QE2's fate uncertain eTravelBlackboard MICE News Parked at Port Rashid in Dubai since its acquisition from The Cunard Line some four years ago, the new owners of the cruise liner said earlier this year they hoped to refurbish the ship to open as a floating hotel, Maritime Matters reported. However, reports ... |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
QE2's fate uncertain - eTravelBlackboard MICE News
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
QE2: future hotel or retired trash? - etravelblackboard.us
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QE2: future hotel or retired trash? etravelblackboard.us Parked at Port Rashid in Dubai since its acquisition from The Cunard Line some four years ago, the new owners of the cruise liner said earlier this year they hoped to refurbish the ship to open as a floating hotel, Maritime Matters reported. However, reports ... |
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
QE2: future hotel or retired trash? - e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
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QE2: future hotel or retired trash? e-Travel Blackboard (press release) Parked at Port Rashid in Dubai since its acquisition from The Cunard Line some four years ago, the new owners of the cruise liner said earlier this year they hoped to refurbish the ship to open as a floating hotel, Maritime Matters reported. However, reports ... |
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Read all about it Clydebank Post FANS of much-loved liner the QE2 fear that the iconic liner could be scrapped as rumours rage that she could be destroyed. A popular ... Fans and former passengers have expressed their dismay and ask if the Clydebank built cruise ship could be saved. |
Sunday, October 21, 2012
QE2 For A Hotel Or The Beach? - Maritime Matters
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 Maritime Matters | QE2 For A Hotel Or The Beach? Maritime Matters Rob Lightbody, writing on his website The QE2 Story, reamarked: “I am hearing from a good contact, that ship brokers have been contacted about the possible scrapping of a 300 meter cruise ship based in UAE.” “That could surely only be one ship. Has time ... |
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Bringing back the family variety show - This is Hull and East Riding
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 This is Hull and East Riding | Bringing back the family variety show This is Hull and East Riding Like all the best ideas, the inspiration for Slightly Fat Features came to Goronwy Thom aboard a luxury cruise liner. And not just any old cruise ship; it was The QE2. . surreal: Above and below, variety comedy troupe Slightly Fat Features. . Publicity pic for ... |
QE2 to be scrapped? - Daily Echo
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QE2 to be scrapped? Daily Echo If this is true it would be directly at odds to a joint announcement made just a few months ago in which the liner's owners and developers, Istithmar World and DP World, confirmed work would soon begin on transforming QE2 into a major tourist destination right in the heart of Dubai, anchored at the historical, Port ... Rob Lightbody, writing on his website, The QE2 Story, says: “I am hearing from a good contact, that ship brokers have been contacted about the possible scrapping of a 300 metre cruise ship based in UAE. |
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Jimmy Savile thrown off cruise liner over assault claims - Scottish Daily Record
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Jimmy Savile thrown off cruise liner over assault claims Scottish Daily Record LEERING Jimmy Savile poses with two young girls on a cruise liner – before he was locked in his cabin then booted off the ship over claims he assaulted a 14-year-old. The drama happened in July 1978 while Savile was a VIP guest on the luxury liner SS ... |
Friday, October 12, 2012
'I kicked sleazy Jimmy Savile off cruise ship': Captain acted over claims he ... - Mirror.co.uk
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'I kicked sleazy Jimmy Savile off cruise ship': Captain acted over claims he ... Mirror.co.uk 'I kicked sleazy Jimmy Savile off cruise ship': Captain acted over claims he assaulted girl, 14. Two passengers on the P&O fleet flagship told an officer Savile had behaved ... This picture was taken in 1978 while Savile was a VIP guest on the luxury liner SS Canberra. Two passengers on the P&O fleet flagship told an officer Savile had behaved ... Savile always travelled first class and for free on cruises around the world. He would boast to fellow passengers that he was so famous the QE2 couldn't sail without him. |
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Cruise line abandons Jimmy Savile tribute sail-by - The Age
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 The Age | Cruise line abandons Jimmy Savile tribute sail-by The Age He travelled on board the Queen Elizabeth on its first voyage around Britain in September last year, the month before he died, and was at the ceremony when the Queen named the ship in 2010. He also greeted the QE2, Cunard's former flagship, in a fishing ... |
Cruise line abandons Jimmy Savile tribute sail-by - Sydney Morning Herald
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 Sydney Morning Herald | Cruise line abandons Jimmy Savile tribute sail-by Sydney Morning Herald He travelled on board the Queen Elizabeth on its first voyage around Britain in September last year, the month before he died, and was at the ceremony when the Queen named the ship in 2010. He also greeted the QE2, Cunard's former flagship, in a fishing ... |
Cunard abandons Savile tribute in wake of shocking allegations - Cheaphotelbookings.com
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 Cheaphotelbookings.com | Cunard abandons Savile tribute in wake of shocking allegations Cheaphotelbookings.com He was on board when the Queen Elizabeth made it maiden voyage around the UK in September 2011, while also playing a part in the ceremony when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II named the ship the year before. Savile also greeted the QE2, the former flagship of the cruise line, in a fishing boat just off the coast of his county Yorkshire, on what was one of its last sailings in 2008 before retiring to Dubai. In January of this year, the cruise line announced how its Queen Elizabeth ship was pencilled in for conducting ... |
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Money Wise: Quantitative Easing Helps Politicians More Than It Does the ... - Jakarta Globe
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 Jakarta Globe | Money Wise: Quantitative Easing Helps Politicians More Than It Does the ... Jakarta Globe For decades, the QE2 for many of us was a proud ocean liner. Today people are more likely to associate QE2 with the second round of quantitative easing (or ''printing money'') by the US Federal Reserve. You may wonder why this should be our concern. |
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