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Showing posts with label 175th Anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 175th Anniversary. Show all posts
NEW YORK -- At an event commemorating the 175th anniversary of Cunard, the line's North America president, Rick Meadows announced some additional features and major refurbishments for the 11-year-old Queen Mary 2 to be added during a 25-day drydock next year.
The flagship of Cunard Line will for the first time get 15 single-occupancy cabins. During the drydock, workers will also install 30 more Britannia Club Balcony staterooms that come with anytime dining privileges in the Britannia restaurant.
A unique feature of the Queen Mary 2, the dog kennels, will be expanded. Currently there are accommodations for 12 dogs or cats and another 10 kennels will be added.
Also coming will be a statuary lamp post and fire hydrant in the dog walking area, a feature first introduced on the QM2's flagship predecessor, the Queen Elizabeth 2.
Parent company Carnival Corporation chairman Micky Arison, CEO Arnold Donald, Cunard CEO David Noyes, Holland America Group CEO Stein Kruse and Carnival Cruise Line president Christine Duffy were among the company executives who joined travel agents, former Cunard officers, descendants of the line's founder Samuel Cunard and media in celebrating Cunard's anniversary.
Commodore Ron Warwick (Ret.), the first master of the Queen Mary 2, with Valerie Wilson Travel International co-president Jennifer Wilson and Cunard North America President Rick Meadows at the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Cunard. The Queen Mary 2 is in the background, just above Wilson. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann
The Queen Mary 2 herself also made an appearance, pausing in New York Harbor to put on a light show for the crowd before heading out on a transatlantic crossing.
Other new features will be announced later. The QM2 is scheduled to emerge from drydock June 21, 2016.
Three famous ocean liners have sailed together in Liverpool for the first time to mark Cunard's 175th anniversary.
The Queen Mary 2, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth saluted the city where Samuel Cunard began his transatlantic line in 1840.
Thousands of people lined the River Mersey to watch the "three queens" perform a synchronised sailing display.
As the fleet completed its manoeuvres, the Red Arrows performed a fly-past.
Captain Christopher Wells, who was at the helm of the Queen Mary 2, said it was a "very special weekend".
"It allows us to celebrate our anniversary in the city where the company was founded.
"To have that celebration is very important not only to us, but also to the city," he said.
The three Cunard Queens sailed on the River MerseyCrowds gathered at Crosby BeachAs the fleet completed its manoeuvres, the Red Arrows performed a fly-pastThe event celebrates the famous shipping line's formation 175 years ago in its original home portThe display was part of a three-day celebration
The display was part of a three-day celebration, which ends on Tuesday, marking the company's first transatlantic crossing from Liverpool.
Sir Samuel Cunard, who founded the service, sailed aboard the RMS Britannia to Boston on its maiden voyage on 4 July 1840.
The Cunard company revolutionised travel in the 19th Century with its steam ships which added speed and safety to journeys which had previously been made on less reliable sailing ships.
By the early part of the 20th Century, the company's "big three" liners - Mauretania, Berengaria and Aquitania - were the primary means of passenger transport across the Atlantic
The shipping company moved its headquarters from the Cunard Building on Liverpool's waterfront to Southampton in 1965.
Cunard at 175: Facts and figures
Since the first scheduled service across the Atlantic, Cunard ships have crossed and re-crossed the Atlantic, in peace and war, without fail every year
More than 109,000 bottles of red wine are consumed every year on board Queen Victoria
The annual sugar consumption on Queen Mary 2 is enough to make eight million scones
