.about-hero-container {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block; /* Ensures it wraps around the image */
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
  width: 100%;
}

.about-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  font-family: "Cormorant", serif;
  font-optical-sizing: auto;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: bold;
  margin-top: clamp(4rem, 10vw, 16rem);
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 5vw + 1rem, 4.5rem);
  line-height: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw + 1.25rem, 4.75rem);
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--scs-warm-white-100);
  text-shadow: 0px 4px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.42);
}

.sec-1-box {
  padding-top: 7.5rem;
}

.scs-headline {
  font-family: "Cormorant", serif;
  font-optical-sizing: auto;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 2.0rem;
}

.scs-body {
  font-family: "Manrope", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 1.0rem; 
}

/********************************** 
  Carousel Section
***********************************/
.scs-about-slide {
  margin-top: 2rem;
  border: solid 1px !important;
  border-radius: 15px;
  border-color: var(--scs-light-blue-500) !important;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 620px;
}

.scs-about-slide-a {
  display: inline-block;
}

.scs-about-slide-item-a {
  position: relative;
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  width: 720px;  /* to match original aspect ration of 1080:980 */
  height: 662px;
  padding: 1rem;
}

.scs-about-slide-item {
  padding-top: 1rem;
}

.scs-carousel-prev {
  width: 27px !important; 
  top: 50% !important; 
  margin-left: -1.25rem !important;
  background-color: var(--scs-cool-grey-300) !important;
  color: var(--scs-dark-blue-500) !important;
}

.scs-carousel-next {
  width: 27px !important; 
  top: 50% !important; 
  margin-right: -1.25rem !important;
  background-color: var(--scs-cool-grey-300) !important;
  color: var(--scs-dark-blue-500) !important;
}

.carousel-control-next-icon,
.carousel-control-prev-icon {
  filter: invert(1); /* Change the color of the carousel control icons */
}

/********************************** 
  Section 1 - Humble Beginnings
***********************************/

.about-sec-1-text {
  margin: auto 0 auto 0;
  /* padding: 0 5rem 0 5rem; */
}

.about-sec-1-image {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 400px;
  width: 100%;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
}

/********************************** 
  Section 2 - Legacy of Excellence
***********************************/

.about-sec-2-image {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block; /* Ensures it wraps around the image */
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 660px;
  width: 100%;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
}

.about-sec-2-text {
  margin: auto 0 auto 0;
  padding-top: 5rem;
}

/********************************** 
  Section 3 - Image break
***********************************/

.about-sec-3-image {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block; /* Ensures it wraps around the image */
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 600px;
  width: 95%;
  padding-bottom: 5rem;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
}

/********************************** 
  Section 4 - Suite of services
***********************************/

.about-sec-4 {
  padding-top: 5rem;
}

.about-sec-4-image {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block; /* Ensures it wraps around the image */
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 700px;
  width: 100%;
  margin: auto;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
}

.about-sec-4-image-top {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block; /* Ensures it wraps around the image */
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 700px;
  width: 100%;
  margin: auto;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) !important;
}

.about-sec-4-image-bottom {
  position: relative;
  background-image: url();
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 800px;
  width: 100%;
}

.about-sec-4-left {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  width: 90%;
  padding-bottom: 5rem;
}

.about-sec-4-right {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  height: 800px;
  width: 80%;
}

#infographic {
  padding-top: 5rem;
  position: relative;
  background-image: url(/images/pages/about/infographic.webp);
  background-size: contain;
  background-position: center center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  -webkit-background-size: contain;
  -moz-background-size: contain;
  -o-background-size: contain;
  aspect-ratio: 3 / 5;
  width: 100%;
  margin: auto;
}

#about-award {
  padding-top: 10rem;
  padding-bottom: 7rem;
}

.about-award-img {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  background-image: url(/images/pages/about/LuxuryLifestyleAward2025.png);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 483px;
  aspect-ratio: 483 / 96;
}

.about-award-cert {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  background-image: url(/images/pages/about/LuxuryLifetsyleAward_Large.jpg);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 300px;
  aspect-ratio: 250 / 346;
}

.about-award-gea-img {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  background-image: url(/images/pages/about/gea_award_2025.png);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 300px;
  aspect-ratio: 891 / 678;
}

.about-award-gea-cert {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  background-image: url(/images/pages/about/gea_award_2025_lg.jpg);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 400px;
  aspect-ratio: 339 / 240;
}

.about-award-title {
  font-family: "Cormorant", serif;
  font-optical-sizing: auto;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 2.0rem;
  padding: 1rem 0;
}

.about-award-subtitle {
  font-family: "Cormorant", serif;
  font-optical-sizing: auto;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
}

.about-award-text {
  font-family: "Manrope", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 1.0rem; 
}