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Mon Jun-18-07 04:41 AM Original message

QE2 set to become floating hotel (in Dubai) - BBC

Source: BBC News Last Updated: Monday, 18 June 2007, 08:45 GMT 09:45 UK QE2 set to become floating hotel Dubai is to buy the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship for $100m (£50.5m) and turn it into a floating hotel off the Gulf emirate's man-made islands. The 70,000-tonne vessel, launched by the Queen in 1967, is to be sold to the Dubai World firm by Carnival, the world's largest cruise operator. Dubai government-owned real-estate developer Nakheel is building three palm-frond shaped isles off its coast. The ship will be berthed from 2009 at a pier at the Palm Jumeirah development. -snip- Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6762901.stm

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