QE2 Palm Jumeirah

Last Concorde to Join QE2 on Palm Jumeirah Last Concorde to Join QE2 on Palm Jumeirah

Concorde celebrates its 40th birthday tomorrow, but according to media reports the last remaining British Airways is due to be shipped off to The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai. The Times is claiming that a UAE-based consortium wants to turn the aircraft into a tourist attraction, possibly to be marketed alongside the QE2 cruise ship. Britain’s flag carrier... [Read more of this review]

Nakheel Denies All Scrapping Rumours Nakheel Denies All Scrapping Rumours

Three months after bringing the former British cruise liner, QE2, to Dubai, developer Nakheel is still committed to its plans to covert it into a floating luxury hotel development by 2012, snubbing rumours of the project being put on hold due to credit crisis. According to industry sources, QE2′s transformation has either been altered or put on... [Read more of this review]

QE2 May Be Cut Up for Scrap Metal QE2 May Be Cut Up for Scrap Metal

Nakheel the owners of Southampton’s former liner QE2 are remaining tight-lipped over fears that the world-famous Cunarder could eventually be cut up for scrap. The current economic downturn is so serious that it has hit even oil-rich Dubai, where the liner, is now awaiting conversion into a floating hotel. Sources close to Dubai-owned Nakheel, which... [Read more of this review]

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