Fred Olsen has “taken the difficult decision” to pause its cruise operations until 23 May.
In a statement released today, the company said : “Along with many other cruise and travel companies, we are facing challenging and unprecedented times in our industry as a result of the ongoing global COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
“As more ports across the world close to cruise ships, it is becoming more challenging for us to offer our guests the holiday experience that we promised them.
“The current outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus is also making it increasingly difficult to be able to guarantee the safety of our guests and crew, which is always at the forefront of everything we do.
“Our priority now is to get all existing guests and crew home as safely and comfortably as possible. Any subsequent itineraries will not go ahead once the current cruises have come to an end.”
Fred Olsen will be contacting every guest personally to explain the situation and discuss their options. It is offering a full refund or a voucher which can be used to buy any future cruise costing up to 125 per cent of the original fare.
For the time being Olsen’s river ship Brabant is not affected by the pause in operations.
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