Cruise & Ferry Interiors 2024

99 Photo: credit branding more into line with how we feel about our modern and innovative company, and make it our own, while still honouring the achievements made in the previous three decades under the helm of former owners Gary and Mike Oliver.” says Farrell. “The timing also coincided with moving into the new premises - we wanted to add a little character by making the branding bolder and more colourful, and to reflect that in the style of our new offices.” Making numerous changes while ensuring the company remains relevant and true to its foundations is a fine balance, but Farrell feels that he and Welham have achieved this goal. “We’ve invested heavily in new technical roles over the last few years,” says Farrell, “In order to support our project managers, and ensure the plans we make prior to beginning an outfitting project are as robust as possible. Our main goals are consistency and quality, and we put maximum effort into ensuring those two things.” Trimline is also doing its utmost to reduce its environmental impact. “We’re constantly looking at little ways we can improve internally – one recent example is the sourcing of recycled and recyclable wrapping tape,” says Farrell. “We use miles of tape during each project, both in packaging material and in protecting the space on-board ships. This new tape is both more cost-effective and kinder to the environment than the previous product.” Trimline is busy and getting busier. In the last 12 months, the UK-based company has completed five casino conversion projects for Royal Caribbean International, which were all carried out while the ships were in service and with minimal impact to passengers. The company is just gearing up to begin a fourth restaurant rebranding for Seabourn, which also must be completed while the ship is in service, along with a number of multi-millionpound refits this summer. “Moving forward, our focus is on large-scale repeat projects,” says Farrell. “We enjoy replicating the same venues on multiple ships – this work was constrained during the Covid pandemic, but those types of projects are picking up again. Trimline is not in the business of ‘quick wins’ – our objective is always to be a long-term trusted partner for our clients; we learn how we each work, and we tailor our systems to suit. We’re excited to see what the future holds!” The restaurant conversion onboard Seabourn Sojourn involved new carpeting, upholstery, lighting and decoration works designed by the Seabourn interior design team

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