Plans are announced to convert the QE2 into a 300-room luxury hotel at Port Rashid in Dubai. A joint press released today from DP World, owners of the Dubai Cruise Terminal and Istithmar World, owners of the QE2, confirms that the QE2 will be redeveloped as a hotel.
The press release confirms that the QE2 will be moored at the cruise terminal and will have "top quality lifestyle facilities, while the terminal itself will be developed into a maritime museum" and "once again [the QE2 will] display the ship's collection of art works and other historical assets acquired during nearly four decades as one of the world's leading ocean-going cruise liners".
The press release states the redevelopment will likely be completed "within 18 months ...[and, that]...in the meantime, the QE2 will continue to operate as an exciting venue for exclusive events".
The QE2 currently has 950 suites and staterooms accommodating 1,777 passengers; reducing this to 300 rooms will likely involve substantial revisions to her accommodation, radically altering the interior of the ship.
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