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Adapted from a 19/06/2007 article on www.telegraph.co.uk and from www.news.bbc.co.uk.          January 06 2008

	As part of its trip round the country the QE2 sailed up the Mersey to coincide with the opening of Liverpool's £19m cruise liner terminal.

The QE2 (Queen Elizabeth 2) is making an eight-day cruise around Britain to mark its 40th anniversary.

The 70,000-tonne vessel was sold last year to new owners in Dubai as part of a £50.5 million deal. So this will be her last world cruise before Cunard hands the liner over.

The QE2 will be then berthed off Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah development, the world’s largest man-made island, on which many celebrities have bought property.

The liner will undergo a substantial refit, before being tethered to a specially constructed pier where, apart from serving as a luxury hotel, it will be used as a shopping and entertainment destination.

The cruise industry is flourishing because of an increasing number of retired people who are not badly off.

The QE2, which has undertaken 25 world cruises and more than 800 transatlantic crossings, will make its final commercial voyage from Southampton to Dubai in November this year.

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