Belmond Ltd. is a hotel and leisure company that operates luxury hotels, train services and river cruises around the world. In 2015, the company had 35 deluxe hotels, 7 tourist trains, 3 river cruises and restaurants in 22 countries.
The company was formerly known as Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. On 10 March 2014, the global collection of businesses was renamed Belmond, and on 1 July 2014, the parent company itself was renamed Belmond Ltd.
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Background
The company was founded in 1976 with the acquisition of Hotel Cipriani in Venice. The company derived its original name from the Orient Express train. It operates the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, which provides overnight train service between London and Venice. It also operates other trains, including the Belmond Royal Scotsman train service, and has a 50 percent interest in PeruRail.
Among the European hotels it owns is Belmond Hotel Cipriani in Venice and Belmond Reid's Palace in Madeira. The company also owns and operates the Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, and the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. It operates two river cruisers on the Irrawaddy River in Central Burma (Myanmar), and Belmond Afloat in France (five canal and river barges).
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Business activities
The properties, trains and other services that are owned or managed by Belmond Ltd. include the following.
Hotels
Europe
- Belmond Hotel Cipriani, Venice, Italy
- Belmond Hotel Splendido and Belmond Splendido Mare, Portofino, Italy
- Belmond Villa San Michele, Florence, Italy
- Belmond Hotel Caruso, Amalfi Coast, Italy
- Belmond Villa Sant'Andrea, Sicily, Italy
- Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo, Sicily, Italy
- Belmond La Residencia, Deia, Mallorca, Spain
- Belmond Reid's Palace, Madeira, Portugal
- Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxfordshire, England
North America
- Belmond Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina
- Inn at Perry Cabin by Belmond, St. Michaels, Maryland
- Belmond El Encanto, Santa Barbara, California
- Belmond La Samanna, St. Martin, French West Indies
- Belmond Maroma Resort & Spa, Riviera Maya, Mexico
- Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
South America
- Belmond Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Belmond Hotel das Cataratas, Iguassu Falls, Brazil
- Belmond Miraflores Park, Lima, Peru
- Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, Cusco, Peru
- Belmond Hotel Monasterio, Cusco, Peru
- Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, Machu Picchu, Peru
- Belmond Hotel Rio Sagrado, Urubamba, Sacred Valley, Peru
- Belmond Las Casitas, Colca Canyon, Peru
Asia
- Belmond Jimbaran Puri, Bali, Indonesia
- Belmond Napasai, Koh Samui, Thailand
- Belmond Governor's Residence, Yangon, Myanmar
- Belmond La RĂ©sidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos
- Belmond La RĂ©sidence d'Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Africa
- Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
- Belmond Savute Elephant Lodge, Chobe National Park, Botswana
- Belmond Khwai River Lodge, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
- Belmond Eagle Island Lodge, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Trains
Sleeper trains
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Europe
- Belmond Royal Scotsman - Scotland
- Belmond Grand Hibernian - Ireland, Northern Ireland
- Eastern & Oriental Express - Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
- Belmond Andean Explorer - Peru (since May 2017)
Day trains
- Belmond British Pullman - England
- Belmond Hiram Bingham - Peru
Riverboats
- Belmond Afloat in France, France
- Belmond Road to Mandalay, Myanmar
Restaurants
- 21 Club, New York City
References
External links
- Belmond.com
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