THOSE OLD-FASHIONED CHARMED WOO TODAY’S TRAVELLING ELITE
Concorde celebrated its tenth birthday this year. But for romantics, the real travel event of 1986 takes place next month — the fiftieth anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary. The biggest passenger liner in the world in 1936, the Queen Mary caused just as much excitement and banner-waving as Concorde did 40 years on.
What a sad 40 years it has been for the travel industry. Crossing the Atlantic has been reduced from a five-day expedition to a three-and-a-half hour hop.
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