 Maritime Matters | Cruise Ships 2012, The Year In Review: Cunard Line Maritime Matters It might have been an interesting prospect to have the QE2 travel to various ports as a temporary hotel and attraction. More realistically, just before Christmas British newspapers reported that the ship had been sold to Chinese interests for 20 million pounds ... |
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Cruise Ships 2012, The Year In Review: Cunard Line - Maritime Matters
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Remember to release gripes as ship goes down - Independent Online (blog)
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Remember to release gripes as ship goes down Independent Online (blog) He dined one night with the QE2's captain and asked him why the ship, whose passageways were festooned with posters of Cunard liners, had no poster of the Titanic. The captain explained that the ... But back to the cruise liner. I met entertainments director Moss Hills, who had survived the recent sinking of two liners in the Indian Ocean – the Oceanos and the Achille Lauro. Having heard his harrowing account of the sinkings, I decided I had better familiarise myself with the lifeboat deck. There I found myself staring ... |
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
QE2 to leave Dubai for Singapore by end of Sept - Hotelier Middle East
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 Hotelier Middle East | QE2 to leave Dubai for Singapore by end of Sept Hotelier Middle East The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the iconic cruise liner bought by Dubai for US$100m in 2007, is to leave Dubai for Singapore in either August or September this year as part of preparations to convert her into a 500-room floating hotel. Singapore-based Oceanic Group, which is managing the project, said that it would take a further three or four months to overhaul the ship's engines and generators to allow the QE2 to make the journey to the Far East without assistance. Daniel Chui, managing director of Oceanic Group, ... |
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
QE2 to leave Dubai for Singapore by end-Sept - ArabianBusiness.com
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 ArabianBusiness.com | QE2 to leave Dubai for Singapore by end-Sept ArabianBusiness.com The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the iconic cruise liner bought by Dubai for US$100m in 2007, is to leave Dubai for Singapore in either August or September this year as part of preparations to convert her into a 500-room floating hotel. Singapore-based Oceanic Group, which is managing the project, said that it would take a further three or four months to overhaul the ship's engines and generators to allow the QE2 to make the journey to the Far East without assistance. Daniel Chui, managing director of Oceanic Group, ... |
Friday, March 15, 2013
QE2 could sail again - Daily Echo
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 Daily Echo | QE2 could sail again Daily Echo The days of travelling the world might not yet be over for Southampton's former liner, Queen Elizabeth 2. Despite the fact QE2 left Southampton for the last time five years ago when she was sold off by owners Cunard to become a floating hotel in Dubai, the ship might eventually go back to sea. Daniel Chui, managing director of the Singapore based Oceanic Group, which has now leased the vessel, said he thought the retired liner could travel around the Far East on a 'circuit' in her role as a hotel. “It could be that QE2, ... |
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
QE2 liner may return to Hong Kong as a floating hotel - South China Morning Post
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QE2 liner may return to Hong Kong as a floating hotel South China Morning Post A longer-term plan also being considered is for the QE2, which served as a troop ship during the 1982 Falklands war, to make a circuit, spending "X years in Hong Kong, Y years in Japan and Z years in South Korea", Chui said. He remained confident the QE2 would be a financial success, saying it ... Worldwide Flight Services, one of the members of the consortium which will operate and manage the Kai Tak cruise terminal, has been helping Oceanic. Oceanic heads a group of investors which is leasing the QE2 from ... |
Friday, February 22, 2013
A walk along QE2's Boat Deck to hear the midday whistle test
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During the Tastes of the Mediterranean Cruise, August 12th - 22nd 2008, I walk along the Boat Deck with my new best friend Ali to hear the ...
During the Tastes of the Mediterranean Cruise, August 12th - 22nd 2008, I walk along the Boat Deck with my new best friend Ali to hear the ...
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Monday, February 11, 2013
QE2 crew in dark over liner's final voyage - Hotelier Middle East
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 Hotelier Middle East | QE2 crew in dark over liner's final voyage Hotelier Middle East The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the iconic cruise liner currently moored in Dubai's Port Rashid, will leave the Gulf emirate in about two months, although the ship's crew say they themselves do not even know where the prestigious vessel is headed. The 46-year ... |
Sunday, January 27, 2013
'Queen Elizabeth 2' to be floating luxury hotel - Otago Daily Times
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'Queen Elizabeth 2' to be floating luxury hotel Otago Daily Times But instead of taking to the high seas again on a voyage to a recycling yard there, as was reported a month ago, the latest proposal is that the ship will become a floating luxury hotel. No precise destination for QE2 has been announced. However, rising ... Eleven days ago the liner was moved to Drydocks World Dubai to undertake classification checks prior to being altered for its planned new role. It will also ... The cruise ship season has now passed the halfway mark since it commenced on October 28, 2012. |
MS Queen Elizabeth 2 to be upgraded to floating hotel - TravelBizMonitor
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MS Queen Elizabeth 2 to be upgraded to floating hotel TravelBizMonitor Cruise ship MS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) will be upgraded into a luxury floating hotel with 500 rooms and will be moored in an Asian harbour, according to its owner Dubai World. The ship has been moved to dry dock for classification checks prior to ... |
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Jubilation all round as QE2 evades scrap heap - Big News Network.com
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 Big News Network.com | Jubilation all round as QE2 evades scrap heap Big News Network.com QE2 lovers around the world, the Cunard line which built the ship, and even the residents of Clydebank are ecstatic that the much-loved cruise ship that sailed the seas for a period spanning five decades is to be preserved. The world ... The world class ocean liner hosted kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers as well as acclaimed celebrities among the 2.5 million passengers, that sailed nearly six million miles and completed 806 trans-Atlantic crossings during its 39 years of service for Cunard. When it was ... |
Jubilation all round as QE2 evades scrap heap - Big News Network.com
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Big News Network.com | Jubilation all round as QE2 evades scrap heap Big News Network.com QE2 lovers around the world, the Cunard line which built the ship, and even the residents of Clydebank are ecstatic that the much-loved cruise ship that sailed the seas for a period spanning five decades is to be preserved. The world ... The world class ocean liner hosted kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers as well as acclaimed celebrities among the 2.5 million passengers, that sailed nearly six million miles and completed 806 trans-Atlantic crossings during its 39 years of service for Cunard. When it was ... |
Hotel plan saves QE2 from the scrapyard - Clydebank Post
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Hotel plan saves QE2 from the scrapyard Clydebank Post LEGENDARY Clyde ocean liner the QE2 has escaped being scrapped after she was sold to a Singapore investment group which will turn her into a floating hotel. Recent reports claimed owners Dubai-based Istithmar had sold the 70,391-ton passenger ship ... |
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Luxury treatment for QE2 - Daily Echo
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Luxury treatment for QE2 Daily Echo Luxury treatment for QE2. THE boss of the company converting Southampton's former liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, into a luxury floating hotel has sent a message to her old home port: “We promise to take good care of her.” Daniel Chui, managing director of the Singapore-based maritime company Oceanic Group, undertaking the transformation of the vessel into a 500-room hotel, said: “We will lavish many, many millions of dollars on this magnificent ship to restore her to the splendour of her glory days. “QE2 will ... |
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