Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, the British destinational cruise operator, has reported taking the highest-ever number of advance registrations for its 2014-15 cruise programme.

The cruise line is attributing the upsurge in advance registrations to the range of itineraries – to hundreds of amazing and exotic destinations worldwide, from an even greater choice of convenient regional UK ports than ever before – that it launched in London last week,” the company said in a statement.

Nathan Philpot, Sales and Marketing Director for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “We have received over 800 advance registrations for our 2014-15 cruise programme, which is an unprecedented level of demand."

“The itineraries of many of these advance registration bookings are for cruises that are themed, or planned to coincide with world-famous events, such as the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, or the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Other pre-booking favourites include a ‘Mystery Cruise’ on Black Watch and a series of ‘Norway Winter’ departures to view the ‘Northern Lights’. We are particularly grateful for the support that our loyal agents have given us in promoting these cruises to their clients.”

Fred. Olsen will be visiting no fewer than 246 destinations in 2014-15 – even more than in the previous cruise season – in 85 countries around the globe. The 2014-15 cruise programme will also see the addition of two new regional UK departure ports – Avonmouth and Tilbury.