Friday, November 27, 2009

SELL-OFF THREAT TO TOP ATTRACTIONS - UK Express

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SELL-OFF THREAT TO TOP ATTRACTIONS
UK Express
Dubai investors also bought the QE2 cruise liner for £50million to turn into a floating hotel moored off the emirate's Palm Islands complex. The ship is ...

Rothschild appointed to help sell Dubai World assets - Telegraph.co.uk

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Rothschild appointed to help sell Dubai World assets
Telegraph.co.uk
The team is tasked with assessing the group's assets, which is likely to result in a large scale sell-off of assets as varied as the QE2 cruise liner; ...

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Dubai World to face assets review - UPI.com

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Dubai World to face assets review
UPI.com
"The QE2 is one of them. It's part of the restructuring process, though it's too early to say whether there's any sale in mind." In addition to owning the ...

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Has Dubai gone bust? - GlobalPost

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Has Dubai gone bust?
GlobalPost
... that includes the famous Turnberry golf course in Scotland, Barneys clothing store, the QE2 cruise ship and a 20 percent stake in Cirque du Soleil.

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Dubai may sell QE2 to tackle debt crisis - Telegraph.co.uk

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Dubai may sell QE2 to tackle debt crisis
Telegraph.co.uk
The Queen Elizabeth II, the world's favourite cruise liner which was bought by Dubai World's subsidiary Nakheel to be turned into a floating hotel, ...

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Dubai debt crisis could lead to fire sale of London properties - This is London

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Dubai debt crisis could lead to fire sale of London properties
This is London
Dubai investors also bought the QE2 cruise liner for £50 million to turn it into a floating hotel to be moored off the Palm Islands development in the ...

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Desert storm - The Sun

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Desert storm
The Sun
The famous QE2 ocean liner retired last year by Cunard, supposed to become a floating luxury hotel, may end up on the scrap heap. Plans for Dubai versions ...

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

We have had enough of the most pointless Parliament for 350 years - Telegraph.co.uk

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We have had enough of the most pointless Parliament for 350 years
Telegraph.co.uk
Strange that QE2 saw fit to dissolve the Australian parliament a few years ago , for far less reason than is facing the UK today . Seems to me that somebody ...

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Astute submarine launched into high seas - Telegraph.co.uk

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Astute submarine launched into high seas
Telegraph.co.uk
The Astute, the first attack submarine to be built in Britain almost two decades, has a listening system that can detect the QE2 cruise liner leaving New ...

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

New Costa ship naming plans - SoCruise (blog)

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New Costa ship naming plans
SoCruise (blog)
The newest Costa Cruise liner, Costa Deliziosa, is going to have her naming ceremony in Dubai, which will make her the first cruise ship to be inaugurated ...

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship - CruiseCritic.co.uk

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship
CruiseCritic.co.uk
(11:15 am EST) -- Costa Cruises has announced that its newest ship, Costa Deliziosa, will be named in Dubai -- the first-ever cruise ship to be inaugurated ...

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship - Cruise Critic

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Dubai Naming Ceremony for Costa's Newest Ship
Cruise Critic
Costa Cruises has announced that its newest ship, Costa Deliziosa, will be named in Dubai -- the first-ever cruise ship to be inaugurated in an Arabian city ...

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QE2's final destination still undecided - Maktoob Business

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QE2's final destination still undecided
Maktoob Business
Nakheel confirmed in July that the QE2 cruise liner, which was bought to be used as a floating hotel off the Palm Jumeirah man-made island, being developed ...

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Nakheel Palm Jumeirah apartment handover begins - National

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Nakheel Palm Jumeirah apartment handover begins
National
The Marina Residences are located close to a site that had been earmarked for the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, which was bought by a sister company of ...

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How Haye won: Round by round - The Sun

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How Haye won: Round by round
The Sun
VALUEV looked like the QE2 liner trying to turn in Liverpool dock. Haye's hit-and-run tactics were paying off but he was caught by a stinging left hook just ...