QE2 London bid to turn cruise liner into luxury floating hotel off Greenwich ... News Shopper Cunard's former flagship transatlantic liner retired to Dubai in 2008 after nearly 40 years service sailing the seas as a plush passenger ship and even transporting troops during the Falklands War. Now campaigners want her docked at Carlsberg Wharf ... |
Monday, January 14, 2013
QE2 London bid to turn cruise liner into luxury floating hotel off Greenwich ... - News Shopper
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
QE2 Rumour Mill Hots Up Once More - Shipping Times
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 Shipping Times | QE2 Rumour Mill Hots Up Once More Shipping Times The latest in a series of news items regarding the former Cunard liner only adds to the gloom descending over the much-loved ship's future. However it has also increased interest and passions for the ship, the last of the famous Clydebuilt Queens. According ... |
QE2 Future in Dubai on Hold - MarineLink
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QE2 Future in Dubai on Hold MarineLink Dubai has cancelled plans to host over 160 events aboard the QE2, the iconic cruise liner it bought for $100m in 2007 and which is currently moored at Port Rashid, Arabian Business has learned. Owned by Istithmar, the investment arm of state-owned Dubai ... |
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
QE2 liner set for scrapping? - Recycling International
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 Recycling International | QE2 liner set for scrapping? Recycling International India/UK: In the wake of a stuttering last-minute bid to return the world-renowned Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) to British shores as a 'five-star floating hotel', the ocean liner could be sold to Indian scrap yards, according to a report in Arabian Business. ... Reportedly, weddings, parties and gala receptions soon followed, but then there developed what has been described as a 'ludicrous battle' between various Dubai entities over how best to capitalise on the ship's renown and to finance the immense monthly repair and ... |
A London home for QE2? - etravelblackboard.us
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A London home for QE2? etravelblackboard.us Originally purchased by Istithmar from Cunard in 2008, the ship was slated for refurbishment into a 1,000 room luxury hotel located at the tip of Palm Jumeirah before the GFC hit the Emirate harder than anticipated. QE2 London's Roger Murray has told Cruise Critic that the reported deal with the Chinese has not yet been confirmed and that his organisation has the finances and the backing of the Mayor of London and Chancellor George Osborne to bring the liner back to London. Delays caused by the Port of London ... |
Dubai cans 160 events as it decides QE2's fate - Hotelier Middle East
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 Hotelier Middle East | Dubai cans 160 events as it decides QE2's fate Hotelier Middle East Dubai has cancelled plans to host more than 160 events aboard the QE2 - the iconic cruise liner it bought for $100m in 2007 and which is currently moored at Port Rashid - as the emirate plans how to dispose of the asset, Arabian Business has learned. A scrapyard in India is now thought to ... I reached out to everyone I knew,” said James Magee, co-founder of Dubai-based Global Event Management who organised the 2011 party and was asked to launch the ship as a global venue for events. Story continues below ... |
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Plans hatched to bring QE2 to east London - The Wharf
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 The Wharf | Plans hatched to bring QE2 to east London The Wharf A team of enthusiasts have started an Internet petition to try to get the ship, retired from cruises in 2008 and bought by a company in Dubai, back to the capital. Reports before Christmas suggested the QE2 was heading to China to be used for scrap but it's ... |
Could the QE2 be setting sail for the Thames? Plan to save iconic cruise liner ... - Daily Mail
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 Daily Mail | Could the QE2 be setting sail for the Thames? Plan to save iconic cruise liner ... Daily Mail Historic: Queen Elizabeth II questions one of the experts as she tours the kitchens during a visit to the QE2 at Southampton on the eve of the liner's maiden trans-Atlantic voyage to New York in 1969. Originally featuring three classes of service, the ship appealed to stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and also captured the imagination of those less affluent, who were blocked by stairways and elevators from entering first-class spaces even for a peek. Passengers dressed for dinner in formal gowns and ... |
Plan to make QE2 a hotel on the Thames in London - Daily Echo
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Plan to make QE2 a hotel on the Thames in London Daily Echo “Of the original passenger accommodation, it is intended to use the 330 first class cabins and 250 of the larger tourist cabins for the hotel.” The petition says: “The most famous ship in the world is British. QE2 is the last liner built on the Clyde. She is a British ... |
Plan to make QE2 a hotel on the Thames in London - Daily Echo
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Plan to make QE2 a hotel on the Thames in London Daily Echo “Of the original passenger accommodation, it is intended to use the 330 first class cabins and 250 of the larger tourist cabins for the hotel.” The petition says: “The most famous ship in the world is British. QE2 is the last liner built on the Clyde. She is a British ... |
Dubai cans 160 QE2 events as it decides cruise liner's final fate - ArabianBusiness.com
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 ArabianBusiness.com | Dubai cans 160 QE2 events as it decides cruise liner's final fate ArabianBusiness.com Dubai has cancelled plans to host over 160 events aboard the QE2 - the iconic cruise liner it bought for $100m in 2007 and which is currently moored at Port Rashid - as the emirate plans how to dispose of the asset, Arabian Business has learned. A scrapyard in India is now thought ... I reached out to everyone I knew,” said James Magee, co-founder of Dubai-based Global Event Management who organised the 2011 party and was asked to launch the ship as a global venue for events. “I went to the AEO [Association ... |
Monday, January 7, 2013
New home on the Thames for QE2? - Mirror.co.uk
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 Mirror.co.uk | New home on the Thames for QE2? Mirror.co.uk Will the QE2 becoming a functioning museum? As fears grow once again for the future of the fabled liner Queen Elizabeth 2, a group of enthusiasts has made a New Year resolution to bring the ship back to the UK. A team called QE2London wants to moor the ... |
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Chris Frame talks to Anthony Davis about QE2 London - #SavetheQE2 @LBC97.3 Interview
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QE2, the world's most famous ship is under threat. She may be sold for scrap in 2013. However there is a viable, financed plan to bring her to ...
QE2, the world's most famous ship is under threat. She may be sold for scrap in 2013. However there is a viable, financed plan to bring her to ...
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Dubai-owned QE2 liner 'sold to China for scrap' - Hotelier Middle East
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 Hotelier Middle East | Dubai-owned QE2 liner 'sold to China for scrap' Hotelier Middle East QE2 online discussion boards have been busy over the past 24 hours, with enthusiasts bemoaning the possibility that the liner could be scrapped and saying the ship should be returned to the UK. The QE2 was launched in 1969 by the Queen, making its ... |
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Former owners Cunard pour cold water on reports QE2 is destined for Chinese ... - Daily Echo
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Former owners Cunard pour cold water on reports QE2 is destined for Chinese ... Daily Echo THE former owners of Southampton's most famous liner have cast doubt on reports she has been sold for scrap. Cunard dismissed reports Queen Elizabeth 2 was bound for a Chinese scrapyard as “speculation”. The ship has been moored in Dubai for four ... |
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