'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. |
Sunday, January 27, 2013
'Queen Elizabeth 2' to be floating luxury hotel - Otago Daily Times
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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 ... |
New life for QE2 - iAfrica.com
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 iAfrica.com | New life for QE2 iAfrica.com Iconic cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 will be upgraded into a luxury floating hotel with 500 rooms and will be moored in an Asian harbour, say its Dubai-based owners. The ship "will be moved to Drydocks World Dubai for undertaking classification checks prior ... |
QE2: the newest hotel in Asia - eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition
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QE2: the newest hotel in Asia eTravelBlackboard - Asia Edition Home · Top Stories · Air · Car · Cruise · Hotel · Incentives · Interline · Jobs · MICE · On Location · IT · Tourist Bureau · Wholesaler · Photos · Cruise News ... Plans seemed underway for a UK return for the liner earlier this month or a possible sale for scrap, but Dubai-based owners, Istithmar decided instead to create a consortium to preserve the liner, led by Singapore-based investment group Oceanic. The QE2 ... The QE2 Floating Hotel website is now live and features artist impressions of the ship post refurbishment. |
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
QE2: the newest hotel in Asia - e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
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QE2: the newest hotel in Asia e-Travel Blackboard (press release) Home · Top Stories · Air · Car · Cruise · Hotel · Incentives · Interline · Jobs · On Location · IT · Tourist Bureau · Wholesaler · Photos · Cruise News ... Plans seemed underway for a UK return for the liner earlier this month or a possible sale for scrap, but Dubai-based owners, Istithmar decided instead to create a consortium to preserve the liner, led by Singapore-based investment group Oceanic. The QE2 was ... The QE2 Floating Hotel website is now live and features artist impressions of the ship post refurbishment. |
Dubai's QE2 to float as luxury hotel in Asia - CANOE
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Dubai's QE2 to float as luxury hotel in Asia CANOE The refurbished QE2 will also include a shopping mall, restaurants and an onboard maritime museum, the statement said, without specify where the ship would be based in Asia. Dubai World bought the QE2 for about $81 million from US cruise operator ... |
Dubai's QE2 to float as luxury hotel in Asia - CANOE
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Dubai's QE2 to float as luxury hotel in Asia CANOE The refurbished QE2 will also include a shopping mall, restaurants and an onboard maritime museum, the statement said, without specify where the ship would be based in Asia. Dubai World bought the QE2 for about $81 million from US cruise operator ... |
Monday, January 21, 2013
QE2 converting to hotel in Asia - World First Travel Insurance
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 World First Travel Insurance | QE2 converting to hotel in Asia World First Travel Insurance Renowned cruise liner the Queen Elizabeth 2 is set to be converted into a floating luxury hotel and moved to Asia, its owners have confirmed. Regular cruise travel insurance customers may have been keeping tabs on the plans for the QE2 with some interest, as the proposals have taken various twists and turns since the ship was docked in Dubai after being bought by state investment company Istithmar World in 2007. That deal took place when Dubai's boom was at its peak, but subsequent events have left the ... |
QE2 to become luxury hotel and shopping mall - ITV News
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 ITV News | QE2 to become luxury hotel and shopping mall ITV News The former Southampton-based cruise liner 'Queen Elizabeth 2' is to become a luxury hotel in Asia according to her Dubai owners. It was said that the QE2, as she is affectionately known - would be scrapped. However in a surprise statement her owners said ... |
Queen Elizabeth 2 to be relaunched as floating hotel - SME Times
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Queen Elizabeth 2 to be relaunched as floating hotel SME Times Luxury ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, popularly known as QE2, will be renovated and converted into a floating hotel in Dubai. Before its retirement move to Dubai in November 2008, the QE2 took regular cruises around the world as well as operated as a scheduled liner across the Atlantic Ocean between Southampton and New York. The ship carried 2.5 million passengers, sailed nearly six million miles and completed 806 trans-Atlantic crossings during 39 years of service. The ship will be converted into a five-star ... |
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