Belmond (company)
Formerly | Orient-Express Hotels Ltd |
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Type | Public |
Traded as | NYSE: BEL (Class A) S&P 600 Component |
Industry | Hospitality |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom[1] |
Key people |
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Services | Hotels, trains, cruises, restaurants |
Revenue | US$ 1.5 million (2018)[2] |
Website | Belmond.com |
Belmond Ltd. is a hotel and leisure company that operates luxury hotels, train services and river cruises around the world.[3] 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.[4] On 10 March 2014, the global collection of businesses was renamed Belmond,[5][6][7][8][9] and on 1 July 2014, the parent company itself was renamed Belmond Ltd.[10]
Contents
1 Background
2 Business activities
2.1 Hotels
2.1.1 Europe
2.1.2 North America
2.1.3 South America
2.1.4 Asia
2.1.5 Africa
2.2 Trains
2.2.1 Sleeper trains
2.2.2 Day trains
2.3 Riverboats
2.4 Restaurants
3 References
4 External links
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.[1] 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).
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 All P Cusco and Macchu Pichhu Hotels are a 50% Joint Venture with peruvian shareholding company Peru Hotel Macchu Picchu SA (Peru Belmond Hotels SA)
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 Résidence Phou Vao, Luang Prabang, Laos
Belmond La Résidence 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) In 50% partnership with the Peruvian shareholder company Peruvian Trains and Railways SA
Day trains
Belmond British Pullman - Great Britain
Belmond Hiram Bingham - Peru
Riverboats
Belmond Afloat in France, France
Belmond Road to Mandalay, Myanmar
Restaurants
21 Club, New York City
References
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^ "2018 Belmond Ltd. Annual Report" (PDF). Investor.belmond.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "Belmond Ltd. - SEC". Sec.gov. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
^ "Belmond Ltd. Company Information". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
^ "Interview: Behind Belmond's Rebrand of Iconic Orient-Express Name". Skift.com. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ Vora, Shivani. "Orient-Express Hotels Gets a New Name". Intransit.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Log In". Wsj.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ [1] Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Resource, Hotel News. "Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Changes Corporate Name to Belmond Ltd". Hotelnewsresource.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
External links
- Belmond.com