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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Plan Administrator of Samsonite
Corporation Employee Savings Trust
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-19281) on Form S-8 of Samsonite Corporation of our report dated May 26,
2000, relating to the statement of net assets available for benefits of the
Samsonite Corporation Employee Savings Trust as of December 31, 1999 and the
statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then
ended and the related schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
annual report on Form 11-K of Samsonite Corporation.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Denver, Co.
June 28, 2000
