Brittany Ferrie Media pack V1-12.06
Content Who are Brittany Ferrie? 3 The ferry market: France & Spain 3 Who are Brittany Ferrie cutomer? 3 Key benefit 3 Route 4 Complete felxibility 4 Brittany Ferrie at a glance 4 Mile better off 5 Driving in France & Spain 5 Driving to our UK port 5 Fleet and on-board information 5/6 Fare 7 The magic of France 7 Brittany 7 Normandy 8 Loire 8 South Wet France - Aquitaine & Midi Pyrénée 8 Wetern France Vendée Coat & Poitou Charente 8 The South Coat - Languedoc Rouillon & Côte d Azur 8 The magic of Spain 9 Andalucia 9 Aturia 9 Cantabria 9 Catilla-Leon & La Mancha 9 Galicia 9 Pai Valencia 9 The North Eat & Pyrenee 9 Brittany Ferrie a a tour operator 10 Cottage & Villa 10 Hotel Break 10 Apartment & Chalet Camping 10 Golf Break 10 Booking 11 Social Reponibility 11 PR Contact 11
Who are Brittany Ferrie? Privately owned French company created in 1972 and till largely owned by Breton farmer A car ferry ervice operating from nine port, linking four countrie: UK-France, UK-Spain & Republic of Ireland-France Market leader on the Wetern Channel with one of the larget French merchant fleet Mot modern fleet on the Channel 6 owned, 2 chartered and one operated by Condor on the Poole-Cherbourg route. Two new hip being delivered in 2007 and 2008 repectively. A leading upplier of ferry-incluive motoring holiday to France and Spain The company employ a total of 3000 taff (high eaon) of which 350 are UK baed. The majority work on board of which almot all are French national. All cruie-ferrie have air-conditioned cabin with en-uite facilitie - a total of 1,828 cabin acro the fleet. Key benefit Brittany Ferrie offer the widet choice of mile-aving route that can take you far cloer to the popular holiday region of wetern France, aving mile of driving through the congeted road of north-eat France. The choice of route i alo dependent upon town of origin and o the pread of port along the outh coat Portmouth, Poole and Plymouth i an attraction Brittany Ferrie ha the mot modern fleet on the channel, with ferrie that are more like cruie hip, and offer a uniquely French tyle of onboard ervice a all crew are French. The Ferry Market: France & Spain Jut over 5.7 million car croed the Channel in 2005. Approximately 19% croed on Wetern Channel route Brittany Ferrie ha 71% of thi market ector including 47% of the UK-Spain market and 29% of the Ireland-France market. In 2006 we carried 2.8 million paenger, over 800,000 car and almot 240,000 freight vehicle.
Route Portmouth to Caen Excellent road link to virtually every part of France. Choice of cruie and high peed ferry ervice. Portmouth to St Malo Ideal gateway to Brittany, Loire, Dordogne and South Wet France Portmouth to Cherbourg Ideal for Brittany, Normandy and Wetern France. High peed ferry ervice March to October. Poole to Cherbourg Choice of cruie and high peed ferry ervice. Plymouth to Rocoff Perfect tarting point for Brittany, with eay acce to France Atlantic Coat. Plymouth to Santander The fatet direct ferry croing from UK to Spain, and alo ideal for South Wet France. Complete flexibility Morning, afternoon and overnight departure year round to France Twice weekly overnight ailing to Spain from March to December Choice of high peed and cruie ferry ervice Mix and match route to uit any itinerary Brittany Ferrie at a glance Croing time Frequency Main hip Portmouth to Caen Mot popular route on 6 hour Up to 3 daily Mont St Michel the Wetern Channel. return ailing Normandie Ideal not only for Normandy, but alo for 3 1 /2 hour Weekend high- Normandie Loire, Pari and Southern peed ervice Expre Europe. Portmouth to Cherbourg Ideal not only for 3 hour Up to 2 return Normandie Normandy, but alo ailing daily Expre Brittany and beyond. Portmouth to St Malo Ideal for Brittany, Loire, 8 3 /4 hour Daily return Bretagne Dordogne and South ailing Wet France. Poole to Cherbourg Ideal not only for 4 1 /4 hour Up to 2 return Barfleur Normandy, but alo ailing daily Brittany and beyond. 2 1 /4 hour Daily return Normandie ailing May-Sep Vitee Plymouth to Rocoff Gateway to Brittany and 6 hour Up to 3 return Pont l Abbé ideal for Atlantic Coat, (Pont l Abbe) ailing daily Pont-Aven Dordogne and South 4 3 /4 hour Wet France. (Pont-Aven) Plymouth to Santander Unique ervice for 20 hour Up to 2 return Pont-Aven Spain, Portugal and ailing weekly South Wet France. (March Dec) Cork to Rocoff Direct Ireland to France 11 hour 1 return Pont-Aven flaghip ervice. ailing weekly (March Oct) 4
Mile better off See how many mile can be aved from the table below which how driving ditance from our port compared to Calai and the Tunnel. France and Spain are large countrie and journey planning i important. Driving in France - Ditance in mile Caen Rocoff St Malo Cherbourg Santander Calai/Tunnel Biarritz 475 495 426 507 150 615 Bordeaux 358 379 310 391 264 499 La Baule 195 152 111 202 505 380 La Rochelle 258 263 195 276 378 418 Pari 134 331 226 209 607 423 Quimper 225 60 120 231 606 168 Touloue 459 522 453 519 327 579 Tour 156 260 166 216 468 297 Driving in Spain - Ditance in mile Santander Rocoff St Malo Cherbourg Caen Calai/Tunnel Alicante 498 940 871 952 909 1059 Barcelona 423 720 651 718 649 777 Faro 598 1183 1115 1196 1154 1304 Libon 516 1101 1033 1114 1072 1222 Madrid 242 809 740 821 779 929 Marbella 587 1152 1084 1164 1123 1273 Oporto 390 996 928 1009 967 1117 Santiago 292 930 862 943 901 1051 Fleet and on-board information In addition to unique route, our hip offer unrivalled tandard of ervice, tyle and facilitie. Route (Duration/hr) Pont-Aven Plymouth Santander (20) Plymouth Rocoff (4 3 /4) Cork Rocoff (11) Mont St Michel Portmouth Caen (6) Pont l Abbé Plymouth Rocoff (6) Bretagne Portmouth St Malo (8 3 /4) Normandie Portmouth Caen (6) Barfleur Poole Cherbourg (4 1 /4) Normandie Vitee Poole Cherbourg (2 1 /4) Normandie Expre Portmouth Caen (3 1 /2) Portmouth Cherbourg (3) Driving to our UK port - Ditance in mile Portmouth Poole Plymouth Dover London 73* 109 215 75* Birmingham 145 142 200 185 Mancheter 226 223 275 257 Britol 93 69 115 195 Newcatle 331 337 399 341 Edinburgh 430 427 477 440 *NB Portmouth i cloer to London than Dover 5
Pont-Aven Mont St Pont Bretagne Normandie Barfleur Normandie Normandie Michel l Abbé Vitee Expre Ship decription Tonnage 39,500 30,000 19,321 24,534 27,541 20,133 5,000 6,581 Paenger Capacity 2400 2200 1200 2056 2123 1212 750 750 Car Capacity 650 884 410 580 600 590 185 260 On-board facilitie Retaurant l l l l l l Self Service Retaurant l l l l l l l l Salon de Thé l l l l l l Bar l l l l l l l l Bureau de Change l l l l l l l l Shop l l l l l l l l Playroom l l l l l l l l Cinema l l l l l Lift l l l l l l l l Diabled Cabin l l l l l Diabled Toilet l l l l l l l l Kennel l l Children Club l l l Teenage Area l l Tourit Information l l l l l l l l Sundeck l l l l l l Video Game Room l l l l l l l l Baggage Room l l l l l l Swimming Pool l Baby Changing Room l l l l l l l l Charge payable on board On-board accommodation** Commodore Cla 18 8 16 8 De Luxe 16 13 2 Berth Outide 12 59 3 2 Berth Inide 84 42 110 149 33 4 Berth Club 56 4 Berth Outide 106 68 4 85 139 44 4 Berth Inide 158 105 100 110 27 15 4 Berth Outide 106 68 4 85 139 44 4 Berth Inide 158 105 100 110 27 15 2 berth couchette 12 (hared facilitie) 3 berth couchette 100 (hared facilitie) Reclining Seat 47 416 454 416 295 F50, C100, 750 P58 Cot 15 15 15 15 15 15 **All cabin are en-uite unle otherwie hown Normandie Vitee - Reclining Seat: F=Free, C=Commodore, P=Pre-allocated 6
Fare The proportion of booking made online at continue to increae and it i eay to obtain a fare quote and identify the cheapet croing. Booking for both ferry croing and ferry-incluive holiday can be made online. Alternatively you can call our Reervation line 08705 360 360. Thi i located in the UK and the highly trained taff are all direct employee who anwer the telephone without the need to go through irritating prompt. The following i ueful to know when planning a journey: Fare are baed on date of travel (eaon, day, time), route, date of booking and length of tay Price are likely to be higher in ummer, on overnight croing and at weekend Price are likely to be lower in winter, on day and mid week ailing Shorter tay are generally cheaper than longer tay up to 40% cheaper Early booking uually mean lower price. Fare generally increae through the year Remember fare are only valid at the time of quotation The magic of France Brittany Our home region, Brittany i one of the mot popular holiday detination in France with over 270 mile of wonderful coatline providing heltered andy bay, little harbour, dramatic rugged cliff, iland and pretty etuarie. Inland Brittany offer gentle wooded hill and valley, river and medieval town and village. There are four main department Finitere to the wet, Cote d Armor to the north, Morbihan to the outh and Ille et Vilaine to the eat. The main citie are Renne, St Malo, Bret, Quimper, Lorient, Vanne and St Nazaire. Eating in Brittany i a delight with excellent eafood, thouand of creperie (erving avoury and weet pancake) and trong local cider. Brittany alo boat a rich Celtic culture, the old language, Breton, bearing imilaritie with Welh and Cornih. There are many art and muic fetival throughout the ummer, where the traditional national cotume i worn by local. Becaue of it proximity to our port of Rocoff and St Malo, anywhere in Brittany can be reached within a three hour drive. It i therefore very popular for familie with young children wihing to avoid a long drive in France. 7
Normandy Normandy i teeped in hitory, from William the Conqueror to the D-Day landing, and link between Normandy and Britain have alway been cloe. The famou Tapetry at Bayeux and the remarkable Memorial Mueum of Peace near Caen, a well a the landing beache themelve are epecially worth a viit. The main department are Manche, Calvado, Orne, Eure and Seine-Maritime and the main citie are Caen, Rouen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. At the border with Brittany i the magnificent Mont St Michel one of the wonder of France. Lover of fine food will know that thi i the home of cheee uch a Camembert and Pont-l Eveque, of rich creamy cuiine, and the ditinctive apple brandy known a Calvado. Our port of Ouitreham i jut 9 mile from Caen and i actually adjacent to Sword Beach. Cherbourg i at the top of the Cotentin peninular, providing eay acce to the wet of the region. Becaue of it variety, Normandy i perfect for a hort break or longer tay at any time of year. Loire The Loire Valley boat an array of châteaux and royal palace urrounded by fertile field and vineyard producing a range of uperb wine. The climate i mild and the cenery enchanting, jut right for a gentle touring and ight-eeing holiday. The region boat a number of fine citie Orlean in the Eat; Bloi, Tour, Anger, and Nante in the Wet. In addition to the Loire, there are a number of charming tributarie uch a the Indre, Cher, Sarthe and Mayenne. The area i known a the Garden of France for it abundance of freh produce. Famou wine include Sancerre, Bourgueil, Vouvray, Saumur, Anjou and Mucadet. Our port of Ouitreham or St Malo are both within an eay three hour drive of the Loire. South Wet France - Aquitaine & Midi Pyrénée For the wine lover, there are the famou vineyard of Bordeaux. For the hitorian, there are châteaux and fortified medieval village. There are alo mile of beache with tylih reort uch a Biarritz and Bayonne. Inland, the Dordogne and Lot valley boat ancient town, meandering river and pectacular cenery. To the outh, the Pyrenee have a character all their own, with ome outtanding local dihe and drink. The main citie are Bordeaux, Bergerac, Périgueux, Arcachon, Biarritz, Agen, Pau, Tarbe and Touloue. Wetern France Vendée Coat & Poitou Charente Further outh from Brittany and the mouth of the Loire, the Vendée coat ha long tretche of andy beache, cented pine wood and lively eaide reort. The area i popular with familie, particularly for camping and mobile home holiday. Poitou Charente i a varied region with ophiticated eaide reort and the hi-tech Futurocope theme park. The main citie are Poitier, La Rochelle, and La Roche ur Yon. The reort of St Jean de Mont, Port Bourgenay, Le Sable d Olonne and the iland Ile de Noirmoutier, Ile de Re and Ile d Oleron are popular. Good country cooking can be accompanied by local wine and of coure the finet brandy in the world from nearby Cognac. The South Coat - Languedoc Rouillon & Côte d Azur To the wet Languedoc Rouillon i the larget wine producing area in the world. It alo offer a vat tretch of andy coatline dotted with modern butling reort. The main citie are Perpignan, Carcaonne, Bezier and Montpellier. Further eat, you will find the tylih Riviera with reort uch a Canne, St Tropez and Juan le Pin. Inland lie the leepy timele countryide of Provence heading up to the foothill of the French Alp. The main citie are Mareille, Toulon, Avignon, Aix en Provence and Nice. 8
The magic of Spain Andalucia A long day drive from Santander, thi i the un-baked Spain that everyone know, with hitoric citie, whitewahed village and mile of popular beache. Aturia Thi i claic Green Spain rugged coatline with gloriou hidden beache; rolling countryide with ancient Romaneque churche and village; butling town each with their own fieta; and the backdrop of the pectacular Pico de Europa mountain waiting to be explored. A region of genuine natural beauty untouched by tourim and it all jut a hort drive from our port at Santander. Cantabria Our port of Santander i the capital of the region of Cantabria, and we have alway offered a wide range of holiday within an hort drive of the ferry terminal. In eay reach are beautiful beache, hitoric town and village, countryide, mountain the lit i endle. The ummer climate i warm, the beache and ea beautifully clean and parkling, and the dramatically changing landcape mean that you re never far from a new view or udden ecret pot. Catilla-Leon & La Mancha At the heart of ancient Spain, thi enormou region include the capital Madrid. Facinating old citie like Salamanca and Toledo are well worth a viit. There are alo pectacular nature reerve and beautiful river valley to be dicovered. Galicia Thi peaceful, unpoilt part of Spain ha been compared to Ireland not jut for it Celtic pat but for it rugged, green landcape and it air of rural peace. The region boat ome wonderful beache and ome of the bet eafood in Europe. The great city of Santiago de Campotela i the highlight, and i till a magnet for pilgrim. It Parador i the oldet hotel in the world. Pai Valencia Thi i the undicovered Cota Blanca away from the hutle and butle of Benidorm and Alicante in the mot luh and fertile part of Spain. We offer deerted beache, pretty hilltop village and the delight of Valencia. The North Eat & Pyrenee Linking the Mediterranean and Atlantic, thi region include the heady delight of La Rioja, the facinating hitory of the Baque country, and the beautiful walking and hiking country of the Pyrenee. For thoe thinking of cruiing to Santander and driving north through France, thi i the perfect area to explore on the way. 9
Brittany Ferrie a a Tour Operator Brittany Ferrie i more than imply a ferry company and i one of the larget elf-drive tour operator to France and Spain offering a huge range of ferry-incluive holiday which are old through travel agent a well a direct and can all (except golf break) be booked online. There are 4 main product: 1. Cottage & Villa With well over 1,500 gite, cottage, Spanih caa and villa to chooe from, thi brochure i the ultimate guide to elf-drive elf-catering holiday throughout France and northern Spain. All are ferry-incluive and offer outtanding value. Price match guarantee Find an identical holiday for le and Brittany Ferrie will match the price and give 38 worth of dining voucher for ue in any of our onboard main retaurant. Feature Cabin included on Spanih holiday and ave 15% on cabin price on route to France Take your pet All propertie inpected by Brittany Ferrie for guaranteed quality Perfect for firt-timer to France - 24/7 help line The cruie acro i an integral part of the holiday Holiday bonded with the Paenger Shipping Aociation, o if thing go wrong, your money i protected Over 30 year experience of arranging thee holiday Baggage allowance limited to what you can pack in your car 2. Hotel Break Find the perfect break in the bet region of France and Spain, including Paradore, river cruie activity holiday and car tour. All are ferry-incluive and offer outtanding value. Price match guarantee Find an identical holiday for le and Brittany Ferrie will match the price and give 38 worth of dining voucher for ue in any of our onboard main retaurant. Feature Cabin included on Spanih holiday and ave 15% on cabin price on route to France Take your pet pet-friendly hotel are identified All propertie inpected by Brittany Ferrie for guaranteed quality The cruie acro i an integral part of the holiday Holiday bonded with the Paenger Shipping Aociation, o if thing go wrong, your money i protected Over 30 year experience of arranging thee holiday 7 night for the price of 6 at many hotel At many hotel children under 12 tay free Hotel and route can be mixed and matched to create a unique holiday 3. Apartment & Chalet Camping Fun for all the family a great election of apartment, chalet on campite and holiday reort in France and northern Spain. All are ferry-incluive and offer outtanding value. Price match guarantee Find an identical holiday for le and Brittany Ferrie will match the price and give 38 worth of dining voucher for ue in any of our onboard main retaurant. Feature Cabin included on Spanih holiday and ave 15% on cabin price on route to France Mot reort have excellent entertainment All propertie inpected by Brittany Ferrie for guaranteed quality The cruie acro i an integral part of the holiday Holiday bonded with the Paenger Shipping Aociation, o if thing go wrong, your money i protected Over 30 year experience of arranging thee holiday 7 night for the price of 6 at many hotel Mix & match ferry croing and type of accommodation to create a unique holiday 4. Golf Break Enjoy the uncrowded coure of France and northern Spain with ome delightful hotel. All are ferry-incluive and offer outtanding value. Price match guarantee Find an identical holiday for le and Brittany Ferrie will match the price. Feature All reervation are handled by our Golf Dek manned by experienced golfer who can offer advice and guidance a well a book tee time. Cabin included on Spanih holiday and ave 15% on cabin price on route to France The cruie acro i an integral part of the holiday Holiday bonded with the Paenger Shipping Aociation, o if thing go wrong, your money i protected Over 30 year experience of arranging thee holiday Autumn and pring Golf Awayday from 62 10
Booking To book call 08705 360 360 or viit To book golf break call 0870 902 1818. Social Reponibility Brittany Ferrie modern hip and their engine are deigned for maximum fuel efficiency and the average CO2 emiion per paenger per km acro all hip and all route for 2005 wa calculated to be 24 gram. (Source: Climate Care). Thi i commendably low, when compared with hort-haul aviation, but Brittany Ferrie i alo taking tep to reduce it impact on the environment by uing low-ulphur fuel and i currently examining the feaibility of replacing ome of it foil fuel by bio fuel. Another meaure, albeit a minor one, i to ue eco-friendly ticket wallet manufactured from jute. PR Contact The Communication Department handle all requet for information from the media and the contact are: General preoffice@ Stephen Tuckwell Communication Director UK & I Tel: + 44 (0) 2392 402 985 tephen.tuckwell@ Gwyn Cherriman Pre Office Tel: 08709 010 215 gwyn.cherriman@ 11