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Books - ART DÉCO, Splendour and magnificence of times gone by

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While on research for NORMANDIE, and his Splendour and magnificence, a symbol of times gone by, I came across this book - ART DÉCO written by Norber Wolf Now that books are shedding weight and dematerialising into electronic pads, I worry about the fate of coffee table books. Perhaps i see it a bit too dark. But books of a certain kind need to be bulky, and they also cry out to be displayed. Leafing through them can be as much of a tonic as the coffee or the wine on the table beside them. ART DÉCO, the style is so recognizable and widespread that its original impact on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutter of imitation.  by Earl of Cruise With Norbert Wolf, PRESTEL VERLAG has taken the right decision to present the splendour and misery of `ART DÉCO´ in its entirety. Embedded in the creativity and restlessness of the 1920s, ART DÉCO's design has shaped our taste for decades without ever being able to break out of its hybrid position between art …
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Luxury Lifestyle - An amazingly large number of 386,144 star hotels exist worldwide

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No less than 386,144 star rated hotels worldwide are waiting for their guests. This is the result of the latest study by DELTA CHECK, operator of the world's largest hotel database. The unexpectedly high number amazes even seasoned hotel experts. Among these star rated hotels are 19,390 in the 5star range! Seeing todays cruise companies trying to get a share in the highest revenue creating market segment is normal. The mass market companies can not create the revenue they need that easy in the lower end of the "food chain". The real money in the hospitality industry is created in the luxury end. But refering to hospitality ratings - there is no such thing as a 6star or 7star rating! It is a "dairy tale" or "alternative fact" labeling a luxury/luxurious product more than 5stars. The rating for the top high end luxury is 5star, eventually with an added "+". by Earl of Cruise
"This has a simple reason", explained DELTA CHECK founder J…
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Destination - Capri, Dolce Vita and Legends - a cruise on board ANDREA

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Capri filled with legends, over boarding beauty and Italian `dolce vita´ More than 190 years after the German painter August Kopisch's `discovery´ of the Grotta Azzurra in 1826, Capri (it is pronounced `KAH pree´, with an accent on the first syllable) is the most sophisticated island in the Mediterranean. The sound of its name evokes nostalgia, beauty and enthusiasm. And more so, each one of us can and will find its `own´ Capri. by Earl of Cruise
During a Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona to Venezia on board the yacht like ANDREA of ELEGANT CRUISES & TOURS one of the beautiful destinations has been Capri ...

Capri smells of sweet life, light moments, riches and pomp. It is the island of love and happiness. Capri is the place for yearning, dreams and wonderful craziness. Capri is a myths in the Mediterranean Sea, unique and tender, full of promises. Capri is a promise.
Rudi Schurike `Capri Fischer´, 1943, only a short time after the recording, the song was blocked by the Nazi…
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Books - ART DÉCO, Splendour and magnificence of times gone by

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While on research for NORMANDIE, and his Splendour and magnificence, a symbol of times gone by, I came across this book - ART DÉCO written by Norber Wolf Now that books are shedding weight and dematerialising into electronic pads, I worry about the fate of coffee table books. Perhaps i see it a bit too dark. But books of a certain kind need to be bulky, and they also cry out to be displayed. Leafing through them can be as much of a tonic as the coffee or the wine on the table beside them. ART DÉCO, the style is so recognizable and widespread that its original impact on the culture in which it emerged has been all but lost in the clutter of imitation.  by Earl of Cruise With Norbert Wolf, PRESTEL VERLAG has taken the right decision to present the splendour and misery of `ART DÉCO´ in its entirety. Embedded in the creativity and restlessness of the 1920s, ART DÉCO's design has shaped our taste for decades without ever being able to break out of its hybrid position between art …
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Heritage - Hedy Lamarr, the Dishonored Lady behind our WiFi

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Hedy Lamarr: Frequency Hopping in HollywoodHedy Lamarr, born as Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, November 9th, 1914 in Wien, was known as the most beautiful woman in film and one of the most controversial at all. Hedy Lamarr is known to be the first nude in film, and who portrayed an orgasm - it was in the film `Ekstase / Ecstasy´. Hedy Lamarr´s beauty but was too her challenge. Because of her beauty, Hedy Lamarr´s interlectual capabilities had been underestimated, if ever regarded. by Earl of Cruise
Hedy Lamarr´s image - the Beauty Queen The `Strange Woman´, a title of one of Hedy Lamarr´s movies, was so much more than being a simple beauty. With the composerGeorge Antheil, Hedy Lamarr developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, which used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers, at the beginning of WW II.
Hedy Lamarr Movie star, inventor of WiFi, her potential success far beyond Hollywood
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Luxury Cruise - Luxury Cruise ship ambiance, what to expect

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The ambience to expect on a luxury cruise shipThose who did not have the chance growing up in wealthy surrounding may feel intimidated by the "rich and beautiful", they may feel as underdogs, not accepted and such ... It is all about having self-assuredness or not, which is not depending on having money or not. There is only one thing to avoid: creating an alternative world around and about you! The fact you can afford such a luxury cruise, and enjoying being pampered, is reason enough that you as "once in a lifetime" luxury cruiser will be accepted. But don´t play a role, or brag around to be accepted - a no go!
by Earl of Cruise

A suite (suite in music an "episode or sequence") or suite of rooms is a series of rooms (of at least two or more lounges for sleeping, living or working purposes, which together with at least one full bathroom with WC form a common room) of similar function and higher furnishing standards, which are connected to each other or onl…
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Cruises - Millennials And Cruising

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Milenials and Cruising A Millennial (Generation Y / what we might have called a young person in an earlier age) is defined as a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st Century. Researchers typically use people born in the early 1980s as a starting point to early 2000s as a closing point. Today, the Milenials (Generation Y) might be described as 18-34 agers. by Kevin Griffin These researches are reflecting the mass or premium market. editing by Earl of Cruise Average Passenger Age According to CLIA, as recently as 2011, the average age of cruise passengers topped 50 and only 7% were between 25 and 29. But the average age of cruisers has now dropped quite significantly, from 56 in 2002 to 46 in 2015.
Younger Milenials and especially kids are the cruisers of tomorrow. I made this experience by myself - my first contact with the vacancy at sea was with an age just under 5, those whom i met onboard with my age had been caught by the same bug as me, and later talking to fell…
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Luxury Lifestyle - An amazingly large number of 386,144 star hotels exist worldwide

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No less than 386,144 star rated hotels worldwide are waiting for their guests. This is the result of the latest study by DELTA CHECK, operator of the world's largest hotel database. The unexpectedly high number amazes even seasoned hotel experts. Among these star rated hotels are 19,390 in the 5star range! Seeing todays cruise companies trying to get a share in the highest revenue creating market segment is normal. The mass market companies can not create the revenue they need that easy in the lower end of the "food chain". The real money in the hospitality industry is created in the luxury end. But refering to hospitality ratings - there is no such thing as a 6star or 7star rating! It is a "dairy tale" or "alternative fact" labeling a luxury/luxurious product more than 5stars. The rating for the top high end luxury is 5star, eventually with an added "+". by Earl of Cruise
"This has a simple reason", explained DELTA CHECK founder J…
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ss NORMANDIE 1935-1942 IV

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©coloured by Daryl LeBlanc by Earl of Cruise
Die Decks der NORMANDIE Seitenriß
Der folgende Deckplan zeigt die Decks mit Einrichtungen und Kabinen für die I. Klasse (Cabin Class).
D Deck
C Deck
B Deck
A Deck
Main Deck
Promenade Deck
Boat Deck
Sun Deck
 Deckchair Arragement
Cutaway / Seitenaufriß der NORMANDIE
Profil der NORMANDIE
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Books - Liner scale drawings the story of a long journey to LINERS

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