Van Gogh Cruises
Club Cruise was a Netherlands-based cruise ship company, that chartered vessels to other operators, including Transocean Tours and Phoenix Reisen. The company had also operated ships under its own brands, first in 1999 on short cruises from the Netherlands and during 2008 in the United Kingdom cruise market under the banner of Van Gogh Cruises. Club Cruise was reportedly seeking to list itself in the London Stock Exchange. History Club Cruise was founded in 1999 to operate short cruises out of Rotterdam with one ship, . The service was not a success, and the company ceased operations after the 1999 northern hemisphere summer season. Subsequently, the ''Club 1'' was renamed MS ''Van Gogh'' and chartered to the France-based Nouvelles Frontieres. In 2002 the ship was chartered to the United Kingdom -based Travelscope. Two additional ships were acquired in 2006. was purchased from a Bahamas-based company and continued under charter to her previous operator, the Germany-based Phoenix Re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of Provinces of the Netherlands, twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coastline to the north and west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. The official language is Dutch language, Dutch, with West Frisian language, West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland. Dutch, English_language, English, and Papiamento are official in the Caribbean Netherlands, Caribbean territories. The people who are from the Netherlands is often referred to as Dutch people, Dutch Ethnicity, Ethnicity group, not to be confused by the language. ''Netherlands'' literally means "lower countries" i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vision Cruises
Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to: Perception Optical perception * Visual perception, the sense of sight * Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight * Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain understanding from digital images or videos * Machine vision, technology for imaging-based automatic inspection Perception of the future * Foresight (psychology), in business, the ability to envisage future market trends and plan accordingly * Goal, a desired result ** Vision statement, a declaration of objectives to guide decision-making Other perceptions * Vision (spirituality), a supernatural experience that conveys a revelation * Hallucination, a perception of something that does not exist Arts and media Events * Vision Festival, a New York City art festival * Visions (convention), a science fiction event Film and television Film * ''Vision'' (2009 film), German film * ''Vision'' (2018 film), Japanese-French film * ''The Vision'' (f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MS Salamis Filoxenia
MS ''Salamis Filoxenia'' was a cruise ship formerly owned by the Cyprus-based Salamis Cruises at end, but sold, because company closed business. She was built in 1975 by Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard as the ''Belorussiya'' class-cruiseferry ''Gruziya'' for the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union. She was rebuilt into a cruise ship during the 1980s. In 1995, she was renamed ''Odessa Sky'' and in 1999 briefly ''Club1'' before renamed ''Van Gogh'' later in 1999. In 2009, she was acquired by her current owner and renamed ''Salamis Filoxenia''. The ship has since been renamed to ''Titan'' and sold to ship-breakers in Gadani, Pakistan where she will be scrapped. Concept and construction The ''Gruziya'' was one of five cruiseferries built between 1975 and 1976 for the Black Sea Shipping Company for intra-Soviet Union service on the Black Sea. The ships were built to the same standards of technology and passenger accommodation as cruiseferries built outside the Eastern Bloc at the time. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Astoria Kiel (cropped)
Astoria may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Astoria, ex-wife of Muppet character Waldorf * Astoria Greengrass, a ''Harry Potter'' character * Astoria Rapunzel, in Italian animated series ''Regal Academy'' * Astoria, in comic book ''Cerebus the Aardvark'' * Astoria, a song by 40 Watt Sun Music * ''Astoria'' (Marianas Trench album) 2015 * ''Astoria'', a 2006 album by The Shys * '' Astoria: Portrait of the Artist'', a 1990 album by Tony Bennett Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * ''Astoria'' (book), by Washington Irving, an 1836 account of the founding of Astoria, Oregon * ''Astoria'' (film), a 2000 American drama film * ''Astoria'', a play by Jura Soyfer (1912–1939) Buildings * Astoria–Megler Bridge, a bridge that connects Megler, Washington, to Astoria, Oregon * Astoria (Amsterdam), a Jugendstil Office building in the Netherlands * Astoria, Stockholm, a cinema in Sweden * Astoria Theatre, Brighton, in England * Hotel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saga Pearl II
Motor ship, MS ''Saga Pearl II'' was a cruise ship of about that was built in Germany by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft as the ''Astor'' in 1981. After short unsuccessful operations with two owners, she was bought by the East German government in 1985 and renamed ''Arkona''. After 1990 the ship was operated by Seetours, which was acquired by P&O Princess Cruises in 1999, and then chartered to Transocean Tours as ''Astoria'' in 2002. From 2009 until 2019 she was owned by Saga Cruises as ''Saga Pearl II'' (and a short period as ''Quest for Adventure''), then withdrawn from service, laid up as ''Pearl II'', and scrapped in 2022. Design and construction ''Astor'' was built in 1981 as Yard no. 165 in the shipyard of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Werk Ross, Hamburg for the newly-formed German company Hadag Cruise Line, owned by the Government of Hamburg, City of Hamburg. Originally intended to be named ''Hammonia'', the Hammonia, female personification of Hamburg, she was launched as '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alexander Von Humboldt (2881088171)
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring. Humboldt and Carl Ritter are both regarded as the founders of modern geography as they established it as an independent scientific discipline. Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a non-Spanish European scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years. Humboldt resurrected the use of the word ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albatros In Eckernförde
An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds. Albatross or Albatros may also refer to: Animals * Albatross (butterfly) or ''Appias'', a genus of butterfly * Albatross (horse) (1968–1998), a Standardbred horse Literature * Albatross Books, a German publishing house that produced the first modern mass market paperback books * Albatros Literaturpreis, a literary award * "L'albatros" (poem) ("The Albatross"), 1859 poem by Charles Baudelaire * ''The Albatross'' (novella), a 1971 novella by Susan Hill * ''The Albatross'', the fictional propeller-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel ''Robur the Conqueror'' * ''Albatross'' (novel), a 2019 novel by Terry Fallis * ''Albatross'' (magazine), 1970s lesbian satirical magazine Film and television * Films Albatros, a French film production company which operated between 1922 and 1939 * ''Albatross'' (2011 film), a British film * ''Albatross'' (2015 film), an Icelandic film * ''Albatross'' (2022 film), an American ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metropolis Tur
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big city belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which is not the core of that agglomeration, is not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. The plural of the word is ''metropolises'', although the Latin plural is , from the Greek (). For urban areas outside metropolitan areas that generate a similar attraction on a smaller scale for their region, the concept of the regiopolis ("regio" for short) was introduced by urban and regional planning researchers in Germany in 2006. Etymology () is a Greek word, (plural: ) coming from , meaning "mother" and , meaning "city" or "town", which is how the Greek colonies of antiquity referred to their original cities, with whom they retained cultic and political-cultural connections. The wo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Association Of British Travel Agents
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures * Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more conce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saga Cruises
Saga Shipping, also known as Saga Cruises, a division of the Saga plc, is a cruise line headquartered in Folkestone, England. Saga Cruises exclusively markets to and operates for people aged 50 and over. History 1997–2005: Development In 1997, Saga Group purchased its first ship, ''Gripsholm'', from Cunard Line, after which it renamed the ship '' Saga Rose.'' The vessel was remodeled and arrived in Southampton on 14 May 1997, commencing operations thereafter. ''Saga Rose'' was briefly joined by '' Saga Pearl'' in the summer of 2003 after Saga chartered her. In November 2004, Saga purchased its second ship, ''Caronia'', from Cunard. After a £17 million refurbishment at Malta Dockyard in 2005 she entered Saga service as ''Saga Ruby''. 2006–2013: Attempts at growth In 2006, Saga founded a sub-brand, named "Spirit of Adventure," with the ship, '' Spirit of Adventure.'' The ship had most recently operated as ''Orange Melody'' as a charter for the Russian Metropolis company, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cruiseferry
A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship and a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of transportation. Cruiseferry traffic is mainly concentrated in the seas of Northern Europe, especially the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. However, similar ships traffic across the English Channel as well as the Irish Sea, Mediterranean and even on the North Atlantic. Cruiseferries also operate from India, China and Australia. Baltic Sea cruiseferries In the northern Baltic Sea, two major rival companies, Viking Line and Silja Line, have for decades competed on the routes between Turku and Helsinki in Finland and Sweden's capital Stockholm. Since the 1990s Tallink has also risen as a major company in the area, culminating with acquisition of Silja Line in 2006. List of largest cruiseferries of their time ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |