ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM ABSTRACT ACC is an extension of conventional cruise control system. An ACC system is a driver convenience system which automatically adjusts the vehicle speed and distance to that of a target vehicle. ACC uses a long range RADAR/LIDAR sensor to detect a target vehicle up to 200 meters in front and automatically adjusts the ACC vehicle speed and gap accordingly. ACC automatically decelerates or accelerates the vehicle according to the desired speed and distance
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Allure Cruise Line – Challenges of Strategic Growth and Organizational Effectiveness Who are the “major players” in the North American cruise industry? The “major players” in North America cruise industry are‚ Carnival‚ P&O Princess (P&OP)‚ RCC and Star Cruises Group accounted for 69% of capacity in 2002. In 2006‚ with P&O Princess now part of Carnival‚ the top three reached over than 79%. In progress the top three “major players” would increase to 81% by 2010. With the emergence of MSC Cruises as
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Exploring a Sea of Global Opportunity Carnival Cruise Lines is one of the most successful cruise lines in the world. They have taken an industry that once only catered to the elite and turned it into a possibility for people of varying economic means all over the world. In their quest to provide a service with mass appeal‚ Carnival has become the very definition of international business. The cruise line industry has seen a substantial amount of growth in the last
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ABSTRACT Cruise control system is developed for highway driving. This system is useful for driving in roads which are big‚ straight‚ and the destination is far apart. When traffic congestion is increasing‚ the conventional cruise control becomes less useful. The adaptive cruise control (ACC) system is developed to cope up with this situation. The conventional cruise control provides a vehicle with one mode of control‚ velocity control. On the other hand‚ ACC provides two
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Cruises: The Ugly Truth When most people think of taking a cruise‚ they imagine visiting exotic places‚ lounging by the pool or beach and sipping on exotic drinks. Add to this the promise of all you can eat gourmet food and days of pampering and you have what sounds like the vacation of a lifetime. This is for good reason. The cruise industry spends millions of dollars a year in advertising to ensure that this fantasy image fills the minds of not only potential cruisers but also veteran
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Carnival Cruise 1. What global forces have contributed to the growth of the cruise-line industry? One of the forces that contributed to the growth of the cruise industry was the arrival of the transoceanic airline. The shipping lines had to come up with a way to compete with the new speedy and affordable way of travel. Another global force is the working middle class that the cruise industry now targets in addition to the rich. 2. What specific steps has Carnival Cruise Lines taken to benefit
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Vision Statement: It is our vision to continue to be the world’s #1 vacation provider at land and at sea. Mission Statement (Current): Our missions is to deliver exceptional vacation experiences through the world’s best-known cruise brands that cater to a variety of different lifestyles and budgets‚ all at an outstanding value unrivaled on land or at sea. Mission Statement (Proposed): It is the mission of Carnival cruised to provide our customers with the best vacation experience on both
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Channel Integration- What is it ? In the world of Sales and Distribution Management‚ it is imperative to have upstream partners like logistics ‚ distributor ‚ retailers ‚ transporter and whole sellers to effectively sell the products manufactured by a company . Channel integration is a collaborative effort to bring together all these partners into the system and integrate the efforts so that all the partners are benefited out of it. By using the concepts of Channel Integration‚ rather than
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2013 | Cruise Line | Cruise Ship | Date | Number of Passengers Affected | Number of Crew Affected | Celebrity Cruises | Celebrity Infinity | 03/17 - 04/01 | 101 of 2086 (4.84%) | 17 of 927 (2.05%) | Princess Cruises | Ruby Princess | 03/03 - 03/10 | 266 of 3129 (8.50%) | 10 of 1‚189 (0.84%) | Royal Caribbean Cruise Line | Vision of the Seas | 02/25 - 03/08 | 118 of 1991 (5.93%) | 3 of 765 (0.39%) | 2012 | Cruise Line | Cruise Ship | Date | Number of Passengers Affected | Number
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1. How should Smooth Sailings’ mana gement perform the recoverability test for the cruise ship as of December 31‚ 2010? FASB ASC paragraph 360-10-35-23 states that for measuring an impairment loss‚ long-lived assets should be group with other assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities 2. What assets and liabilities should be included in the “asset group” as defined by ASC 360- 10
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