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BRABANT: The line’s river ship is named after a vessel from the 1920s


Fred Olsen unveils first river brochure


Natasha Salmon


natasha.salmon@ travelweekly.co.uk


Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has released a new river programme of sailings in Europe in 2018.


The programme is to go on sale


on May 26 through its first river brochure, European River Cruising by Fred Olsen, and will operate from April to November next year. The line’s river ship is a 156-guest chartered vessel from


Amadeus and will be called Brabant, after Fred Olsen’s passenger ship from the 1920s. The river programme will travel on the Danube, Rhine and Moselle rivers, with 30 departures in 2018 that range from five to 25 nights. Justin Stanton, sales and


marketing director, said: “We will be offering the same commercial terms for our trade partners on river as we do on ocean, and it will be operated through our current sales team. It will be available to book online and over the phone. “We plan to host some fam trips once the programme is operating, but in the meantime we will be doing a lot of work


“We will be doing a lot of work with agents to explain what our product is about”


with our agents, including having information on our website and visiting trade partners, to explain what our product is about.” Stanton added that the


programme, unlike other river lines’, includes a large amount of scenic cruising in daylight hours. Clare Ward, product and


customer services director, said the product is aimed at existing Fred Olsen customers who have expressed an interest in river cruising, as well as new customers. There are four room grades on the ship – the Juliette Balcony Suite, the Juliette Balcony Room Mozart, the Juliette Balcony Room Strauss and the Standard Room. Itineraries include the five-night Springtime Dutch Discovery fly- cruise via London, which travels from Amsterdam to Dusseldorf,


with prices from £999. fredolsencruises.com/ travelagentcentre


I am writing this from Club Med, Opio en Provence in France, venue for last weekend’s Advantage conference. The delegates list was fantastic, making it a memorable one. Back in the UK, last month we took 30 suppliers and incentive winners to Aintree for Ladies Day, and a great time was had by all. I didn’t win a sausage, but did back Grand National winner One for Arthur, which made up for it. Thank you to everyone who took part in this incentive. Also in April, I attended a TUI training day to introduce new starters to all things Liverpool airport. There was a great session to match a fantastic start of services to TUI’s newest destination, Ibiza, on the Easter weekend. This summer we are also


with Wizz Air. This is a total of 10 new routes for summer 2017. Meanwhile, high-street store Accessorize has opened a new unit on the upper floor of the departure lounge. This is one of the first stores to open as part of an ongoing, £4 million refurbishment under way since last year. To celebrate I have a fantastic agent incentive to win a shopping spree and lunch. View the Liverpool Airport Trade Facebook group for more details on how to enter. trade@liverpoolairport.com


LADIES DAY: good time was had by all at Aintree incentive


BLUE AIR: now flies to Alicante from Liverpool three times a week


TUI TRAINING: new starters get up to speed on the airport


adding services to Larnaca with Blue Air and Lublin


Ashley Louise Morgan, account manager, Liverpool John Lennon Airport t @ashmorgo f Liverpool Airport Trade


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