Already a subscriber?There aren’t many big-brand luxury travel interiors that Adam D. Tihany hasn’t touched over the years – from Seabourn to Mandarin Oriental, Four Seasons, The Oberoi and The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, to name a few.
Even after the age of jet travel took hold in the late 1950s, Cunard managed to convince people to keep signing up for gala black-tie evenings held in swaying ballrooms on choppy seas.They may have been American-owned for decades now, as part of the Carnival portfolio, but Cunard ships can still get you hummingAdvertisement
These days, Cunard ships spend more than half their time in warm climes, including the Mediterranean, he points out, adding: “What I really wanted on this ship was enormous decks.” The night might be a brisk nine degrees, with rain threatening, but the band is belting out tunes fromPilot boats and tugs chug alongside as the newest Cunard Queen pulls out of the Mayfair Cruise Terminal, the UK’s biggest cruise port, and slips into the Solent with all the confidence of a fully hatched 113,000-tonne steel swan.
I am guilty as charged by Tihany of viewing Cunard as that traditional British line deployed on foggy trans-Atlantic crossings, the guests all wearing mink coats and white tuxedos, sipping Brandy Alexanders. Fear not, all the tried-and-true staples are still there – including ballroom dancing, Zumba, bingo, watercolours and bridge sessions in Cunard’s signature Queens Room, known as the social hub of all the line’s ships. I’m just saying there’s now more going on outside as well.Queen Anne is Cunard’s first new ship in more than a decade, so this was always going to be a defining moment in terms of where the brand is headed.
Tihany worked alongside designers from London’s David Collins Studio and Richmond International plus Sybille de Margerie in Paris to bring the interiors to life. In terms of the past, the art deco vibe lives on, from the geometric carpet patterns and wallpaper motifs to the Great Gatsby-style lighting, including a circular installation of crystal glass rods adorning the Chart Room cocktail lounge and wall-mounted fan lamps in the stairwells.
Old-fashioned glitz attracted many diehard Cunarders to the brand – so for some, the changes are less palatable.
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