Shipyard is chosen to renovate Dubai-owned QE2 The National SAN FRANCISCO // Plans to convert the Dubai-owned QE2 liner into a floating luxury hotel in Asia took a major step forward on Tuesday after the selection of a Chinese shipyard to refurbish the vessel. QE2 Holdings, which owns the ship, announced the work will be done by ... “The Zhoushan shipyard is one of Cosco's largest and newest, and it certainly has the capacity to host a cruise ship of the QE2's stature,” said vice president Yan Chengxiang. QE2 Holdings said it had invited seven international interior design ... |
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Shipyard is chosen to renovate Dubai-owned QE2 - The National
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QE2 to become luxury hotel - ITV News
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ITV News | QE2 to become luxury hotel ITV News The cruise ship, which hosted kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers and celebrities throughout its legendary 40-year history, will depart from Dubai and arrive in COSCO Shipyard's facility in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. Once there, it will receive a ... |
QE2 to become luxury floating hotel - ITV News
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QE2 to become luxury floating hotel ITV News The cruise ship, which hosted kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers and celebrities throughout its legendary 40-year history, will depart from Dubai and arrive in COSCO Shipyard's facility in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. Once there, it will receive a ... |
Date Set for QE2 Cruise Ship to Become Hotel - CruiseCritic.co.uk
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Date Set for QE2 Cruise Ship to Become Hotel CruiseCritic.co.uk Date Set for QE2 Cruise Ship to Become Hotel. Tweet. (10:30 a.m. EDT) -- The QE2's transformation into ... The iconic liner will undergo a complete refurbishment at the COSCO shipyard in China, which will see its current 990 cabins converted to 400 suites. The contractor will also refurbish the ballroom, ... Owners QE2 Holdings also announced that it has invited seven international interior architecture houses to take part in a competition to design the interior of the ship. The designs can be seen on the official website ... |
Date Set for QE2 Cruise Ship to Become Hotel - Cruise Critic
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Date Set for QE2 Cruise Ship to Become Hotel Cruise Critic The iconic liner will undergo a complete refurbishment at the COSCO shipyard in China, which will see its current 990 cabins converted to 400 suites. The contractor will also refurbish the ballroom, as well as refit seven restaurants, 10 lounges, a cinema, ... |
Chinese firm hired to convert Dubai's QE2 into luxury hotel - ArabianBusiness.com
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Chinese firm hired to convert Dubai's QE2 into luxury hotel ArabianBusiness.com The Dubai-based owner of the iconic QE2 cruise liner has announced the appointment of COSCO Shipyard Group to refurbish the ship into a luxury floating hotel. QE2 Holdings said in a statement that the cruise ship, which has hosted kings, queens, ... |
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Flash From the Past: Why QE2 Wouldn't Save Our Sinking Ship - EconoMonitor
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Flash From the Past: Why QE2 Wouldn't Save Our Sinking Ship EconoMonitor Here's a piece I published in HuffPost back on Oct 18, 2010. A flash from the past–three years ago–predicting that QE2 would prove to be as impotent as QE1 had been. And here we are, folks. No recovery in sight–at least once you get off Wall Street. |
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Flash From the Past: Why QE2 Wouldn't Save Our Sinking Ship - EconoMonitor (blog)
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Flash From the Past: Why QE2 Wouldn't Save Our Sinking Ship EconoMonitor (blog) Here's a piece I published in HuffPost back on Oct 18, 2010. A flash from the past–three years ago–predicting that QE2 would prove to be as impotent as QE1 had been. And here we are, folks. No recovery in sight–at least once you get off Wall Street. |
Friday, September 27, 2013
On This Day: The Queen launches the QE2 cruise liner - Yahoo! News UK
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Yahoo! News UK | On This Day: The Queen launches the QE2 cruise liner Yahoo! News UK SEPTEMBER 20, 1967: The Queen launched the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner on this day in 1967 Рand revealed for the first time that the iconic ship was to be named after her. A British Path̩ newsreel shows thousands cheering at Clydebank as the ... |
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The woman who lives on the QE2 - BBC News
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BBC News | The woman who lives on the QE2 BBC News ... QE2's only permanent resident. Some years ago she sold her property in the US to live on the liner full time. ... Cruise ship holidays had never appealed to Mrs Muller until, in 1995, she stepped on board with her husband, Bob. Both were taken by it and and ... |
Sunday, September 8, 2013
The woman who lives on the QE2 - BBC News
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BBC News | The woman who lives on the QE2 BBC News ... QE2's only permanent resident. Some years ago she sold her property in the US to live on the liner full time. ... Cruise ship holidays had never appealed to Mrs Muller until, in 1995, she stepped on board with her husband, Bob. Both were taken by it and and ... |
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Record-breaking ship visits Port of Tyne - Shields Gazette
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Shields Gazette | Record-breaking ship visits Port of Tyne Shields Gazette Carrying almost 3,500 passengers and crew, the MSC Magnifica is 294 metres – longer than the QE2 – and the largest cruise ship ever to visit the Port. The Magnifica visited yesterday as part of a Round Britain cruise with thousands of passengers from as far ... |
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Dubai to lose QEII - Malaysia Sun
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Dubai to lose QEII Malaysia Sun Dubai's Drydocks World, the owners of the iconic QE2 ocean liner, is about to say goodbye to its famous acquisition. The ship will leave the emirate in October to be transferred to a new entity called QE2 Shipping. The QE2 will be converted to a floating luxury ... |
Friday, August 23, 2013
Dubai has 'fantastic' plans to relaunch the QE2 - ArabianBusiness.com
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ArabianBusiness.com | Dubai has 'fantastic' plans to relaunch the QE2 ArabianBusiness.com The chairman of Dubai's Drydocks World, the owners of the iconic QE2 ocean liner, said he will not be sorry to see the back of the ship when it leaves the emirate in October. But he said Dubai had “fantastic” plans and the funding in place to rebrand it when it ... |
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
TALK FROM THE TOP: Drydocks World boss on underwater hotels and the QE2 - 7DAYS
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7DAYS | TALK FROM THE TOP: Drydocks World boss on underwater hotels and the QE2 7DAYS Sitting in the shallows across from where we meet is the unmistakable hulk of the QE2, once the world's most famous ocean liner. Plans to turn the ship into the centrepiece of Dubai's new maritime district went the way of the Titanic and it has been announced ... |
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