International Business Times UK | Dubai: New QE2 Images Show Staff Roasting Pigs on Iconic Ship, Left 'to Rot in ... International Business Times UK The cruise ship, that was once visited by world leaders, celebrities, kings and queens, was due to undergo a major refurbishment, as announced by the Dubai-based owner of the liner, is now "rotting" away said Rod Fair, a former engineer on the QE2. |
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Dubai: New QE2 Images Show Staff Roasting Pigs on Iconic Ship, Left 'to Rot in ... - International Business Times UK
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Rotting in obscurity and with workers spitroasting PIGS on deck, the once ... - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | Rotting in obscurity and with workers spitroasting PIGS on deck, the once ... Daily Mail But the Queen Elizabeth II has been left to rot in obscurity after plans to transform the iconic cruise liner into a luxury 900-room hotel apparently stalled. Photographs reveal that the former pride of the Cunard Line is still languishing in a Dubai dockyard - its ... |
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Party is over as QE2 is left in Dubai - The Sunday Times
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The Sunday Times | Party is over as QE2 is left in Dubai The Sunday Times FOR almost 40 years, the QE2 epitomised glamour and luxury. The Queen, George W Bush, Nelson Mandela and film stars such as Ginger Rogers and Debbie Reynolds all took voyages on board arguably the world's most famous ocean liner. Yet this weekend the ship described as an “icon of maritime history” was languishing in a Dubai dockyard after plans to turn it into a floating hotel appear to have stalled. The former flagship of the Cunard Line, which has spent six years docked in Dubai awaiting renovation, ... |
Party is over as QE2 is left in Dubai - The Sunday Times
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The Sunday Times | Party is over as QE2 is left in Dubai The Sunday Times FOR almost 40 years, the QE2 epitomised glamour and luxury. The Queen, George W Bush, Nelson Mandela and film stars such as Ginger Rogers and Debbie Reynolds all took voyages on board arguably the world's most famous ocean liner. Yet this weekend the ship described as an “icon of maritime history” was languishing in a Dubai dockyard after plans to turn it into a floating hotel appear to have stalled. The former flagship of the Cunard Line, which has spent six years docked in Dubai awaiting renovation, ... |
Anger as QE2 left unloved in Dubai - The Sunday Times
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The Sunday Times | Anger as QE2 left unloved in Dubai The Sunday Times FOR almost 40 years, the QE2 epitomised glamour and luxury. The Queen, George W Bush, Nelson Mandela and film stars such as Ginger Rogers and Debbie Reynolds all took voyages on board arguably the world's most famous ocean liner. Yet this weekend the ship described as an “icon of maritime history” was languishing in a Dubai dockyard after plans to turn it into a floating hotel appear to have stalled. The former flagship of the Cunard Line, which has spent six years docked in Dubai awaiting renovation, ... |
Cunard PR boss's journey from council house to the high seas - Liverpool Echo
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Liverpool Echo | Cunard PR boss's journey from council house to the high seas Liverpool Echo “By the 1980s there was only one transatlantic liner left, Cunard's flagship Queen Elizabeth 2, and in 1986 I wrote to the company and asked for a photo.” One was duly sent and the letter was signed by Cunard's PR manager Eric Flounders and young Michael ... |
Friday, November 28, 2014
Concern for future of QE2 as hotel plan delayed - Scotsman (blog)
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Concern for future of QE2 as hotel plan delayed Scotsman (blog) A cruise ship expert told The Scotsman he doubted whether the hotel plans would succeed. He said: “The QE2 was an iconic liner for her time but that time is past. The idea of a hotel ship probably would not work.” No-one from Drydocks World, a partner of ... |
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Future still looking uncertain for QE2 - Daily Echo
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Daily Echo | Future still looking uncertain for QE2 Daily Echo More than six years after she sailed out of Southampton for the final time, QE2 remains languishing in Dubai, ambitious plans for her future still to be realised, and now come claims that this once proud liner is not being cared for, resulting fears that her once ... Original plans called for the ship to undergo a multi-million pound transformation and re-open for business as a world-class hotel in 2011, but the years have come and gone and as yet no work has begun and no preparations seem to be under way for her to ... |
'I regret not pushing him off the QE2': Michael Buerk makes shock Savile ... - Daily Star
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Daily Star | 'I regret not pushing him off the QE2': Michael Buerk makes shock Savile ... Daily Star During a chat with his fellow I'm A Celebrity junglemates, the 68-year-old spoke of his intense dislike for child sex beast Savile, and recalled a time when they were both on the QE2 cruise ship. Telling them he had no time for the former children's presenter ... |
Michael Buerk says his biggest regret is not pushing Jimmy Savile over the rail of ... - Evening Standard
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Evening Standard | Michael Buerk says his biggest regret is not pushing Jimmy Savile over the rail of ... Evening Standard Talking of his dislike for Saville even before his sex offences came to light, the 68-year-old said: “My other regret is standing at the rail of the QE2 with Jimmy Savile who I personally disliked intensely before everyone else did, and my regret is not tipping him ... |
Michael Buerk speaks of regret at not shoving Savile off QE2 - TravelMole
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Michael Buerk speaks of regret at not shoving Savile off QE2 TravelMole Buerk, who was talking to other contestants about his life and his regret at losing his mother when he was 16, said: "My other regret is standing at the rail of the QE2 with Jimmy Savile who I personally disliked intensely before everyone else did, and my regret ... |
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
'I remember standing at the rail of the QE2 next to Jimmy Saville... My biggest ... - Daily Mail
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Daily Mail | 'I remember standing at the rail of the QE2 next to Jimmy Saville... My biggest ... Daily Mail Newsreader Michael Buerk has revealed that one of his biggest regrets in life is not pushing disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile off the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship when he had the chance. The 68-year-old expressed his dislike for the former Radio 1 DJ, ... |
Clydebank-built QE2 in troubled waters - Clydebank Post
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Clydebank-built QE2 in troubled waters Clydebank Post The Dubai-based owner of the liner, QE2 Holdings, announced in October last year it had appointed the 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 royalty, 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, China. It was claimed the QE2 would receive a makeover, which was due to be ... |
Friday, November 21, 2014
QE2 left to 'rot away' in Dubai - Asia Cruise News
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Asia Cruise News | QE2 left to 'rot away' in Dubai Asia Cruise News Dubai: An iconic name in world cruise shipping has been left to rust away, local media in the Middle East are reporting. The Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), one of the most famous ships in the history of Cunard Line, ... While there have been some reports that the ship will be scrapped, QE2, which turns 50 in 2017, has been an expensive mistake to date for Dubai's Drydocks World who bought it just ahead of Dubai's dramatic financial crash. Marc-Antoine Bombail, author of several books on the QE2, told Arabian Business: ... |
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
QE2 fans voice outrage as new images show iconic ship left “to rot in obscurity ... - ArabianBusiness.com
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ArabianBusiness.com | QE2 fans voice outrage as new images show iconic ship left “to rot in obscurity ... ArabianBusiness.com Former passengers, employees and enthusiasts of the iconic QE2 ocean liner have contacted Arabian Business to voice concern that the legendary ship has been left to “rot away”, after new photos appeared online in recent weeks of the ship still docked in Dubai's Port ... QE2 Holdings said in a statement that the cruise ship, which has 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, ... |
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