Thursday, October 11, 2012

Cruise line abandons Jimmy Savile tribute sail-by - Sydney Morning Herald

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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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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 ...

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Money Wise: Quantitative Easing Helps Politicians More Than It Does the ... - Jakarta Globe

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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.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Byron Shire News

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Byron Shire News
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Coffs Coast Advocate

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Coffs Coast Advocate
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Northern Rivers Echo

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Northern Rivers Echo
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Gatton Star

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Gatton Star
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - The Reporter

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
The Reporter
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Warwick Daily News

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Warwick Daily News
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Fraser Coast Chronicle

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Fraser Coast Chronicle
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2 - Ballina Shire Advocate

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Camp beds and caviar on the QE2
Ballina Shire Advocate
... 1300 of spirits - and enough supplies to whip up 24,000 scoops of ice-cream. When she retired, after nearly 40 years as an Atlantic liner and world cruise ship, the grand QE2 had carried more than two million passengers and steamed some 8,600,000 km.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

33rd Lions Travelogue sets sail Oct. 1 - Crossville Chronicle

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33rd Lions Travelogue sets sail Oct. 1
Crossville Chronicle
She was the first ship ever built to serve as both a trans-Atlantic liner and a cruise ship. QE2 made her first world cruise in 1974. Since then she has continued to sail around the world each winter taking a different route, but always sailing through a large part ...

Bigger cruise travel role seen for Sabah - Daily Express

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Bigger cruise travel role seen for Sabah
Daily Express
"But one big cruise ship around the world such as the QE2 carries about 2,000 pax paying passengers plus about 1,000 staff. Its next port of call could be a five-day five-night cruise to Sydney which means it must buy in Sabah provisions such as vegetables, ...

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Speed limits too slow - Calgary Herald

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Speed limits too slow
Calgary Herald
26, we left Edmonton on the QE2 around noon and set the cruise control for 110 km/h. We were surprised by the very large percentage of drivers who passed us at speeds of 30 to 40 kilometres over the speed limit. Many times, there were packs of four to six ...

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