The Orient Express
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1849541876 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Marvelous History Robert McTamaney A wonderful journey through a fascinating business by an inspired entrepreneur. Practical, thoughtful, and thought-provoking. Well worthwhile and thoroughly instructional about how business really gets done.. A Customer said Superb. Inspiring memoirs of an enlightened man whose luck was his perseverance in pursuing his visions. Story of an entrepreneur who shaped the luxury travel industry in a new form.. Great book, makes you want to visit all of the Belmond / Orient Express properties. Michael T. Very enjoyable read about a global hotel business that will be difficult to recreate. If you're interested in travel, entrepreneurship and the hotel business, you'll find this story entertaining. You'll want to visit many of the places discussed in the book - where James Sherwood's company owned hotels.
About the Author james b. . Sherwood, is the American-born founder of Sea Containers, a major marine leasing company. He is owner of the Cipriani Hotel in Venice built up the Orient-Express Hotels chain and the Orient-Express train service.Ivan Fallon is a former editor of the Sunday Times and a bestselling author
He is owner of the Cipriani Hotel in Venice built up the Orient-Express Hotels chain and the Orient-Express train service.Ivan Fallon is a former editor of the Sunday Times and a bestselling author. . Sherwood, is the American-born founder of Sea Containers, a major marine leasing company. james b
In 1982, four-anda- half years later, the lovingly restored Venice Simplon-Orient Express set off from Victoria Station for Venice, almost exactly 100 years after it had first carried passengers on their exotic and mysterious journeys across the continent. The last remaining four carriages, which had featured in the film Murd er on the Ori ent-Expr ess , were auctioned by Sotheby's in Monte Carlo, and Sherwood bought two of them. The purchase and restoration of each train and grand hotel has its own extraordinary story behind it, which is wittily and compellingly told.. In May 1977 the French national railways announced they were taking the Orient- Express, the world's most fabled train, out of service. He then set out on a trip across Europe to track down enough original 1920s carriages, with their exquisite ArtDeco marquetry and Lalique glass, to make a full train. The public outcry which followed caught the attention of Jim Sherwood. The re-launch of the Orient-Express attracted so much attention that Sherwood used the name for the luxury hotel company he went on the create. It also owns two other de luxe trains - the Eastern & Oriental carries passengers from Singapore to Bangkok, and the Hiram Bingham runs d