QE2 Hotel Website (launch on February 4th and reactions)

[June Ingram]

The fact that there is now a website is a very promising thing.  I am hoping for good news to start emerging for our beloved ship !   

[Rob Lightbody]

Thanks for posting.

"Although not confirmed by Port, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), who are now responsible for the QE2, some sources claim that the ship will open in the first half of the year."

Sounds rather encouraging. However, I will believe it when I see it.

Until they officially announce a date, don't book a journey to Dubai!  Even if they are indeed working to a date of March 30th as Louis says, it could fall through.  There's a reason they haven't announced the date.  Its not a case of not believing anyone, its just the reality of working on a huge, expensive complicated project.

[Rob Lightbody]

I think I'm going to merge this topic with the QE2 website topic, because they're directly related.  The articles that have popped up in Dubai over the past 24 hours are all simply because the website has appeared.

[Rob Lightbody]

Just thinking about it, 10 years ago the economic downturn was going on at the time, and the hotel would have been opened in the middle of it all, say 2009-2010. Maybe it is just better that all the delays and such happened, since 10 years on I recently have heard only good new, people go on vacation more often etc.

They realised that.  That's why they stopped the conversion dead not long after she arrived, and didn't touch her, and left her engines running - they could see what was about to happen, if they started the original very expensive and dramatic conversion plan, it could have all gone horribly wrong as you suggest.

[Roy Warrender]

One thing that is active on the site is recruitment of staff

[Rob Lightbody]

"QE2 appears a step closer to new life as floating hotel with new website launch"

https://cruisearabiaonline.com/2018/02/06/qe2-appears-a-step-closer-to-new-life-as-floating-hotel-with-new-website-launch/

[cunardqueen]

You will forgive us Rob if some of us dont hold our breath....

[Pete Hamill]

Well, that was completely underwhelming!

I wonder who actually owns the rights to the first photograph? Might we even see the original appear in the monthly photo competition at some point?

[Rob Lightbody]

You will forgive us Rob if some of us dont hold our breath....

I was only quoting the headline of the article!

[June Ingram]

At long last, something has formally appeared (the website) which does seem to give hope for a new life for our beloved QE2.

Let us hope that this time our beloved ship will indeed see a new life.  It does speak well for Dubai that they did not dispatch her to Alang but kept hold of her until a time when they could perhaps fulfill the dream they may have had when they purchased her.

Let's wait patiently for a bit longer with the hope that QE2 will open and who knows, maybe our next conference could be on her decks !   

[Bob van Leeuwen]

Somebody on Facebook somewhere also posted this, but I just also checked for myself, but the domain name still seems to be registered to Carnival, it was original created in 2000, and it due to expire in augustus this year.


What sort of surprises me that Carnival never transferred the name when the QE2 was sold to Dubai, or maybe Carnival also still holds to trade mark.

[June Ingram]

I noticed just today that QE2 Hotel website is being picked up by some on line news sources as a sign that she will open soon even though there is very little information available yet.

[Trevor Harris]

Somebody on Facebook somewhere also posted this, but I just also checked for myself, but the domain name still seems to be registered to Carnival, it was original created in 2000, and it due to expire in augustus this year.


What sort of surprises me that Carnival never transferred the name when the QE2 was sold to Dubai, or maybe Carnival also still holds to trade mark.

Checked internet archive and it turns out that that domain has been held by Cunard and other people. I saw a news website and a church (?).

[Hank Hargrove]

Checked internet archive and it turns out that that domain has been held by Cunard and other people. I saw a news website and a church (?).

What was the church’s name?

[Rob Lightbody]

Signs of QE2 liner’s Dubai hotel transformation

http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/15997811.signs-of-qe2-liners-dubai-hotel-transformation/?ref=mr&lp=18