Accor said that the QE2 would "become a landmark property for the MGallery brand." Photo Credit: Accor Accor is taking over operations of the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) in Dubai. The cruise ...

Dubai’s QE2 hotel has temporarily closed following a bout of bad weather in the emirate. The 50-plus year old ship closed last Sunday (August 6). The hotel will reopen on Tuesday, August 15. The hotel ...

NEW YORK - Cunard's QE2 got a royal send-off recently as she left New York for her final trans-Atlantic voyage to Southampton, England, marking the end of more than 40 years as the world's most famous ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The Queen Elizabeth 2's Dubai owners outlined plans Monday to turn the storied cruise liner into a dockside hotel that will keep many existing furnishings intact, ...

DUBAI--Dubai said Monday it has decided the fate of the Queen Elizabeth 2, the 45-year-old ocean liner it bought at the height of the economic boom five years ago and which has been lying idle in the ...

Cunard Line has sold the QE2 cruise liner for $100m to Dubai World, a company owned by Istithmar, the investment arm of the government of Dubai. The Independent. The Times. Financial Times. Daily ...

More than three years since it arrived in its final port of Dubai, the storied cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon be welcoming well-heeled guests once again — at least for a night. The event ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai on Monday scaled back plans to turn the Queen Elizabeth 2 ship into a luxury hotel at the tip of the emirate's famous palm-shaped island, saying she would be moored in an ...

Well, never accuse Accor of not experimenting with new things, maybe to a fault: it has taken over the operations of the legendary cruise liner and ship Queen Elizabeth 2. The cruise ship will undergo ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Britain's most famous luxury cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, arrived in Dubai yesterday, where it will be turned into a floating hotel moored off an artificial ...

DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 has been sold for $100 million and is to become a floating hotel and museum to draw tourists to one of Dubai's man-made islands.