Friday, May 16, 2014

Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth Enters Blohm & Voss Shipyard for Scheduled ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com (press release)

Read More

The Herald | HeraldOnline.com (press release)

Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth Enters Blohm & Voss Shipyard for Scheduled ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com (press release)
SOUTHAMPTON, England — Cunard Line's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, has arrived at the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, for her first scheduled dry-docking since she entered service in 2010. As well as ... on the ship. Queen Elizabeth will leave the shipyard on Saturday 1 June and sail for Southampton, ahead of her 4 June cruise to Amsterdam. ... Today, Cunard offers the only regularly scheduled trans-Atlantic liner service and continues the legacy of world cruising which it began in 1922.

and more »

Cunard Cruise Ship Gets New Single Cabins in Multimillion-Dollar Refit - CruiseCritic.co.uk

Read More

Cunard Cruise Ship Gets New Single Cabins in Multimillion-Dollar Refit
CruiseCritic.co.uk
(10:30 a.m. EDT) -- Cunard Line's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, has entered dry dock for a multimillion-dollar refurbishment, the first since the 2,068-passenger, 90,900-ton vessel entered service in 2010. The refit will include the addition of nine single cabins ...

and more »

Cunard Cruise Ship Gets new Single Cabins in Multi-Million Dollar Refit - Cruise Critic

Read More

Cunard Cruise Ship Gets new Single Cabins in Multi-Million Dollar Refit
Cruise Critic
(10:30 a.m. EDT) -- Cunard Line's newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, has entered dry dock for a multi-million dollar refurbishment, the first since the 2,068-passenger, 90,900-ton vessel entered service in 2010. The refit will include the addition of nine single ...

and more »

Single cabins to be added to Queen Elizabeth - Travel Weekly UK

Read More

Single cabins to be added to Queen Elizabeth
Travel Weekly UK
The work is being conducted as part of dry-dock maintenance in Hamburg – the first refit since the ship entered service four years ago. Queen Elizabeth is due to leave the yard on June 1 and sail for Southampton ahead of a cruise to Amsterdam on June 4.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Cunard's Queen Mary 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with Duke of Edinburgh - Daily Mail

Read More

Daily Mail

Cunard's Queen Mary 2 celebrates 10th anniversary with Duke of Edinburgh
Daily Mail
His presence today - and the reuniting of the three Queens in Southampton - are part of the liner's 10th anniversary and the beginning of celebration for Cunard's 175th anniversary next year. As the ships ... From there Queen Mary 2 will set off an a special anniversary transatlantic crossing to New York with QM2 designer Stephen Payne and the ship's first master, Commodore Ron Warwick, among the speakers. Queen Elizabeth will sail on a short break to Hamburg and Queen Victoria will head for the Baltic capitals.

and more »

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

First pictures of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria ... - Daily Mail

Read More

Daily Mail

First pictures of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria ...
Daily Mail
But with the Queen Mary 2 marking her 10th anniversary, it seemed the perfect opportunity for a new set of family photos, capturing the ocean liner and her two sisters Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria sailing side by side. The liners are all sailing in formation as they prepare to arrive together in Southampton ... Queen Mary 2 is on the final leg of her World Cruise and her sister ships were on hand to escort her home in style. The birthday girl is the world's grandest ocean liner and met up with her sisters in Lisbon, ...

and more »

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Cunard's three cruise liners Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth ... - Daily Mail

Read More

Daily Mail

Cunard's three cruise liners Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth ...
Daily Mail
Two, as the old saying goes, is company – and three is usually considered a crowd. But then, when the crowd in question is formed by a trio of glamourous cruise ships lined up at the same dock, few people are likely to complain about the relative lack of ...

and more »

Duke of Edinburgh to step back on board Cunard's QM2 for tenth celebration party - Daily Echo

Read More

Daily Echo

Duke of Edinburgh to step back on board Cunard's QM2 for tenth celebration party
Daily Echo
Prince Philip will tour the liner and meet crew members before attending a champagne reception and a gala lunch on board the ship in the city's Eastern Docks. The occasion, which will celebrate the tenth anniversary of QM2 becoming Cunard's flagship in ...

and more »

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth to make Abu Dhabi debut - Hotelier Middle East

Read More

Hotelier Middle East

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth to make Abu Dhabi debut
Hotelier Middle East
The liner will arrive in Abu Dhabi on April 17 carrying 2,200 passengers, with officials hailing the second debut in consecutive years of a ship from one of the world's most prestigious lines as a milestone in the emirate's cruise ambitions. “Queen Elizabeth is ...

and more »

Monday, April 7, 2014

Cunard Commits to Abu Dhabi with two Cunard Queens due for 2014/15 season ... - ITCM

Read More

Cunard Commits to Abu Dhabi with two Cunard Queens due for 2014/15 season ...
ITCM
The AED 2billion (£337 million) Queen Elizabeth, the latest Cunard liner to carry the name of the current British monarch, will spend the day in Zayed Port as part of her 2014 World Cruise, and will return next April joining the line's flagship Queen Mary 2 as one of two scheduled ... The liner will arrive in Abu Dhabi on April 17 carrying 2,200 passengers, with officials hailing the second debut in consecutive years of a ship from one of the world's most prestigious lines as a milestone in the emirate's cruise ambitions.

and more »

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth to Make Debut UAE Capital Call - Luxury Travel Magazine

Read More

Luxury Travel Magazine

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth to Make Debut UAE Capital Call
Luxury Travel Magazine
The liner will arrive in Abu Dhabi on April 17 carrying 2,200 passengers, with officials hailing the second debut in consecutive years of a ship from one of the world's most prestigious lines as a milestone in the emirate's cruise ambitions. “Queen Elizabeth is ...

and more »

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth set to make Abu Dhabi debut - ArabianBusiness.com

Read More

ArabianBusiness.com

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth set to make Abu Dhabi debut
ArabianBusiness.com
The liner will arrive in Abu Dhabi on April 17 carrying 2,200 passengers, with officials hailing the second debut in consecutive years of a ship from one of the world's most prestigious lines as a milestone in the emirate's cruise ambitions. “Queen Elizabeth is ...

and more »

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Former ship's plumber's home is shrine to ocean liners - Daily Echo

Read More

Former ship's plumber's home is shrine to ocean liners
Daily Echo
The former ship's plumber says his collection reminds him of his career travelling the world on ocean liners including the QE2, the SS Canberra and Oriana. The grandfather-of-four's collection of about ten jigsaws, 800 postcards, 18 plates, 200 books, ...

Monday, March 17, 2014

British luxury liner QE3 docks in Yokohama - The Japan Times

Read More

British luxury liner QE3 docks in Yokohama
The Japan Times
The cruise ship was scheduled to depart for Kobe in the evening. The 90,400-ton vessel, which was launched in autumn 2010 as the third ship in Cunard's fleet — Britain's most famous cruising line — replaced the world-famous QE2, also named the Queen ...

and more »

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Book Review: QE2 A photographic Journey - Maritime Matters

Read More

Book Review: QE2 A photographic Journey
Maritime Matters
I remember, as a Southampton lad, the QE2 making her first appearance as the latest Cunard liner. An upstart with her stark while and black funnel, and her introduction marred by turbine trouble. It was a difficult start for a ship that became vastly popular as ...