Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Queen Elizabeth 2's Dubai owners outlined plans Monday to turn the storied cruise liner into a dockside hotel that will keep many existing furnishings intact, ending years of speculation about the fate of the $100 million throwback. ... "I'm sure many fans around the world, myself included, will look forward to a stay on board — many of whom will travel to Dubai specifically to do so," said Rob Lightbody, a QE2 enthusiast in Scotland and founder of a website devoted to the ship. |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai - The Associated Press
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Dubai turns QE2 into floating hotel - TravelMole
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Dubai turns QE2 into floating hotel TravelMole It will be alongside a proposed maritime museum and expanding cruise ship terminal complex. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of Istithmar World, which owns the ship, said he expects the 300-room hotel to open within 18 months. "We are not making ... |
Cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 to become luxury hotel in Dubai - Dubai Chronicle
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Cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 to become luxury hotel in Dubai Dubai Chronicle Dubai has settled on a use for the storied Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for $100 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel. ... Step aboard iconic QE2 to celebrate New Year's Eve in style. Iconic Queen Elizabeth 2 will be the venue for an ... |
Sunday, July 1, 2012
QE2 to become floating hotel in Dubai - Coventry Telegraph
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QE2 to become floating hotel in Dubai Coventry Telegraph THE Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner is to become a floating hotel off the coast of Dubai. ... The ship's fate has been the subject of intense speculation since Dubai bought it in 2007. Original plans to completely overhaul it as a luxury hotel were scrapped when ... |
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George Chamberlin's Money in the Morning San Diego Source (subscription) What do you do with an old cruise ship that has been out of service for five years? Well, Istithmar World, a Dubai-based company, said it will turn the Queen Elizabeth 2 into a hotel. The company bought the QE2 in 2007 for $100 million from Cunard and ... |
QE2 TO BECOME A FLOATING HOTEL - Express.co.uk
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QE2 TO BECOME A FLOATING HOTEL Express.co.uk Dubai has settled on a use for the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for £64 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings. ... The ship's fate has been the subject of intense speculation since Dubai bought it in 2007. |
Top 10 Stories On Zawya Dow Jones On July 2 At 1405 GMT - Zawya (registration)
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Top 10 Stories On Zawya Dow Jones On July 2 At 1405 GMT Zawya (registration) WSJ: DUBAI TO MAKE QE2 OCEAN LINER INTO 300-ROOM FLOATING HOTEL. Dubai said Monday it has decided the fate of the Queen Elizabeth 2, the 45-year-old ocean liner it bought at the height of the economic boom five years ago and which has been ... |
Dubai to convert QE2 into 300-room hotel - ArabianBusiness.com
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 ArabianBusiness.com | Dubai to convert QE2 into 300-room hotel ArabianBusiness.com Dubai is to relaunch the iconic QE2 cruise liner as a 300-room luxury floating hotel. Dubai is to relaunch the iconic QE2 cruise liner as a 300-room luxury floating hotel, part of plans to transform its current home at Port Rashid into the emirate's newest tourist attraction, it was announced on Monday. The 293m long vessel was bought from Cunard for around US$100m in June 2007 by Istithmar, an investment company owned by the government of Dubai. Originally set ... Cruise ship to embark on Titanic memorial cruise ... |
Dubai to turn QE2 into 300 room floating hotel - Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)
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 Business Intelligence Middle East (press release) | Dubai to turn QE2 into 300 room floating hotel Business Intelligence Middle East (press release) An old cruise terminal at the port will be converted to become the Dubai Maritime Museum, which will house 25000 pieces of artefacts and maritime artworks owned by DP World, bin Sulayem said. It will be finished within the same timeframe as the ship. |
QE2 will become Dubai hotel - Asian Image
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QE2 will become Dubai hotel Asian Image Dubai has settled on a use for the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for £64 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings. ... The ship's fate has been the subject of intense speculation since Dubai bought it in 2007. |
Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai - Sacramento Bee
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Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai Sacramento Bee Dubai has settled on a use for the storied Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for $100 million, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings. |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Canberra Captain took liner to war - Sydney Morning Herald
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 Sydney Morning Herald | Canberra Captain took liner to war Sydney Morning Herald They joined the ship at Southampton amid preparations to convert it for war – two helicopter pads were constructed on the upper decks, one replacing the first-class passengers' swimming pool, and chunks of the superstructure were cut away to allow the ship to be ... Four days later, faced with confused instructions from Northwood, he decided to take the Canberra 900 miles further into the Antarctic to the island of South Georgia to rendezvous with the QE2, the other requisitioned liner bringing reinforcements. |
Friday, June 15, 2012
'Madam Butterfly 3D' sailing on the QE2 - DigitalJournal.com
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 DigitalJournal.com | 'Madam Butterfly 3D' sailing on the QE2 DigitalJournal.com “Madam Butterfly 3D” will be shown aboard Cunard's flagship, Queen Mary 2, beginning July 6. It is, so far, the only ship currently scheduled to present the film. |
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Britain's last few shipbuilders steer a course through the fiscal storm - The Guardian
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 The Guardian | Britain's last few shipbuilders steer a course through the fiscal storm The Guardian The 63-year-old artist Tom McKendrick worked nearby at Clydebank's John Brown & Co yard, where he helped build the QE2 – the last great ship of that era. He doesn't sentimentalise an industry that has been vastly diminished since he left it in 1969, ... |
Friday, June 1, 2012
HM The Queen and Scotland: 60 Years - BBC News
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 BBC News | HM The Queen and Scotland: 60 Years BBC News In September 1967, the Queen visited the John Brown and Co shipyard in Clydebank to launch and name 'hull 736' as the Queen Elizabeth II or QE2. The QE2 was the last great liner to be built in the upper Clyde. Aside from her official duties in Scotland ... |
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