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Cruises: the fabulous destiny of the British company Cunard

2020-02-07T11:34:10.847Z


The cruise line celebrates its 180th anniversary in 2020 and announces the upcoming launch of a new Queen.


The cruise is fun. "Getting there is half fun!" , Chants Cunard's slogan on the poster dating from the 1920s. These were the Roaring Twenties, the peak of transatlantic crossings, the only way to reach America before the advent of the plane. The British company has been sailing for eighty years. Triumphant. She invented a philosophy of luxury at sea (first class) where the accessory is essential like a lifeline of which we only see the aesthetics fixed to the rail.

One hundred and eighty years after its foundation, the myth is still alive. Cunard will launch, in 2022, a new ship in line with its jewels, a Queen ... The fifth after the iconic Queen Mary 1 and 2 (out of the shipyards of Saint-Nazaire) and Queen Elizabeth also 1 and 2. This one is built in Italy at the Fincantieri shipyard. His name is kept secret. It will be the 249th ocean liner under the Cunard flag, the 4th in the current fleet.

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