Hōʻailona ʻo Holland America Line i ka makahiki 150 ma Rotterdam

Ua hōʻea mai ka moku hae nui o Holland America Line ʻo Rotterdam ma ke awa o Rotterdam, Netherlands, i kēia kakahiaka ma hope o ke kaʻa ʻana o ka makahiki 150th Anniversary i haʻalele iā Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ʻApelila 3. ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o ka moku i ka lā pololei o ka lā hānau o Holland America Line he 150 makahiki. ʻO nā hoʻolauleʻa i komo pū me nā aliʻi, nā mea hanohano o ka ʻāina, nā luna awa a me nā malihini i hoʻomanaʻo i ka lā kūikawā.

Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo Pelekikena Holland America Line ʻo Gus Antorcha e Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet o Netherlands, ʻo Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb a me nā mamo a nā mea hoʻokumu mua o Holland America Line no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana ma Hotel New York, ka home o ke keʻena kumu mua o Holland America Line mai 1901 a 1977.
"ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o 150 mau makahiki e pili ana i ko mākou mōʻaukala, e pili ana i ke ʻano o kā mākou kūkulu ʻana ma luna o ka hoʻoilina o kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi e hoʻopili ai i nā makahiki 150 e hiki mai ana," wahi a Antorcha. "Mai kēlā mau lā mua, kūkulu mākou i ko mākou inoa ma luna o ka mālama a mākou i hāʻawi ai i kēlā me kēia kanaka i kau i luna. A i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi, inā he malihini kēlā kanaka, he titan o ka ʻoihana, he koa a he mea hoʻomaha paha, ua mālama ʻia kēlā me kēia me he mea lā he malihini i ko mākou home ponoʻī. He hōʻailona mau ia o kā mākou brand.
"ʻO ka lole o ka mōʻaukala i ulana ʻia mai nā milo o nā miliona o nā moʻolelo, a ma ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia moʻolelo he kanaka," wahi a Anttorcha. "Ua maopopo iaʻu he nui nā mokuna e kākau ʻia. A ke manaʻolana nei au he mau makahiki mai kēia manawa aku, e ʻākoakoa ka poʻe e hele mai ma hope o mākou ma kēia wahi ma Hotel New York e kaʻana like iā lākou.

Mai ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka moku ma o ka noho ʻana i ka pō, ʻike ʻia nā manawa poina ʻole. I loko o kahi lumi i hōʻiliʻili i nā ukana no ka poʻe malihini i ka makahiki 1900, ua hōʻike ʻo Holland America Line i kahi bele hoʻomanaʻo 150th Anniversary e hōʻike mau ʻia ma Hotel New York. Ua ninini kona Kamāliʻiwahine Margriet i ka champagne ma luna o ka bele, ʻo ia ka moʻomeheu Holland America Line i mālama mau ʻia no kahi hoʻokuʻu moku hou.

Ua hana pū ʻo Holland America Line me PostNL, ke keʻena leta o Netherlands, e hoʻolālā i kahi hōʻailona gula-foil Anniversary 150th Anniversary i hōʻike ʻia e Bob van Ierland, ka luna leka, Netherlands, ma ka hui. ʻO ka peʻa, i hoʻolālā ʻia e Frank Janse, e hōʻike ana i kahi kiʻi o nā moku hōʻailona ʻelua mai ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi o ka hui: ʻo Rotterdam VII, ka moku hou loa o Holland America Line, a me Rotterdam I, kāna moku mua. Hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ka peʻa paʻi liʻiliʻi ma Netherlands.

Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike nā lālā o kekahi o nā ʻohana hoʻokumu o Holland America Line i kahi ʻāpana hui mua e mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana kūikawā ma ka Rotterdam City Archives. ʻO ka poʻe i hele ma ka hui Hotel New York, ua komo pū nā lālā hui o Holland America Line a ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 o nā Mariners kiʻekiʻe o ka laina, nā malihini i holo ma kahi o 1,400 mau lā ma luna o nā moku o ka laina.

Ma hope o kahi pāʻina Gala ma ka moku ʻo Rotterdam VII, ua kono ʻo Antorcha i nā malihini o ka moku i kahi pāʻina a puni ka Lido Pool kahi āna i ʻai ai i ka lā hoʻomanaʻo o Holland America Line me ka moku Kāpena Bas van Dreumel a me Mai Elmar, ka luna hoʻokele o Cruise Port Rotterdam a me ka madrina o ka moku. "I nā mea kūkulu hale, nā mea kākau, nā mea ʻike a me nā mea ʻimi i lawe mai iā mākou i kēia lā. I na hanauna ohua i ike i na malihini mai uka a i uka. A ʻo ka mea nui loa, i nā poʻe kaʻa a me nā malihini i hilinaʻi iā mākou ma ke ala. Aloha ʻoe i 150 makahiki a me nā mea hou aʻe e hiki mai ana," wahi a Antorcha.

Ma ke ʻano he hopena o nā hanana ahiahi, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia ke kūlanakauhale o Rotterdam's Erasmus Bridge me kahi hōʻike kukui kūikawā e hoʻohanohano ana i ka makahiki 150th Anniversary o Holland America Line. Ma hope o ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana o ke alahaka, hele ʻo Antorcha i Amsterdam, Netherlands, a hui pū me Zuiderdam a me Grand World Voyage malihini a puni ka Lido Pool e hoʻomanaʻo i ka lā hānau o Holland America Line. ʻO nā moku ʻeiwa hou o ka ʻauwaʻa o Holland America Line i mālama pū i nā pāʻina makahiki ma luna o ka moku no nā malihini.