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1) The majestic Sea Cloud II is one of the most exclusive sailing boats in the world. After Nice, it travelled to Elba the same day 2) Publisher Petra Hall met the guests at the gangway, pictured here with Director of Centre de Presse Monaco François Chantrait 3) Véronique Bürki-Despont has been the director of communications at Monaco’s Société des Bains de Mer for just over a year 4) Véronique de Lavenne came over from the Principality of Monaco where she heads the Marlborough Gallery of Modern Art. Until 29th November, the works of David Rodriguez Caballero will be displayed here 5) The captain of the Sea Cloud II and Petra Hall welcomed the guests into the vessel’s elegant lounge. 6) Béatrice and Michèle Tournadre from KBL Monaco Private Bankers wanted to stay on board for the next adventure of the Sea Cloud II 7) When business partners become good friends: sailing legend Herbert Dahm and Petra Hall 8) The director of SAP Labs France, based in Sophia Antipolis, chatted with Valérie Armorison from Banque Populaire Côte d’Azur 9) Happy about the success of the event: Vice President for Sea Cloud Cruises Anja Ringel (left) and Sea Cloud II expert Antje Bosse 10) François Chantrait spoke with Nathalie Gamory-Dubourdeau from Monaco Real Estates
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a special ‘thank you’ to our partners It was an unforgettable day, blessed by beautiful sunshine in the port of Nice, and was truly poignant for all. 11
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he Sea Cloud II is unlike virtually any other vessel on the seas, combining the timeless elegance of the Windjammer of the past with the luxurious comfort and modernities of today’s cruise ships. Its exclusivity and prestige made it the perfect location for The Riviera Times and the Riviera Côte d’Azur Zeitung to extend a hand of thanks to our long-term partners and ad-
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vertisers for their wonderful loyalty to our newspapers. For those who could not be there to share the moment with us at the time, we express here our gratitude for their support. As Sea Cloud II expert Antje Bosse aptly said in her speech on board the boat, “Your magazines and our ship have one thing in common: opening horizons and bringing together special people.”
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11) Nancy Baum represented Pantaenius as Director Michael Kurtz was sadly unable to join us himself because of a business trip 12) Michael Graf told Petra Hall about his exciting business, Black Pearl, in Monaco 13) Lawyer Stefan Kesting from Kesting & Partners operates between France and Germany 14) Here come the girls: Petra Benzing, our friendly marketing director, Véronique Bürki-Despont, Béatrice and Michèle Tournadre, and Véronique de Lavenne 15) Shop talk among professionals: Joachim Strautmann from Banque Edmond de Rothschild and Peeter T. Hart from ABN Amro Bank 16) Bjarni Breidfjord from Luxuria, pictured with James Pouliot, found the perfect place for his copy of The Riviera Times 17 ) Experts in luxury real estate Andrea Gerresheim and Aurélie Thomas from Michaël Zingraf 18) Bernd Poensgen represented renowned kitchen company Siematic 19) Despite a long trip from the Var, Anne and Dr. Karl Ralph Jennessen were able to join us. Dr. Jennessen is part of the team at the International Medical Center of Provence in Tourrettes 20) Lufthansa and British Airways met at sea: BA Nice Côte d’Azur and Marseille airports manager Stéphane Ranson (l.) with Pierre Bogdanovic, manager for Lufthansa in Nice and Bastia 21) RFP financial adviser Yves Derrien, Jesper Bitsch from Jyske Bank Private Banking in Cannes and Peeter T. Hart of ABN Amro Bank in Valbonne (left to right) with Petra Hall 22) German entrepreneur Daniela Inhofer with friend Sonja Pilstl and independent financial adviser Mike Lorimer