpool areas make the decision


to sail from their local port.” fredolsencruises.com/travel- agent-centre


Silversea offers £799 airfares to Ecuador for Galapagos cruises


Silversea Cruises is offering £799 economy-class return airfares to Ecuador for passengers joining its Galapagos sailings – a saving of £600 compared with the usual price of £1,399 – for bookings made by May 31. In addition, travellers under the age of 18 can save £400 on Galapagos sailings in July, August and September with a ‘Summer 2018 Family Savings’ offer on bookings made by June 30. The 100-passenger capacity


Silver Galapagos operates two seven-day itineraries, departing Saturdays from Baltra or San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands. Barbara Muckermann,


Silversea’s chief marketing officer, said: “The Galapagos Islands are a nature lover’s dream, and we are pleased to offer these incentives to


help make this dream a reality.” silversea.com


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