Cunard Announces Fashion and Culinary Event Cruises in 2016
Cunard has today announced two exciting event cruises for 2016, celebrating the worlds of fashion, food, music and dance.
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Cunard to Release details of New Queen Mary 2 Single and Club Balcony Staterooms
Queen Mary 2’s redesigned Britannia Club Balcony staterooms and all-new Britannia Single staterooms will offer passengers more options and a more elegant, modern stateroom experience. (more…)
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Queen Elizabeth coming to Kobe, Japan, to celebrate port’s 150th anniversary
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will visit Kobe to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the city’s port. (ajw.asahi.com)
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Cunard Offers The Ultimate Upgrade on Select 2016 Voyages
Cunard launches The Ultimate Upgrade, an offer including free stateroom upgrades, free gratuities and a $150 deposit per person on select 2016 voyages on board Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. (more…)
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Queen Mary 2 Remastered – Famed Grills Suites and Restaurants Ascend to New Level of Luxury
Queen Mary 2’s renowned Queens and Princess Grill suites and restaurants will undergo lavish enhancements in May and June, 2016, ascending to a new level of luxury, sharing company with the world’s finest five star hotels. (more…)
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Grammy® Award-winning Gregory Porter to Join First Ever Blue Note “Jazz at Sea” on board Queen Mary 2
Cunard is thrilled to announce that Grammy® Award-winning singer and songwriter, Gregory Porter, will be performing on board Queen Mary 2 during the first-ever Blue Note jazz themed cruise, which will debut 29 October 2015.
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Passengers and crew share their memories of life on board Clyde-built Queen Mary
It was September 1944 when RAF navigator Alexander Bowie stepped aboard RMS Queen Mary. The Clyde-built grande dame of ocean liners was anchored off Greenock. (heraldscotland.com)
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Cunard appoints SMC Design for Queen Mary 2 refit
Cunard has appointed SMC Design to lead the development of Queen Mary 2’s interior spaces in preparation for her forthcoming major refit in 2016. (more…)
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Cunard Announces Sponsorship of Monterey Jazz Festival’s 2015 Jazz Legends Gala 2015 Jazz Legends Gala
Cunard is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival’ Jazz Legends Gala honoring Chick Corea on September 17, 2015. (more…)
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Cunard Announces its 2017 Exotic Cruises & Full World Voyages Programme
Today Cunard released its 2017 Exotic Cruises & Full World Voyages Programme, inviting travellers to embrace exciting new frontiers in magnificent Cunard style.
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UK. P&O Cruises and Cunard Invest in CRM Agency
P&O Cruises and Cunard Line have hired direct agency LIDA to handle its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) business, according to a statement from the cruise line. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Queen Mary II: fog hampers search for missing member of cruise liner’s crew
The crew of the luxury liner Queen Mary II were searching on Saturday for a crew member who went overboard off the coast of Newfoundland. (theguardian.com)
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Commercial Restructure for P&O Cruises and Cunard
Carnival UK CEO David Noyes has announced a commercial restructure for P&O Cruises and Cunard Line. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Queen Victoria Makes Maiden Call in Marmaris
Cuinard Line’s Queen Victoria made her Maiden Call at Marmaris on Tuesday with 2,023 passengers and 983 crew aboard. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Cunard flagship Queen Mary 2 to undergo major refurbishment in early summer 2016
As Cunard marks its illustrious 175 year history with the arrival in New York of its flagship, Queen Mary 2, it is proud to announce the next chapter of innovation and investment, introducing new designs and guest experiences to the world’s most iconic ocean liner. (more…)
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Queen Mary 2 arrives into New York City for Cunard’s 175th anniversary celebrations
This morning, July 14th, 2015, Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 sailed into its U.S. home port, New York, escorted by a historic ships and Coastguard vessels. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Cunard Line to make announcement on 14 July
Cunard Line, the premium and luxury market brand in Carnival Corp& plc group, will make an announcement in New York on 14 July, said David Noyes, CEO of Carnival UK that operates the Cunard Line brand in Britain. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Cunard Culminates its 175th Anniversary Celebration in its North American Home Port of New York
On 14 July 2015, New York City will witness the conclusion of Cunard’s 175th anniversary commemorative Transatlantic Crossing as Queen Mary 2 sails into its U.S. home port for a spectacular finale.
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Cunard Marks the 175th Anniversary to the Day of Regular Transatlantic Service
Queen Mary 2 sounded her ship’s whistle (foghorn) at 1400 hours in Liverpool on Saturday to signify the time exactly 175 years earlier that Cunard’s first ship Britannia left the city’s Coburg Dock and inaugurated the first ever scheduled Transatlantic service. (maritime-executive.com)
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Cunard to celebrate 175th Anniversary in Halifax
Cunard will celebrate 175 years of history, tradition, and industrial achievement in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 10 July 2015 with a series of commemorative events, beginning with a special outdoor ceremony on the Halifax waterfront. (ftnnews.com)
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Cunard presents first-ever Blue Note jazz themed cruise with Natalie Cole
Cunard announced that multiple Grammy® Award-winning vocalist Natalie Cole will headline the first-ever Blue Note jazz themed cruise, which will debut on Cunard’s flagship, Queen Mary 2, on 29 October 2015. (ftnnews.com)
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Cunard Launches Celebratory Cocktail on World Gin Day
Today (Saturday 13 June) is World Gin Day and to celebrate, and continue with its 175th anniversary, Cunard has unveiled a brand new gin based cocktail that is inspired by its iconic transatlantic crossings. (cruiseline.co.uk)
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Cunard outlines 175th anniversary celebrations in Halifax, Boston and New York
On 4 July 2015, Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 will embark on the capstone of Cunard’s 175th worldwide anniversary celebrations with a commemorative Transatlantic Crossing departing from Liverpool, England, paying tribute to the original voyage made by the company’s first flagship, Britannia, on 4 July 1840.
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Dramatic close to Three Queens weekend
Queen Victoria’s departure brings the Three Queens Salute to Liverpool weekend to a dramatic close. There was an unexpected bonus for the crowds which gathered as Queen Victoria took her leave tonight, bringing Cunard’s Three Queens weekend to a dramatic close. (liverpoolinnews.com)
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QE2 cruise ship “left to rot” after being sold to Dubai
A campaign group has claimed that iconic ocean liner the QE2 has been “left to rot” in Dubai after she left the UK in 2008 for her new home at the UAE state’s Port Rashid. (travel.aol.co.uk)
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Cunard Cruise Ships Celebrate Line’s 175th Anniversary in Liverpool
Cunard’s ‘Three Queens’ cruise ships met up in Liverpool’s River Mersey today (May 25) for the first time in celebration of Cunard’s 175th anniversary. (cruisecritic.com)
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Exclusive: Tour of QE2 in Dubai with latest pictures
Cruise Arabia & Africa is given rare access to Cunard’s former flagship Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) in the Dubai shipyard where she has for the past year lay in a state of limbo, her hallowed decks deserted, her magnificent public rooms frozen in time.
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Isle of Man Post Office Issues Cunard Collectibles
Isle of Man Post Office has announced that it is celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Cunard Line’s first transatlantic service with a set of celebratory special edition collectibles, due for release on May 25. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Coast Guard evacuates ill passenger from cruise ship
The Coast Guard has evacuated an ill passenger from a cruise ship (Queen Mary II) about 180 miles south of Nantucket. (chron.com)
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Cunard Line’s 175th anniversary celebrations see its three Queens arriving home to Southampton
Celebrations to mark Cunard’s 175th anniversary get into full swing on Sunday when its fleet of three ships arrive home together from separate world cruises. (mirror.co.uk)
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Lusitania Remembered on Queen Victoria cruise
Exactly 100 years on from the sinking of Cunard’s flagship Lusitania, Queen Victoria will pay tribute to the tragedy with a special commemorative cruise. (cruise-international.com)
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Cunard’s Three Queens Celebrate the Royal Birth with Ships’ Whistles
Cunard’s fleet of Three Queens – flagship Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth – welcomed the new Royal Baby with a simultaneous sounding the ships’ whistles (foghorns) at noon today, Saturday 2 May 2015. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Cunard to Welcome Former Secretary of Defense Gates on QM2
Cunard Line has said that former Secretary of Defense, Dr. Robert Gates, will sail with the Queen Mary 2 as a featured guest with the Cunard Insights program during her August 112015 Transatlantic Crossing from Southampton to New York. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Sting Performs Songs from ‘The Last Ship’ on Tyneside Where 23 Cunard Ships Were Built
Sting delighted audiences in his hometown with songs from his latest album and Broadway musical ‘The Last Ship’ on 24th and 25th April 2015 to benefit the Sage Gateshead 10th Birthday Appeal. (more…)
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Cunard honours Anzac centenary with memorial service off the Gallipoli Peninsula
Almost 500 Australians and New Zealanders joined fellow passengers on the decks of Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth for a special memorial service as the ship sailed the waters off the Gallipoli Peninsula this morning (24 April 2015). (express.co.uk)
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Lusitania anniversary to be marked by lifeboat re-enactment
The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania off Cork is to be commemorated next month when a team of rowers replicate the efforts of a lifeboat crew to save survivors. (irishtimes.com)
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John Chernesky Appointed Vice President of North America Sales for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line
John Chernesky has been appointed to the role of vice president, North America Sales for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line, effective June 1. (more…)
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Zayed Port Welcomes the Queen Elizabeth
Abu Dhabi Ports greeted the Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in Zayed Port with a traditional Emirati welcome, to mark the second Cunard cruise ship of the season and Cunard’s 175th anniversary. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Cunard Hosts Fundraiser Event on board Queen Victoria for the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Cunard hosted the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s Victory is Ours! fundraising luncheon aboard Queen Victoria, during the ship’s call to Los Angeles as she continues on her World Voyage. (more…)
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Queen Elizabeth passenger dies boarding a cruise ship tender
A passenger has died following an accident while boarding the Queen Elizabeth from a tender (the small boats that carry passengers from ship to shore or port when the cruise ship anchors at sea). (more…)
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