After decades of struggles navigating adverse currents caused by the jet age and changing consumers tastes, it was 20 years ago this past April that Cunard Line finally found safe harbor. They were concerned an entity better known for its “Fun Ships” namesake cruise line might homogenize a company founded in 1840 which had played an important role in both the annals of shipping and world history. Reportedly, Carnival received a $50 million refund after it found Cunard’s then-aging fleet was in worse condition than what was represented. The Atlantic crossings run from April to January, with the QM2 spending the rest of the year on a world cruise, something Cunard invented in 1921. While the trend aboard cruise ships of all sorts has been to focus on specialty restaurants and celebrity chefs, each of the top three cabin categories aboard Cunard's vessels gets its own dedicated restaurant.

Source: Forbes September 02, 2018 13:41 UTC