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===Belmond=== [[File:Orient.Express.in.Poland.02.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Poland, in 2007]] In 1982, the ''[[Venice Simplon-Orient-Express]]'' was established by businessman [[James Sherwood]] as a private venture and is currently owned and operated by [[Belmond Limited|Belmond]]. It operates restored 1920s and 1930s carriages on routes around Europe. It also offered a connecting service from London to Folkestone on the ''[[Belmond British Pullman|British Pullman]]'', using similarly restored vintage British Pullman cars, but it was announced in April 2023 that due to complications ensuing from [[Brexit]] this would cease, and travelers from London would have to take [[Eurostar]] to Paris in order to join the Orient Express.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/apr/15/brexit-orient-express-murder-london-folkestone-leg-route-border-delays | title=Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit | newspaper=The Observer | date=15 April 2023 | last1=Tapper | first1=James }}</ref> The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express operates from March to December and is aimed at leisure travellers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venice Simplon Orient Express {{!}} Luxury Train Journeys in Europe |url=https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/journeys?choice%3Ddate |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=www.belmond.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train {{!}} Luxury Train from London to Venice |url=https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=www.belmond.com |language=en}}</ref> Tickets start at US$3,262 per person and it operates on multiple different routes most notably [[Paris]]-[[Istanbul]] via [[Vienna]] and [[Budapest]]. Despite its name, the train runs via the [[Brenner Pass]] instead of the Simplon tunnel. Belmond also offers a similarly themed luxury train in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, called the ''[[Eastern and Oriental Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eastern & Oriental Express, A Belmond Train {{!}} Luxury Trains, Asia |url=https://www.belmond.com/trains/asia/eastern-and-oriental-express/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=www.belmond.com |language=en}}</ref> Sherwood also operated a chain of Orient Express-branded luxury hotels, licensed from SNCF, owner of the Orient Express branding. The chain was renamed [[Belmond Limited|Belmond]] in 2014 when the branding license ended.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://skift.com/2014/02/26/the-curious-rebranding-of-orient-express-hotels-into-the-belmond-brand/ | title=The Curious Rebranding of Orient-Express Hotels into the Belmond Brand | date=26 February 2014 }}</ref>
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