Her Majesty The Queen greeted the staff on the ship named for her on Monday. An accidental tourist of sorts, I was there with them.
Right Place, Wrong Time?
I am not sure whether I was in the right place at the wrong time or the wrong place at the right time, but either way, last week I was separated from my journalistic colleagues, who earlier had filed outdoors and taken their seats in the grandstands to see Britain’s Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, send her namesake ship into service. Read more...(747 words, 2 images, estimated 2:59 mins reading time)
Continuing a grand royal tradition, Her Majesty The Queen officially named Cunard Line’s newest ocean liner, Queen Elizabeth, last week during a regal ceremony before more than 1,500 guests, celebrities and dignitaries.
“Today marks a milestone in British maritime history and the continuation of a longstanding tradition of Royal Namings of our Cunard Queens,” said Peter Shanks, president of Cunard Line. “Our grand celebration today reinforces Cunard’s renaissance as one of the oldest names in passenger shipping now operating the youngest fleet in the world.” Read more...(177 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)
Today, Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria was anchored in Stockholm, Sweden, in the middle of the harbor that fronts Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s Old Town. The ship was a spectacle for all to see. A couple of years ago, I attended Queen Victoria’s christening ceremony and filed this report.
The Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla, who named Queen Victoria in Southampton Read more...(1084 words, 7 images, estimated 4:20 mins reading time)
New York has nearly always been the final destination for European liners that began Transatlantic cruises in 1840. The city has seen ships bring waves of immigrants and scores of millionaires and movie stars. The Big Apple has welcomed the world’s greatest sailing ships, stately icons that symbolized a time of great glamour, elegance and tradition. Read more...(208 words, 1 image, estimated 50 secs reading time)
Cunard’s impeccable White Star Service will make an intriguing east-west world voyage aboard the Queen Mary 2 starting January 2011, the fourth world cruise for the line’s flagship. Cunard’s 2011 world cruises — on the magnificent QM2 as well as the newer Queen Elizabeth — go on sale next week, and Cunard is offering some significant early-booking incentives. Read more...(238 words, estimated 57 secs reading time)
Cruise-ship devotees may want to mark their calendars for Jan. 13, 2011, and make plans to be in New York Harbor that day. That’s because three luxury ocean liners from Cunard Line — Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria — will make their second Royal Rendezvous, three years to the day after the first one. Read more...(152 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)
The new Queen Elizabeth will make her maiden world cruise for Cunard in 2011. Cunard’s 2011 world cruises — on the Queen Elizabeth as well as the flagship Queen Mary 2 — go on sale next week, and Cunard is offering some significant early-booking incentives. Read more...(271 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 will be the place to see and be seen for filmmakers and actors connected with the Tribeca Film Festival. As the new official cruise line of this important New York film festival, Cunard Line will offer exclusive film programming aboard specific transatlantic cruises this year and next, and many of the actors, directors, producers and others involved with these films will be on board for discussions and presentations. Read more...(159 words, 1 image, estimated 38 secs reading time)
Cruising clearly enjoys a strong and devoted following quite capable of recognizing a significant event. Cunard Line says it accepted reservations for all 2,000-plus berths in just 29 minutes on April 1 for the the October 2010 maiden voyage for the new Queen Elizabeth, easily making it the fastest-selling voyage in Cunard’s 170-year history. Read more...(176 words, 1 image, estimated 42 secs reading time)
