[26][27], sfn error: no target: CITEREFDOENI_Case_bajssdy (, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, "Foster welcomes boost for cruise industry", "Northern Ireland focus: Titanic success raises hopes for tourism", "A titanic number of visitors for top NI tourist spot", "Titanic Belfast named world's best tourist attraction at Tourism Oscars", "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions", "Titanic Belfast attracting business tourists from around the world", "James Cameron: Getting Titanic Artifacts to U.K. Would be 'a Dream, Titanic: Salvaged treasure may not return to Belfast BBC 5 October 2018, Bankrupt Premier Exhibitions Inc. owns 5,500 items from the ill-fated ocean liner The Basch Report 3 October 2018, "Titanic connection proves Belfast lifeline", "Belfast yard on three-day week after £26m loss", "Harcourt behind £47m Belfast shipyard land deal", Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Titanic_Belfast&oldid=985051882, Exhibition and conference centres in Northern Ireland, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with dead external links from July 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 October 2020, at 17:36. If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. Titanic Hotel Belfast is located in the former headquarters of Harland & Wolff, builders of Titanic, and provides the perfect destination for anyone travelling to Titanic Quarter on business or for pleasure. [5], A number of ideas were put forward for the attraction. A number of heritage features were given listed status, including the Olympic and Titanic slipways and graving docks, as well as the iconic Samson and Goliath cranes. A terrific venue with very helpful staff and reasonably priced souvenirs. The task of creating the visitor attraction was taken on by Harcourt Developments, who enlisted the help of the American architect Eric Kuhne and British exhibition designers Event Communications. [22], The sixth gallery portrays the sinking of the Titanic with the background sound of Morse code SOS messages being sent to other ships. Titanic Belfast is a visitor attraction opened in 2012, a monument to Belfast's maritime heritage on the site of the former Harland & Wolff shipyard in the city's Titanic Quarter where the RMS Titanic was built. It tells the stories of the Titanic, which hit an iceberg and sank during her maiden voyage in 1912, and her sister ships RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic. The nearest airport is George Best Belfast City Airport, 1.9 miles from Titanic Hotel Belfast. An overnight stay in a standard room
The Easter inauguration event included live music from Tonnta. [12], Titanic Belfast had a record-breaking year in 2017/2018 with 841,563 people visiting the tourist attraction and the year before saw the Titanic Museum take home the World's Leading Tourism Attraction Award at the World Travel Awards (2016)[13] In the same year, Titanic Belfast saw 84% of its visitors coming from outside Northern Ireland. Visitors can use interactive screens to search the passenger and crew lists to find out if one of their relatives was aboard the ship. The experience was amazing. Visited here on last Friday, very quiet because of pandemic I think. Its angular form recalls the shape of ships' prows, with its main "prow" angled down the middle of the Titanic and Olympic slipways towards the River Lagan. [10][11] In 2015 there were 625,000 visitors. more, Browse our largest collection of experiences, Explore on your feet—and never miss anything. [4] In 2005, plans were announced to build a museum dedicated to Titanic to attract tourists to the area, with the aim of completing it by 2012 to mark the centenary of Titanic's maiden voyage and sinking.