Titanic hotel blasted for being in 'poor taste' (From Daily Echo)
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Liverpool's floating Titanic hotel blasted for being in 'poor taste'
9:00am Monday 14th January 2013 in News
Titanic hotel blasted for being in 'poor taste'
A FLOATING hotel which is painted to look like the sinking Titanic has been slammed for being in “poor taste”.
The controversial three-bed Titanic Liverpool hotel, docked in the city's Salthouse Dock, is set to open next week.
But the hotel owner, Alfie Bubbles, who is also a former merchant seaman, said the new hotel is “just a bit of fun” and has been well received - despite making light of the tragedy.
More than 1,500 people died, including hundreds of crew from Hampshire when the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
The ship also has ties with Liverpool because the port was the headquarters of the White Star Line, the shipping company which owned the liner.
Liverpool Seafarers' Centre chief executive John Wilson said he was mainly concerned about the hotel's location near a Merchant Navy memorial and in full view of the White Star Building.
He also said the themed floating hotel may offend living relatives in the Merseyside area who lost relatives who worked on the liner.
“I just feel at the back of my mind it is in poor taste for those who lost their lives,” he said.
Mr Bubbles currently runs two other floating hotels in the dock, the FAB4 Beatles Yellow Submarine Hotel and the other themed around the Batman villain The Joker.
He said was “not in poor taste at all” and the optical illusion was just “a bit of fun!”.
Comments(17)
userds5050
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9:35am Mon 14 Jan 13
Linesman
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10:43am Mon 14 Jan 13
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
kingnotail
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11:27am Mon 14 Jan 13
10 Minute Man wrote:It happened over 100 years ago, it doesn't affect you! And don't forget, the Titanic 'belongs' to the people of Liverpool as much as it does to the people of Southampton. Yes a lot of Scousers are hypocritical sentimentalists, but I could write you a list just as long detailing the faults of Sotonians.
Do you think they would appreciate a hotel hinting at some recent scouser-related tragedy? The residents of self-pity city have paper thin skins so probably not.
Still, self-proclaimed funny crazy Liverpudlians are the salt of the earth and its only right they get all the free publicity they want.
kingnotail
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11:28am Mon 14 Jan 13
Linesman wrote:Liverpool = Beatles
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Southampton = Craig David.
That's all that needs to be said.
AD07881
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11:36am Mon 14 Jan 13
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
kingnotail
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11:40am Mon 14 Jan 13
AD07881 wrote:Most people who slag off Liverpool have never been there. I live in Southampton so I know it's crap!
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
Linesman
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11:50am Mon 14 Jan 13
AD07881 wrote:I fail to see what relevance your post has to the comment that I made.
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
I would appreciate an explanation.
AD07881
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12:14pm Mon 14 Jan 13
Linesman wrote:Likewise. I'm not going to get drawn boy.
AD07881 wrote:I fail to see what relevance your post has to the comment that I made.
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
I would appreciate an explanation.
Mr E
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12:31pm Mon 14 Jan 13
jonone
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1:30pm Mon 14 Jan 13
S!monOn
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2:56pm Mon 14 Jan 13
kingnotail wrote:Alot of people who think Southampton is crap is because they've never lived elsewhere.
AD07881 wrote:Most people who slag off Liverpool have never been there. I live in Southampton so I know it's crap!
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
kingnotail
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3:26pm Mon 14 Jan 13
S!monOn wrote:More like the only people who think Southampton isn't crap are those who have never lived elsewhere!
kingnotail wrote:Alot of people who think Southampton is crap is because they've never lived elsewhere.
AD07881 wrote:Most people who slag off Liverpool have never been there. I live in Southampton so I know it's crap!
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
localnews
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3:39pm Mon 14 Jan 13
Cyber__Fug
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5:15pm Mon 14 Jan 13
S!monOn
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11:06am Tue 15 Jan 13
kingnotail wrote:I doubt it. They'd move back to that better place if that was the case.
S!monOn wrote:More like the only people who think Southampton isn't crap are those who have never lived elsewhere!
kingnotail wrote:Alot of people who think Southampton is crap is because they've never lived elsewhere.
AD07881 wrote:Most people who slag off Liverpool have never been there. I live in Southampton so I know it's crap!
Linesman wrote:How is that an indication of an entire cities general attitude? Some of the worlds most valuable natural resources come from African nations, doesn't make them the richest though does it?
userds5050 wrote:Just to remind you, it has been the City of Culture and with regard taste, I think you will find that there are more people that have collected Beatles records than any singer or group from this area. I think that would be an indication of taste.
They've never known for their taste in the past though have they?
Come on, admit it, you're just doing a spot of trolling aren't you?
kingnotail
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11:11am Tue 15 Jan 13
10 Minute Man says...
9:11am Mon 14 Jan 13
Still, self-proclaimed funny crazy Liverpudlians are the salt of the earth and its only right they get all the free publicity they want.