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Le Festival de Cannes et ses palais

In 1939, during preparations for the first Cannes Film Festival, the organisers already had their eye on future editions, coming up with the idea of a purpose-built palais to house the event. It should be mentioned that, two years earlier, Venice inaugurated its own Palazzo del Cinema, a huge auditorium for film screenings during the Biennale. But Cannes would have to wait a few years; the war, then lack of money, meant the project had to be postponed.
The story of the Cannes Film Festival’s first palais starts at the beginning of last century. In 1898, the Hôtel Gallia closed its doors. As a result, the Casino des Fleurs, housed within its walls, disappeared from the Cannes map. The city council of the time decided to give Cannes a new gambling establishment. Tourism was taking off and building new infrastructure had become a priority.
The new casino opened in 1907, near the Albert-Edouard pier, at the beginning of the Boulevard de la Croisette. Extensions carried out after the First World War meant the building was in a position to host countless society events. Thanks to its efficient manager, Mr André, the establishment called upon well-known architects to add touches like an American bar and a sumptuous Ambassadors’ Lounge. Thus set off to advantage, the casino became a real tourist attraction and its gala evenings proved a great success.
When, in 1939, the city of Cannes signed the contract to organise the International Film Festival, the French State sought guarantees and, as a top priority, a suitable venue for the event. There was even a clause concerning the projection-room equipment, intended to become a symbol of French hi-tech. The city casino, run by the city council, was an obvious choice to house the projection room for films in the competition. And its hall was the chosen venue for the film screenings. Mr Février, the building’s architect, was called upon to draw up the plans for installing the cinematographic equipment. Negotiations got under way with various acoustic and cinematographic hardware companies in order to settle upon a price for the hire of the equipment.
One thousand seats were ordered by the Cannes organisers for the auditorium, together with sound and projection equipment and a wide screen. In addition, an engineer and two operators were hired to take care of the technical issues. The quotation came to 140 000 francs, on top of which had to be added the purchase of a fabric to cover the walls for improved acoustics, thirteen fans and carpeting worth 65 000 francs.
Work was completed within two months. The auditorium was opened by the Mayor of Cannes, Pierre Nouveau, who took the opportunity to pay tribute to the citizens of Cannes, without whose efforts an accomplishment on such a scale would not have been possible: “The installation was carried out in record time thanks to the firms and workers of Cannes, who immediately understood the reasons behind the task that was asked of them,” said Mr Nouveau.
The auditorium was richly decorated and seated an audience of one thousand. From August onwards, the public could book their seats. Individual and season tickets were available for purchase at all Cannes hotels and branches of the Agences Havas news agency in Nice and Monte Carlo. Screenings for members of the jury, foreign delegates and journalists had to take place in an adjoining auditorium a quarter of an hour prior to those intended for the other festival-goers. The only private screening to take place in this auditorium in 1939 was that of William Dieterle’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, a few days before war was declared and the Cannes festivities were immediately interrupted.
Their gamble had paid off, yet the Cannes organisers were well aware that these hasty measures were only temporary. As early as the first edition, they contemplated building a proper palais; the site was chosen and scale models were produced, for a venue with twice the capacity. It was hoped that everything would be ready in time for the 1940 Festival, but once again the war meant there was nothing for it but to abandon the project until a later date. In 1946, with the revival and realisation of the first Cannes Film Festival, the construction project rematerialised. Within the space of just a few years, the Palais, so eagerly awaited, would open its doors. The third Cannes Film Festival went ahead, despite the building being not quite completed.

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-October 2001: creation of Go Technologies, our computer service company for our customers to be offered our various computer skills: training, maintenance, equipment sale.

-July 2003: being located on The French Riviera, we had the idea of getting European luxury and sports car rentals together for you, customer, to be able to find in a click time the car of your dreams at the best price: JUST 4 VIP reservation central was born.

Our slogan is to offer you the best quality/ price car in respecting as well service and product quality. Our prices are not higher than those of our renting agency partners so that our customers stay ours. In case you were given any better price opportunity elsewhere, we would give you our word to pay you back the price difference at the time of your car renting (except if our renting partner changed his rates in the meantime).
From then on, all our energy has been dedicated to manage, update and improve our reservation central services.

-April 2005: successful as a renting reservation central, we made up our mind to diversify our business in renting cars. We bought, then cars and had at that time quite a large number of cars in our French Riviera fleet.
We were working with 25 luxury car rental agencies throughout Europe with more than 160 different car models on our website: Smart, Cooper Mini, each Mercedes type.
Our partner rental agencies can be found in the biggest European cities. You can also enjoy our cars from everywhere else you wish with added delivery costs.

-Year 2006: that was the year of many more new cars. First, we could offer a wider range of cars to our customers, such as Lamborghini Gallardo Spider Orange, F430 Spider Ferrari, convertible 4S Carrera 997 Porsche, Q7 Audi.
Note that we were the first to rent out the new coupé TT Audi.
We were also already able to offer our new F430 Spider Ferrari.
But soon, a brand new partnership will enable us to own far more cars for the years to come.

-Year 2007: thanks to our new partnership, we managed to offer many more luxury cars to our customers. Our policy is quality for you to enjoy driving our cars:
-Very well maintained cars (less than 15,000 kms for luxury and sports cars). Besides, all our cars over this mileage are sold.
-Original models like the Spider F430 Ferrari whose white colour was unanimously approved by all our customers.
-March 2007: opening of our JUST 4 VIP agency in Paris.
-June 2007: opening of our JUST 4 VIP agency in Bordeaux.
-From June to September 2007: opening of a car recovery spot around St Tropez to be even better able to react and help our customers if a problem might occur.
That year, we enjoyed meeting again our customers of the past years as well as being published in newspapers and on T.V.
That summer, the following car models were available: GTC Bentley, vonvertible 4S 997 Porsche, white Spider F430 Ferrari, Spider TT Audi, convertible series 3 BMW, M6 convertible BMW, Volante DB9 Aston Martin, the new Cayenne S Porsche.

-For 2007/ 2008 winter: all the SUV range was available: black 5-seater S Cayenne Porsche, dark grey 6-seater 3.0 Avus Audi Q7, and our brand new white 7-seater full option BMW X5.

-For 2008: we intend to offer at your disposal, the following cars:
White Spider F430 Ferrari, convertible AMV8 Aston Martin, black GTC Bentley, convertible 4S Carrera Porsche 997, Turbo Techart Porsche 997, Spider Gallardo Lamborghini, convertible M6 BMW, convertible Phantom Rolls, coupé M3 BMW, new AMG SL 63 Mercedes. But also the whole range of Mercedes, BMW, …
-In March 2008:
-opening of our agency in Brussels.
-our addresses in Paris and Bordeaux are new ones!
-Our agency in Barcelona should open this year.

For 2009 :

- We have propose for you this year: Ferrari California, Ferrari F430 Spider blanche, Ferrari 575 Maranello, Aston Martin AMV8 Cab (sporshift), Bentley GTC noir, Porsche 997 Carrera 4S cab, Porsche 997 Turbo cabriolet, Lamborghini Gallardo spider, BMW M6 cabriolet , Rolls Phantom Cabriolet, Audi R8. And also all the brand of Mercedes, BMW...

For 2010 :

- For this new year and with the world crissis, we are arrived to propose all the new model of cars: Ferrari 458, Mercedes SLS, Porsche Panamera, new Porsche Cayenne, Aston Martin Rapide. We have also sign some autorisation to have representative office in Czech Republic and South of Spain (Marbella)

And For 2011 :

- This new year will be great with always the new model and a new partnership with a Private concierge to give to you all the servicies you need on the French Riviera and the winter station for the Winter.

We will propose also to you a lot of trip in Europe with a stop in the very nice place......

Exclusive Louis Vuitton handbags

An exclusive Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork handbag, one of only 24 in the world and 5 in North America (we know Beyoncehas one), is on its way to Washington by the end of the season for a very special, unnamed, client. We here at Luxist first covered the Tribute Patchwork back in March, and since then it's been making quite the name for itself. As one of the most expensive handbags in the world, the Tribute Patchwork has become this summer's ultimate status bag. Priced at $52,500 and made from best parts of 14 other LV bags, it easily overshadows the competition in originality, style, and class.

Private Islands Worldwide

Baliceaux is privately owned by the members of one family whose grandfather lived on the island prior to his death in 1922.

Located just 5 miles from Mustique and Bequia, these two islands are international destinations and provide Baliceaux with great potential for tourism development.

This gentle oasis is approximately 320 acres and is uninhabited and unspoiled.

Price : 20 million Dollars

EXCLUSIVE: The Luxury Yacht Charter Authority

Yachtstore has been in the luxury yacht charter business since 1995. We represent more than 5,000 crewed yachts worldwide, and we specialize in the charter of super yachts more than 120 feet long. Our international yacht charter specialists are experts in motoryachts, sailing yachts, expedition yachts, and catamarans, and we are ready to help you select the luxury yacht that is ideal for your charter vacation.

Our yacht charter services include educating you about the various styles of super yacht vacations, providing you with insight into the captains and crew aboard each yacht, negotiating the best possible deal with the yacht’s owner, working with the yacht’s captain to arrange a perfect itinerary, communicating with the yacht’s chef to see that your dietary preferences are met, ensuring that your funds are disbursed securely, and being available to you for any questions—even after your yacht charter is under way.

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We provide these services globally. Super yachts are available in many luxury yacht charter destinations including the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Americas, and South Pacific.

Our goal at Yachtstore is to create the perfect yacht charter experience for our clients who return year after year. We also have a seasoned yacht sales team for any luxury yacht charter clients who are ready to move into yacht ownership.

Les plus belles émeraudes au monde

Le Devonshire, un cristal brut d'un vert soutenu de 1 384 carats, est peut-être l'émeraude la plus célèbre. Extraite dans la mine de Muzo (Colombie), elle fut offerte en 1831 à William Cavendish, le 6^e duc de Devonshire par l'empereur Pierre I^er du Brésil. En 1956, on a trouvé une émeraude de 11 000 carats, en Afrique du Sud. Les émeraudes les plus connues (et exposées) sont dans les villes suivantes :

• Palais de Topkapi à Istanbul (16 300 carats) ;
• Musée minéralogique de Moscou (11 130 carats) ;
• Kunsthistorisches Museum de Vienne : émeraude dite « de Moctezuma », bloc de calcaire couvert de cristaux d'émeraude qui fut offert à Cortés par le souverain aztèque ; flacon à parfum (2 680 carats) ;
• Vienne (2 200 carats) ;
• Trésor impérial d’Iran à Téhéran ;
• British Museum à Londres ;
• L'American Museum of Natural History à New York présente une gemme exceptionnelle, la Patricia ;
• L'émeraude Isabella de 964 carats ayant appartenu à la famille d'Hernan Cortés, remontée en 1993 d'une épave engloutie en 1757 au large des côtes de la Floride par Victor Benilous^7,8.

Blood to Black Diamond Lamborghini LP 640 costs $740,000

You could also upgrade the Lamborghini LP640 to either 710 or 750 HP. The name of the upgraded car may have been inspired by the movie Blood Diamond, and the car does look fit enough to be cast in a Hollywood movie. The demonstration car costs $525,000 but if you would like to get a new one with all the customizations done from the scratch, it would cost you almost $740,000! Considering the price of Lamborghini Reventón Roadster which was close to $1.6 million, The LP 640 JB-R is quite affordable indeed.
Lamborghini LP640 is one of the best looking, most powerful and amazingly luxurious sports cars to be launched recently. The base model is quite impressive and ranks amongst the best in the world in terms of speed and power. Understanding the importance of this model, JB design has upgraded the Lamborghini LP640 to make it look like a killer vehicle, literally. The new customized Lamborghini LP640 comes with a mess of carbon fiber, a "Blood to Black Diamond" paint job, dark red ultrasuede interior and a look that you can't easily forget.

Rolex: Montre de Luxe

Rolex est une entreprise suisse concentrant ses activités sur la fabrication, la distribution et la vente de montres de luxe.

Fondée en 1908 par Hans Wilsdorf, Rolex forme partie des marques les plus chères au monde. Rolex est également la plus grande compagnie produisant une seule marque de montre de luxe avec une production d’environ 2,000 pièces par jour et une recette annuelle de plus de 3 milliards de dollars (US).

L’histoire de cette marque remonte à 1905, l’année où Hans Wilsdorf s’était établi à Londres et avait fondé une compagnie de manufacture de montres avec son beau-frère Alfred Davis. Baptisée Wildorf & Davis, cette compagnie se concentrait sur les montres de luxe. À cette époque, la Suisse était au cœur de la production de montres, car seuls ses artisans étaient capables de fabriquer des mouvements mécaniques assez petits pour tenir à l’intérieur des montres de poche.

Gresso : un iPhone 4 à 10 000 dollars

L’iPhone 4 semble être l’un des smartphones les plus convoités de cette génération.

Gresso, une société spécifiant ses activités dans le domaine de la téléphonie et des accessoires de luxe, l’a très bien compris et propose actuellement un modèle de ce petit bijou de technologie venant dans une coque faite dans un bois rare, orné d’or 18 carats et diamants.

Cet iPhone 4 coûtera dans les alentours de 10,000 dollars et offrira un petit plus à ses acheteurs : le problème de l’antenne complètement résolu.

Baptisée « Black Diamond », cette édition spéciale de l’iPhone 4 est semblable à tous les autres iPhone 4 de face, cependant, elle se distingue des autres de dos, car elle arbore un logo « Apple » en or 18 carats qui abrite par la même occasion un petit diamant.

Autre spécificité de cet appareil, l’antenne a été recouverte d’un mince film noir, lui assurant une bonne réception du réseau même lorsqu’elle est tenue de côté.