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Best new hotels of 2025 — from a chic farm estate in Menorca to Montana's new luxury addition

January dragging on? Plot your escape and plan your next adventures around the most exciting new check-ins of the year — there are plenty to choose from

Evening Standard

The hottest new hotel openings in the world for 2025

The world is set to welcome some impressive new places to stay next year, from a grande dame in New York to a hilltop hotel on a tea estate in Sri Lanka – hotels expert Ianthe Butt shares some of the most exciting

The Independent UK

The Orient Express reveals its luxurious first-ever yachts

The 54 all-suite Orient Express Corinthian, the world’s largest sailing yacht, will sail the high-seas in the summer of 2026

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America's Cup Races Postponed Due To Weather In Barcelona

Alinghi and Orient Express await America's Cup elimination decision after races postponed due to weather in Barcelona. Playoff series to start on September 14.

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LVMH, Accor Team Up To Develop Orient Express Brand

French hotel group Accor and luxury goods giant LVMH said Thursday they had entered into a "strategic partnership" to develop the fabled Orient Express brand.

International Business Times

The most exciting new train journeys across Europe for 2024

Letting the train take the strain is about to become much easier, thanks to a flurry of exciting new rail routes connecting various European hotspots. Tamara Hinson tracks down the current hot tickets for slow-travel fans

The Independent UK

In the tracks of the Orient Express: my train ride from London to Istanbul

The fabled railway service returns in 2025. But you don’t need to wait until then, or pay the eyewatering fares, to ride this classic route

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From Brief Encounter to Trainspotting: readers’ favourite station bars, restaurants and cafes

Enjoy a giant omelette, a local pint or a glass of lion’s milk … readers share their favourite places to kick back and wait for the train in Europe and the UK

The Guardian - UK

Race across Europe ends with dramatic finale in Istanbul

The Man Who Pays His Way: The Trans-European marathon ended with a sprint

The Independent UK

Orient Express to abandon London: what does this mean for travellers?

Operator is ‘worried that the enhanced checks of all passports will introduce risks to our guest’s journey’

The Independent UK

Orient Express set to scrap plans for UK line because of Brexit delays

The Orient Express has dropped the London-to-Folkestone leg of the route because it has become too difficult to cross the Channel after the UK's departure from the European Union

Daily Mirror

Another Brexit casualty? Orient Express to scrap UK section after 41 years

When the service was first launched 140 years ago, passengers were not required to bring passports

The Independent UK

Orient Express scraps UK service because of Brexit

Delays crossing the Channel mean it is now no longer viable to run the service

Wales Online

Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit

Luxury train operator cuts service ahead of biometric passport checks so passengers will have to join train in Paris

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The Venice Simplon-Orient Express is all about our last true luxury: time

Need to press pause? Nothing compares to even a single night on the Orient Express, says Ben Cobb

Manchester Evening News

Britain's 'most luxurious train' that costs up to £570 a ticket to stop off in Rochdale for first time ever

Passengers will pay between £295 and £570 for a slap-up champagne meal as they travel aboard the 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle

Daily Mirror

World's largest sailing ship to launch in 2026 with pools, speakeasy bar and spa

Orient Express's Silenseas will measure 220 metres long and weigh 22,300 tonnes, making it significantly bigger than the previous record holder SV Golden Horizon

The Independent UK

Orient Express to swap rails for sea with launch of world’s largest sailing ship

The 220-metre-long vessel will take to the seas in 2026

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From rail to sail: a first look at the new Orient Express ship

The luxury brand is taking to the high seas

Evening Standard

The hottest destinations to travel to in 2023

It’s never too soon to search for a new year break. Suzannah Ramsdale reveals some of the hottest options, from stylish sleeper trains and sustainable road trips to Aussie adventures and the luxury hotel from The White Lotus

Manchester Evening News

I had a slap-up Christmas Dinner on one of the world’s poshest trains and nothing will ever beat it

The Northern Belle, Britain's most luxurious train, visited Manchester just in time for Christmas - the M.E.N's Jenna Campbell took a ride

Evening Standard

All aboard! Inside the new mega-swish Orient Express ‘La Dolce Vita’ train to Italy

The new Orient Express is set to take passengers on journeys through Italian mountains, the southern coast and Italy’s most historic cities. Here’s a peek inside its luxurious cabins

Daily Mirror

Original Orient Express to travel again in 2024 - everything you need to know

The Orient Express, which was featured in the iconic Agatha Christie murder mystery, is being prepared for travel one more, after its maiden journey from Paris, France to Istanbul, Turkey in 1883

The Independent UK

Iconic Orient Express train to Istanbul will return in 2024

New version of the legendary cross-continental train is being launched by Accor hotel group

The Independent UK

Snooze on the move: Why sleeper trains are the future of transcontinental travel

Nodding off in London and waking up in Istanbul? Sign me up, says Lucy Thackray

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