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• Destination News - Africa / Middle East

  - 2008-11-24

  Nov 24, 2008 Cunard Line, Dubai In Dubai, preparations are now underway for the arrival of the beloved ocean liner, QE2. The ship left Cunard[sup.1]s fleet in Southampton last week on is now en route to its new home in the emirate. Nakheel, the company taking ownership, will...

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• J.P. MORGAN'S GREATEST BLUNDER UNITED STATES LINES

  - 2008-10-01

  America 's pre-eminent financier created dozens of memorable multi-million dollar mergers yet his heirs weren't able to save one of his pet creations from corporate oblivion J.P. Morgan & Company was one of the most-powerful banking houses in America at the end of the 19th century and into...

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• ASSAULT ON A queen

  - 2008-05-31

  With the world's largest troopship in the crosshairs of his periscope, the captain of U-104 was confident he would be acclaimed a hero for sinking one of England's proudest matriarchs Just after noon on 5 November 1942, the German Navy's Kapitanleutnant Horst Kessler hauled himself slowly up a...

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• José Iturbi Classical Music Competition Winners to Perform on Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing

  - 2008-05-29

  In addition to first place prizes of $50,000, the winners of The 2008 José Iturbi International Music Competition at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall (June 16-21, 2008) will present Cunard Command PerformancesTM aboard Queen Mary 2 during the April 26, 2009, Transatlantic Crossing from New York to Southampton, England, it was announced...

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• Cruising News

  - 2008-04-14

  Apr 14, 2008 Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Lines' travel agent portal will feature a series of webisodes with company executives starting April 23. Hosted by Lynn Torrent, Carnival's new senior vice president of sales and guest services, the webisodes -- entitled "Onboard with Carnival" -- will feature...

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• Historic 'Meeting of Cunard Queens' to Take Place in Southampton.

  - 2008-03-20

  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 20, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Tuesday 22 April 2008 promises to go down in the annals of British maritime history when Cunard's three Queens will meet in their homeport of Southampton in another historic first for the company. Queen Mary 2,...

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• Meeting of Cunard Queens a grand spectacle

  - 2008-02-24

  NEW YORK -- The three Cunard Queen ships -- the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2 and the new Queen Victoria -- met in the waters off lower Manhattan the night of Jan. 13, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop and fireworks marking the once-in-a-lifetime event. ...

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• Queen Victoria is second in line to Cunard throne

  - 2007-12-14

  Travel The revival of Britain's storied Cunard Line continued this week with the launch of the much-awaited Queen Victoria, the line's second new ship in four years. Christened Monday in Southampton, England, by Prince Charles' wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, the 2,014-passenger vessel recalls the...

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• Destination News - Cruising

  - 2007-12-03

  Dec 3, 2007 All 154 people aboard MS Explorer are safe and accounted for after the cruise ship sank off Antarctica. The ship, which was operated by Toronto-based G.A.P Adventures, collided last Friday with an iceberg that punched a fist-size hole in the ship's hull. The vessel sank approximately...

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• Cunard's Queen Victoria to Launch with Museum-Quality Art Collection

  - 2007-10-26

  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-26 October 2007-Cunard's Queen Victoria to Launch with Museum-Quality Art CollectionC2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com In celebration of the revered and influential monarch Queen Victoria, Cunard said that it turned to a collection of accomplished contemporary British artists to infuse its newest ocean liner by the...

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