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 ...

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--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 ...

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, ...

The world-famous ocean liner-turned-hotel Queen Elizabeth 2 will reopen her doors to guests in the United Arab Emirates on October 1st. The vessel is now permanently moored at the Mina Rashid port in ...

DUBAI, July 7 (Reuters) - Dubai will spend another $90 million to refurbish the ocean liner QE2 before it steams out of the emirate in October to be moored in Asia as a 400-room luxury hotel, its new ...

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, July 2 (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 ...

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 ...