Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

We are please to announce we are looking for a Food Buying Manager to come and join the team based in our Ipswich Head Office. This is a rare career defining opportunity to join our Procurement team and be responsible for sourcing and buying all Food supplies for our fleet of ships. 🛳️ This is a role that touches so many key stakeholders across the business, integral to the experience of our guests on-board. Now is the time to join us and our fleet of ships, to surprise and delight our Guests through a culinary experience. 🍴 ✨ For further details and how to apply, please click the below link! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eYBUAq7h

We're proud to share that we won 'Favourite Specialist Cruise Line' as voted for by consumers at the 10th Anniversary #WaveAwards! 🏆 The Wave Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in the cruise industry, recognising cruise lines, travel agents, tourist boards and ports. A huge thank you to everyone who voted for us, and to Real Response Media for holding a fantastic event. Pictured left to right: Host and TV Presenter Sue Perkins, Head of Digital Ben Williams, Digital Content Team Leader Victoria Matthews, Head of Sales Geoff Ridgeon, Digital & Performance Marketing Executive Zoe Murphy, Trade Marketing Manager Laura Broxton, Social Media Manager Chloe Finn (was Bullard) Acquisition Manager Fiona Archbold-Graham, MCIM

We're pleased to share that we have awarded A&P Group Limited, part of the APCL Group, a new contract to carry out the next drydocking of MV Balmoral. This latest contract will result in the third Fred. Olsen refit to be carried out at the Falmouth facility in two years, with both Bolette and Balmoral previously visiting the facility. 🛳️ The signing of the new Balmoral contract took place in Liverpool this month, between Mike Spicer, Managing Director of A&P Falmouth, and our Chief Executive Officer Samantha Stimpson. Balmoral is set to enter drydock in December, where she will undergo a comprehensive 14-day work package. Samantha said: “We are proud to be working with APCL on our fifth drydock contract. Working with a UK yard means that together we are feeding directly back into the local economy, while also providing invaluable experience to A&Ps many apprentices. These programmes are vital, allowing us to complete essential maintenance to our wonderful smaller ship Balmoral, whilst also making a number of enhancements for our guests, and we look forward to completion of another busy and successful drydock."

Last week, our E-Commerce and Marketing Director, Sonia Holman, took part in a panel talk at the Travolution.com Start-up and Innovation Summit.    The Start-up and Innovation Summit was born to service the start-up community, and now focuses on a bigger push towards insights and solutions that address the biggest demands of the travel industry.    During the talk discussing Payments as the Future of Travel Innovation, Sonia discussed how you can offer value beyond payments, and how pain points for high speed, low cost and secure payments can be addressed.    Thank you to the Travolution Start-up and Innovation Summit for having us take part!

We have an exciting opportunity for an Apprentice to join our Product team at our Head Office in Ipswich! This is an exciting and varied role which provides the opportunity for an Apprentice to develop expertise in product lifecycle management within the cruise industry as well as to support the product management team in creating, refining, and delivering features that enhance the guest experience on board, increase revenue, and complement the cruise itineraries. 📋🛳️ The successful candidate will work towards the Business Administrator Level 3 qualification which has an estimated course duration of 18 months. ✅ For further details and how to apply, please click the below link!! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/epm3bxEb

Happy Diwali Festival to all of our guests, crew and partners celebrating this weekend! 🎆

We're pleased to share our employees of the month across our fleet for September. A huge well done to our team on board Borealis: Putu Aya Christina Dewi, Barkeeper Benjie Bechayda and Rassel John Reyes, Housekeeping Response team Erwen Laporteza, Galley Utility On Balmoral, we would like to congratulate: Thadaprateep Tassawan, nicknamed Nan, Assistant Bar Waitress Vishal Kallappa Puthran, Restaurant Waiter John Abordo, Demi Chef de Partie And on Bolette, a big thank you to: Elton John Libot, Junior Seafarer Deck Christian Estandarte, Oiler Veliston Pango, Culinary Utility Congratulations everyone!🛳️

We are excited to be recruiting for a Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance department at our Head Office in Ipswich on a 3 Month fixed term contract! This exciting and varied role will be responsible for all accounting aspects of the vessels and Head Office and will work alongside our existing Senior Management Accountant to share the workload during the transformation of the business as we undergo systems updates and process changes. 🛳️ For further details and how to apply, please click the below link! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eip9wXYH

We are excited to be looking for a Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to join our Finance team at our Head Office in Ipswich. 🔍 This is an exciting and varied role with a focus on Data Analysis and business partnering, Financial reporting, Financial modelling, Governance and playing a key part in supporting and the Finance department with staff development, training and management. For further details and how to apply, please click the below link! ⬇ https://lnkd.in/e39uVimw

This week, our incredible ship and shoreside teams came together for a 3-day Officers and Leadership Conference at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club — sparking collaboration, sharing ideas, and strengthening the connections that keep us moving forward. 🛳️ From strategic discussions to team dinners, it was a perfect blend of planning for growth and celebrating what makes Fred. Olsen such a great place to work. And this is just the beginning! In November, we’ll be back again with the rest of our leadership team— many of whom are currently at sea, ensuring the smooth running of our fleet. Here’s to continued success, collaboration, and an exciting future ahead!