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QE2 to become Dubai hotel
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Posted by Paul Makishima, Globe Assistant Sunday Editor
November 26, 2008 01:39 PM
The Queen Elizabeth 2, arrived in Dubai to start its new life as a floating hotel.
Manfred Ursprunger, CEO of Nakheel's QE2 Enterprises, told the Associated Press it will take two to three years to transform the luxury liner into a hotel.
Plans call for the new hotel to feature several restaurants, a theater, and a spa. Some of the cruiser's famous quarters, like The Queen's Room, The Captain's Quarters and The Bridge will be preserved in its original form.
Nakheel, a Dubai developer and part of Dubai World, plans to dock QE2 along Dubai's artificial, palm-shaped island.
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