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The MS ''Ambition'' is a cruise ship, most recently in service with AIDA Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, until her sale in 2022 to Ambassador Cruise Line, who renamed her ''Ambition'' and intend to commence cruising in 2023. The ship was completed in France as ''Mistral'' in 1999 for Festival Cruises. Between 2005 and 2019 she sailed as ''Grand Mistral'' with Ibero Cruises and ''Costa neoRiviera'' with Costa Cruises. History ''Mistral'' The ship was originally ordered by Renaissance Cruises in the summer of 1996, but the order was later withdrawn. The yard and bankers together held ownership of the ship through a company called Auxiliaire Maritime. During construction at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, the order was taken over by Festival Cruises, which would be receiving its first new-build vessel. Festival Cruises chartered the ship for the first 12 years, with the option to purchase the ship after the first six years. The ship was floated out on 2 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Cruises
S.p.A. (), operating as Costa Cruises, is an Italian cruise line founded in 1854 and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2000. Based in Genoa, Italy, the cruise line primarily caters to the Italian cruise market, but the company's 11 ships, which all sail under the Italian flag, provide itineraries sailing to countries globally.Company profile ." Costa Cruises. Retrieved on January 20, 2010. History Costa Line Founded in in 1854 by Giacomo Costa (1836-1916) as Giacomo Costa fu Andrea, the company originally operated[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AIDA Cruises
AIDA Cruises is a German cruise line founded in the early 1960s and organized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2003. Based in Rostock, Germany, AIDA Cruises caters primarily to the German-speaking market; as seagoing "club resorts", AIDA ships have on-board amenities and facilities designed to attract younger, more active vacationers. As of January 2022, the cruise line operates 14 ships. History The company was founded as Deutsche Seereederei (German Shipping Company) with a ship called '' Völkerfreundschaft'' ("Peoples' Friendship"), and entered the cruise industry in the 1960s. After the reunification of Germany in the early 1990s Deutsche Seereederei was privatised and became DSR. DSR acquired Seetours of Bremen and cruises were marketed under the Seetours brand. On 1 January 1998, DSR split their operations into cargo and tourism, with a new company Arkona Touristik taking over the cruise business. Then during 2000 a company was formed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Cruises
Festival Cruises (known as First European Cruises in North America) was a Greece-based cruise line that operated between 1994 and 2004. It was founded in 1992 by the Greek entrepreneur George Poulides using second-hand ships. The company acquired three new-built ships between 1999 and 2002, but was forced to declare bankruptcy in 2004. History George Poulides founded Festival Cruises in 1992. The company begun operations in 1994 after purchasing from Chandris Cruises. The following year the company acquired MS ''Starward'' from Norwegian Cruise Line, renaming her . A third second-hand ship followed in 1997, when MS ''Southern Cross'' was acquired from CTC Lines and renamed for service with Festival. Festival Cruises acquired their first newbuilt ship in 1999, when was delivered from Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France. In 2000 Festival Cruises announced that the company would be merged into Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), with the Festival Cruises brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantiers De L'Atlantique
Chantiers de l'Atlantique is a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. It is one of the world's largest shipyards, constructing a wide range of commercial, naval, and passenger ships. It is located near Nantes, at the mouth of the Loire, Loire river and the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, which make the sailing of large ships in and out of the shipyards easy. The shipyard was owned by Alstom from 1976 onwards, became Alstom-Atlantique, and was later part of Aker Yards when Aker ASA, Aker Group acquired the Alstom Marine business in 2006. In 2008, the South Korean company STX Corporation acquired Aker Yards, and the shipyard became part of STX Europe (formed by the renaming of Aker Yards). After the bankruptcy of STX Corporation, the shipyard was acquired by the French government and reverted to its original name of Chantiers de l'Atlantique. History The current Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard evolved from the Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, Saint-Naz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibero Cruises
Ibero Cruises ( es, Ibero Cruceros) was a British- American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Iberocruceros operated voyages from Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America. History The company was founded in 2003 as ''Viajes Iberojet'' and renamed in 2007 and became a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division. Ibero Cruises started with three ships; , , and which were provided by Orizonia. In 2008, the , provided by Carnival Cruises was transferred to the fleet of Ibero. An additional ship, the , was transferred into the fleet in 2009 from Carnival. It was announced in November 2014, that Costa Cruises would absorb Ibero Cruises in its entirety by the end of the year. The ''Grand Celebration'' would be transferred to the main fleet of Costa Crociere as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viajes Iberojet
Ibero Cruises ( es, Ibero Cruceros) was a British-American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Iberocruceros operated voyages from Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America. History The company was founded in 2003 as ''Viajes Iberojet'' and renamed in 2007 and became a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division. Ibero Cruises started with three ships; , , and which were provided by Orizonia. In 2008, the , provided by Carnival Cruises was transferred to the fleet of Ibero. An additional ship, the , was transferred into the fleet in 2009 from Carnival. It was announced in November 2014, that Costa Cruises would absorb Ibero Cruises in its entirety by the end of the year. The ''Grand Celebration'' would be transferred to the main fleet of Costa Crociere as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iberocruceros
Ibero Cruises ( es, Ibero Cruceros) was a British- American and Spanish owned cruise line based in Madrid, Spain. The cruise line was aimed at the Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets. Iberocruceros operated voyages from Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America. History The company was founded in 2003 as ''Viajes Iberojet'' and renamed in 2007 and became a joint subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporation, under the executive control of Costa Cruises Group, Carnival Corporation's European division. Ibero Cruises started with three ships; , , and which were provided by Orizonia. In 2008, the , provided by Carnival Cruises was transferred to the fleet of Ibero. An additional ship, the , was transferred into the fleet in 2009 from Carnival. It was announced in November 2014, that Costa Cruises would absorb Ibero Cruises in its entirety by the end of the year. The ''Grand Celebration'' would be transferred to the main fleet of Costa Crociere as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador Cruise Line
Ambassador Cruise Line is a British cruise line headquartered in Purfleet, Essex, United Kingdom. The company launched and announced the purchase of their flagship Ambience in May 2021 and commenced sales to the public in the following month. ''Ambience'' set sail for the first time on 20 April 2022, with a short cruise to Hamburg, Germany, followed by a cruise to Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t .... Current Fleet The following ship is operating for Ambassador Cruise Line. Future Fleet The following ship will operate for Ambassador Cruise Line. References {{reflist Cruise lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Mistral In Malta Harbor 12 May, 2006 (2) (cropped)
Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre * Grand Concourse (other), several places * Grand County (other), several places * Grand Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone * Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway, a parkway system in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States * Le Grand, California, census-designated place * Grand Staircase, a place in the US. Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Grand'' (Erin McKeown album), 2003 * ''Grand'' (Matt and Kim album), 2009 * ''Grand'' (magazine), a lifestyle magazine related to related to grandparents * ''Grand'' (TV series), American sitcom, 1990 * Grand piano, musical instrument * Grand Production, Serbian record label company * The Grand Tour, a new British automobile show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,418 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney people from the 4th millennium BC with the Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
