Qe2

[John Pruden]

the wife and i went to crosby last evening to watch the QE2 slipping out to the mersey bar 2300 and on to dublin.jp

[Captain Kong]

the QE2 is at LIVERPOOL pierhead today and departs 2200 tonight.jp
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Hi John,
that was not the QE2 that was in Liverpool. The last time the QE2 came to Liverpool was in 2008.
It was the Queen Elizabeth, the new one,
the QE2 is still in Port Rashid DUBAI.
I went to Australia in the one you saw at the Pier Head, earlier this year.
Cheers
Brian.

[Jim Brady]

Small piece in todays Mirror.
Check into "QE2 hotel"
RETIRED cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 could be opened as a hotel in London.The liner would be moored at Carlsberg Wharf near to the O2 Arena,on the Thames.The Mayor of London's office has been told of the project and a e -petition is urging government support.Launched in 1969 the QE2 last sailed to Dubai in 2008 but the recession ended plans to turn it into an attraction
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Tony Wilding]

On AOL News it was announced today the QE2 Will get a Billion Dollar Makeover, turning her into a 500 Bedroom Hotel.

[Tony Morcom]

Courtesy of our friends @ gCaptain

Drydocks World to Convert QE2 Ocean Liner to 5 Star Luxury Hotel

By Bloomberg On January 17, 2013



20 February 2009 – Queen Elizabeth 2 docked at Port Rashid, Dubai. Image by Indigodelta

The Queen Elizabeth 2, the ocean liner known as the QE2 that plied the Atlantic for almost 40 years, will be moored in Asia as a 400-room luxury hotel after plans to keep the ship in Dubai were scrapped.
Drydocks World, a unit of state-owned Dubai World, signed an agreement with Oceanic Group Pte Ltd., a cruise company with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, to convert the ship into a five-star hotel, the companies said today.
“The QE2 is not being scrapped, quite the opposite,” Oceanic Group Managing Director Daniel Chui told reporters in Dubai today. “We will lavish many, many millions of dollars on this magnificent ship to restore her the splendor of her glory days.”
Istithmar World PJSC, a state-owned company based in Dubai, bought the 963-foot (294-meter) ship from Cunard for $100 million in 2007. It announced plans in July to convert it into a 300-room hotel to be moored in the emirate. The government last year dissolved the board of Istithmar World and assigned its management to the board of parent company Dubai World.
Drydocks Chairman Khamis Buamim said he expects the ship to become a moored hotel in January 2014 and that it still may return to Dubai. The companies haven’t decided where to moor the ship in Asia, he said.
The QE2 made its official maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York in 1969. The ship, operated by Cunard, had capacity for more than 1,900 passengers and a crew of more than 1,000, according to a website about the vessel.
“As a luxury hotel, the QE2 will take her place alongside the great heritage hotels of Asia, including the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong, the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the Grand Hotel in Taipei and the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City,” Oceanic Group said on its website.
- Zainab Fattah, Copyright 2013 Bloomberg.