Belmond

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. In December 2018, the company agreed to be acquired by LVMH

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).

Orient Express prima e Belmond oggi significa iconicità, esperienze di viaggio e di soggiorno destinate a lasciare un segno profondo nell’anima di chi li vive. Ciascuna struttura, treno o crociera fluviale a marchio Belmond mostra e di-mostra estro e personalità, valorizzati e resi unicum da un team selezionato, non solo entusiasta e attento a ogni trend del luxury travel trade ma sempre pronto a re-inventare la concezione stessa del viaggio affinché essa sia sempre una “truly memorable experience”, all’insegna di raffinatezza e charme. Belmond inoltre è per il turismo responsabile e traduce la sua mission di Bel mondo in iniziative concrete di supporto all’economia delle location in cui è presente.