Friday, March 15, 2013

QE2 could sail again - Daily Echo

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QE2 could sail again
Daily Echo
The days of travelling the world might not yet be over for Southampton's former liner, Queen Elizabeth 2. Despite the fact QE2 left Southampton for the last time five years ago when she was sold off by owners Cunard to become a floating hotel in Dubai, the ship might eventually go back to sea. Daniel Chui, managing director of the Singapore based Oceanic Group, which has now leased the vessel, said he thought the retired liner could travel around the Far East on a 'circuit' in her role as a hotel. “It could be that QE2, ...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

QE2 liner may return to Hong Kong as a floating hotel - South China Morning Post

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QE2 liner may return to Hong Kong as a floating hotel
South China Morning Post
A longer-term plan also being considered is for the QE2, which served as a troop ship during the 1982 Falklands war, to make a circuit, spending "X years in Hong Kong, Y years in Japan and Z years in South Korea", Chui said. He remained confident the QE2 would be a financial success, saying it ... Worldwide Flight Services, one of the members of the consortium which will operate and manage the Kai Tak cruise terminal, has been helping Oceanic. Oceanic heads a group of investors which is leasing the QE2 from ...