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Exhibit 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
The financial statements of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (the "Company") included
elsewhere in this Registration Statement have been prepared to give effect to
the consummation of the recapitalization and legal entity reorganization plan
(the "Plan"), the effect of which would result in an increase in the number of
issued and authorized shares of the Company and a legal entity reorganization of
subsidiaries of the Company. The Plan is expected to take place prior to the
commencement of the proposed offering of securities (as described more fully in
Notes 1 (b) and 9 to the consolidated financial statements). On the effective
date of the Registration Statement covering the common shares to be sold in the
public offering, we expect to be able to issue the following consent.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, New York
June 30, 2000
Board of Directors and Shareholders
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.
Hamilton, Bermuda
We consent to the use in this Amdendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No.
333-12030 of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. of our report dated April 18, 2000
(which reports express an unqualified opinion and include an explanatory
paragraph referring to the adoption of Statement of Position No. 98-5,
Reporting on the Costs of Start-up Activities), appearing in the Prospectus,
which is part of this Registration Statement, and to the reference to us
under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.
Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned report
also included the consolidated financial statement schedule of Orient-Express
Hotels Ltd., listed in Item 16. This consolidated financial statement schedule
is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such consolidated
financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material
respects the information set forth therein.
New York, New York
, 2000
