Tuesday, July 3, 2012

QE2 owners announce floating hotel revised plans - Comparecarhire.co.uk

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QE2 owners announce floating hotel revised plans
Comparecarhire.co.uk
Plans to transform the Queen Elizabeth II cruise liner into a new luxury hotel have had to be scaled back, as admitted by the ship's owners. Cunard's.

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Dubai unveils modest plans for QE2 hotel - Toronto Sun

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Dubai unveils modest plans for QE2 hotel
Toronto Sun
Dubai on July 2 scaled back plans to turn the Queen Elizabeth 2 ship into a luxury hotel at the tip of the emirate's famous palm-shaped island. ... Dubai unveils modest plans for QE2 hotel. 0. PRAVEEN MENON, Reuters. First posted: Friday, July 06, 2012 12:00 AM EDT. Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 docks at Port Rashid in Dubai April 2, 2012, with the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, seen in the background. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh. Tweet. Change text size for the story ...

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Monday, July 2, 2012

Hotel proposal floats the boat of ship's Dubai owners - Wiltshire Business

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Hotel proposal floats the boat of ship's Dubai owners
Wiltshire Business
Dubai has settled on a use for the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner it bought for £64m, with plans to make it into a floating hotel fitted with the original furnishings. ... Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of the company that bought the ship, said they realised visitors wanted to see the QE2, right, as it originally looked, so they are not planning major changes as part of the conversion. 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 ...

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Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai - Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News

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Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
Read 'Liner QE2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai' on Yahoo! Finance New Zealand. 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 ...

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Queen Elizabeth 2 Ocean Liner to Anchor Port Rashid Makeover - Wall Street Journal (blog)

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Queen Elizabeth 2 Ocean Liner to Anchor Port Rashid Makeover
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Queen Elizabeth 2 Ocean Liner to Anchor Port Rashid Makeover. Search The Source1 ... Reuters: Cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 docks at Port Rashid in Dubai April 2, 2012, with the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, seen in the background. ... As it sat idle in Dubai's Port Rashid, presently a less glamorous site, the QE2 became a hulking reminder of the effect of the financial crisis on the emirate's business empire. ... The 300-room hotel-ship is expected to open in 18 months, once renovations are complete.

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QE2 owners announce revised plans for floating hotel - Telegraph.co.uk

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QE2 owners announce revised plans for floating hotel
Telegraph.co.uk
Plans to turn the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner into a luxury hotel have been scaled back, the ship's owners have admitted. QE2 owners announce revised plans for floating hotel. Image 1 of 2. The QE2 was launched in 1969 by the Queen, making its maiden ...

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Dubai's Istithmar downgrades QE2 luxury hotel scheme - MENAFN.COM

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Dubai's Istithmar downgrades QE2 luxury hotel scheme
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(MENAFN) Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of Istithmar, the unit of Dubai World that bought the famous Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) ship in 2007, unveil. ... Dubai's Istithmar downgrades QE2 luxury hotel scheme Join our daily free Newsletter ...

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Not fit for a Queen? QE2 set to 'languish' in Dubai port as luxury hotel plans are ... - Daily Mail

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Not fit for a Queen? QE2 set to 'languish' in Dubai port as luxury hotel plans are ...
Daily Mail
'Wait 18 months, you will not recognise this place.' Officials have stated that, once work is completed, the ship will re-open alongside a maritime museum and an expanded cruise ship terminal complex. The QE2 was launched by Queen Elizabeth in 1967, and ...

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Full ahead for QE2 hotel plan - Glasgow Evening Times

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Full ahead for QE2 hotel plan
Glasgow Evening Times
PLANS to convert one of the world's most famous ocean-going ships into a luxury Dubai hotel have been given the green light. Tweet. Custom byline text: By CHRIS TAYLOR. The Queen Elizabeth 2, built by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank and launched by the Queen in 1967, was the flagship liner of the Cunard shipping company. Designed as a sister ship for the earlier Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, it ruled the waves for 41 years but retired to warmer climes in 2008. Tweet ...

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Dubai to convert QE2 into 300-room hotel - ArabianBusiness.com

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Dubai to convert QE2 into 300-room hotel
ArabianBusiness.com
Cruise passengers already come with their own cabin. In my opionion the idea to have QE2 docked to Palm Jumeirah would generate more attention (and guests). Popeye Tuesday, 3 July 2012 12:44 PM - UAE. There were major, prohibitively costly, reasons for not berthing QE2 at the Palm... all of which should have been known before Isthithmar even bought the thing, but joined-up-thinking was not a feature of Dubai World in those days. I see no evidence that the thinking quality has really improved - that misused ...

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Iconic cruise liner to become Dubai's new tourist attraction - Zee News

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Iconic cruise liner to become Dubai's new tourist attraction
Zee News
Dubai will relaunch the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner as a 300-room luxury floating hotel. ... Iconic cruise liner to become Dubai's new tourist attraction. Last Updated: Tuesday, July 03, 2012, 16:22 Comment 0 Tweet ... After being converted, the QE2 will display the ship's collection of art works and other historical assets acquired during its journey of nearly four decades from 1969 to 2008 as one of the world's leading ocean-going cruise liners. The 293-metre long vessel, which in its heyday could accommodate ...

Iconic cruise liner to become Dubai's new tourist attraction - Business Standard

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Iconic cruise liner to become Dubai's new tourist attraction
Business Standard
The vessel will be moored next to the original cruise terminal at Port Rashid and converted into a 300-room luxury hotel while the terminal itself will be developed into a maritime museum. After being converted, the QE2 will display the ship's collection of art ...

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Dubai to turn iconic ship into floating hotel - TravelBite.co.uk

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Dubai to turn iconic ship into floating hotel
TravelBite.co.uk
A Dubai firm have announced plans to turn the Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) into a floating hotel, after buying the vessel five years ago. ... Dubai's latest luxury hotel will be on board the iconic Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) ship. A Dubai firm ... From November 2008 the world's most famous ocean liner will stop travelling the seas to become a luxury floating hotel in Dubai. ... Delve into the luxury of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), combining historic mosques, beautiful seas and vibrant cities with this seven-night cruise holiday.

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World briefs - Times of Malta

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World briefs
Times of Malta
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 300-room hotel is expected ... Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of the company that bought the ship, said they realised visitors wanted to see the QE2 as it originally looked, so they are not planning major changes as part of the conversion. The ship's fate has been the subject of intense speculation since Dubai bought it in 2007. Original plans to ...

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Plans for QE2 to become floating hotel revealed - Travel Weekly UK

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Plans for QE2 to become floating hotel revealed
Travel Weekly UK
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman of the company that bought the ship, said it realised visitors wanted to see the QE2 as it originally looked, so no major changes are planned as part of the conversion. Original plans to completely overhaul the iconic ...

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