VALENCIA, Calif., April 17, 2018 /CNW/ -- Dubai will welcome
the most famous ocean liners in the world when the arrival of
Queen Mary 2 coincides with the
opening of the Queen Elizabeth 2 hotel.
Guests travelling on QM2 will have the opportunity to join VIPs
and local media at the opening of the QE2 on 18th April.
Future guests will also have the chance to visit when QM2
returns to Dubai in January and
April 2019 as part of her World
Voyage.
QE2 was launched by Her Majesty the Queen in 1967 and was the
Cunard flagship liner (a role she relinquished to Queen Mary 2 in May
2004), undertaking 25 world cruises, crossing the Atlantic
more than 800 times and carrying more than 2.5 million passengers.
QE2 is owned by PCFC Hotels - part of the Dubai government's Ports, Customs and Free
Zones Corporation and will reside permanently at Mina Rashid,
Dubai.
"On behalf of Cunard, we are so excited for our guests sailing
on Queen Mary 2 to be of the first
to board the QE2 Hotel in Dubai,"
said Josh Leibowitz, senior vice
president, Cunard North America.
"QE2 holds a very special place in Cunard's history, and we hope
that the ship will continue to be enjoyed by many guests to
come."
For more information about Cunard, or to book a
voyage, contact your Travel Consultant, call Cunard Line at
1-800-728-6273 or visit www.cunard.com.
For travel agents interested in further information, please
contact your Business Development Manager, visit OneSource or call
Cunard toll free at 1-800-528-6273.
Cunard
Cunard is the operator of luxury cruise ships
Queen Mary 2®,
Queen Victoria® and Queen
Elizabeth®. Renowned for impeccable White Star Service,
gourmet dining and world-class entertainment, all three Queens
offer luxury accommodations in Britannia, Britannia Club, Princess Grill Suite and Queens Grill Suite
staterooms. Cunard is the only line to offer regularly scheduled
Transatlantic service between New
York and London, and it
continues to celebrate the freedom of travel on exciting World
Voyage and Grand Voyage itineraries that visit Europe, North
America, South America,
Africa, Asia and Australia.
Awarded '#1 Mega-Ship Ocean Cruise
Line' by Travel + Leisure's 2017 and 2016 World's Best
Awards and 'Best World Cruise Itineraries' and 'Best Trans-Atlantic
Itineraries' by Porthole Cruise Magazine's 2016 Readers Choice
Awards, Cunard is a proud member of World's Leading Cruise Lines, a
part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK),
the largest cruise vacation company in the world. Together Cunard,
Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises,
Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises
(Australia) and P&O Cruises
(UK) operate 102 ships visiting over 700 ports around the world and
totaling 226,000 lower berths.
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