Cunard will resume sailing from Canada this season following a hiatus of two years. The announcement that Canadian authorities are once again welcoming cruise ships is welcome news for Cunard, guests, and the entire travel industry.
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Queen Mary 2 Welcomes Acclaimed Renaissance Man VALENCIA, Calif., June 19, 2018 – Stage, film and TV superstar Alan Cumming will join Cunard as part of the luxury cruise line’s famed Insights program on the January 3, 2019 Transatlantic Crossing (M902) on flagship ocean liner Queen Mary 2. While sailing on the seven-night voyage from New York to Southampton, England, Cumming will be offering a Q&A session with guests and hosting a screening of Instinct, his new hit TV series on CBS in which he plays Dr. Dylan Reinhart. Instinct, which premiered in March and was just renewed for a second season, is an American police drama based on James Patterson’s Murder Games. “Cunard is delighted
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Among the high-caliber speakers who will join the Cunard Insights program on Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria over the coming months are motoring legend Murray Walker, former South African President F.W. de Klerk, actor Robert Powell and well-known UK politicians, broadcasters and journalists. De Klerk, scheduled for Queen Mary 2’s world voyage segment from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, April 15-17, 2015, was South Africa’s president from September 1989 to May 1994. He was the seventh and last head of state under the apartheid era. De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid and supported the transformation of
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Cunard Wedding Packages Go On Sale In December 2011 There was more outrage than mirth in the UK this week after Cunard announced its ships will no longer sail under the British flag. After much speculation and debate, Cunard, the long reigning queen of the ocean liners announced its ships the company’s three ships, with their iconic red funnels will now be registered in Bermuda so that weddings can be held on board, something which is not allowed under UK law. Once registered in Bermuda, the ships will also no longer have Southampton painted across their stern, instead they will
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Cunard has said it may change the registration of its ships so it can perform weddings at sea. (BBC) Wedding services must be performed in a publicly accessibly place under English law, ruling out ceremonies at sea. But Cunard president Peter Shanks said the firm could instead register its ships in an overseas British territory making weddings on board legal. While the firm’s fleet of Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria was likely to remain based in Southampton. A number of other cruise firms have already moved registration of their ships to countries like Bermuda, which allows
...The president of ship company Cunard has said “it is quite possible” the firm would begin cruises from Liverpool if the city built new facilities. Liverpool has a cruise liner terminal but it does not have facilities for cruises to begin and end in the city. The city is appealing against a restriction that stops it becoming a turnaround port. The proposals are opposed by Southampton, which could see its port business suffer if they are approved. Cunard’s flagship Queen Elizabeth, which was launched in October, is visiting the port for the start of the city’s River Festival and will
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(BBC) QE2 anchor set as landmark in home port of Southampton It is one of two steel anchors that were hung on each side of the ship. A 13 tonne anchor from the QE2 has been set as a landmark in Southampton. The 4.3m (14ft) by 2.7m (9ft) steel anchor has been gifted to the city by the Dubai royal family and Cunard. The anchor is one of a pair that hung on each side of the ship which made its maiden voyage on 2 May 1969 from Southampton to New York. It has been placed in front of Holy
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Tivoli Gardens , the amusement park, the second oldest in the world, has a rich history and has worked with Disney Cruise Line, and inspired Walt Disney to design his first theme parks on its design. Unfortunately, Disney will not be back to the Baltic this summer and had worked with Tivoli, the second oldest amusement park in the world, in the past. Though Disney may not be back in Copenhagen this summer, many cruise lines will: Aida Cruises; Azamara Cruise Club; Carnival Cruise Lines; Celebrity Cruises; Costa Cruises; Crystal Cruises; Cunard Line; Fred Olsen Cruises; Hapag Lloyd Cruise Line;
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Liam P. Cusack New York, NY When Cunard’s new Queen Elizabeth enters service in October 2010 Cunard will be introducing an original concept in theatrical entertainment, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Company – the first and only resident theatre company at sea. Guests will enjoy a brand new repertoire of shows premiered by the theatre company’s 29 singers, dancers, actors and musicians. New shows will include the hit “Slice of Saturday Night,” a nostalgic pastiche of 1960s music. Adapted especially for the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Company by its original writers, the Heather Brothers, “Slice of Saturday Night” features all of
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The Icelandic volcano has caused merely a ripple in the ocean of the cruise industry. That could change this summer as many lines reposition their ships for the summer European tourist season As of the date of this posting, none of the major cruise lines have altered their schedules for summer Northern European; European; and Mediterranean cruises.
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