Orient Express Branded News Today

French hotel group Accor is in talks with investment vehicle Dubai Holding to fund the roughly €800mn development of two upmarket cruise liners under the Orient Express brand, in the latest example of Middle Eastern investor interest in the luxury travel sector, according to multiple people familiar with discussions.

Accor has unveiled the 220-metre-long Orient Express Silenseas sailing yacht, which will be designed by Maxime d'Angeac and Stirling Design International.