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Orient-Express Hotels is renovating its early-20th-century Santa Monica bungalows at El Encanto Hotel and Garden Villas (to include floor pillows placed around the original wood-burning fireplaces. And the Boulders Resort (866-397-6520,  in Carefree, Ariz., where a bonfire marks the entrance, will introduce a redesign by late this year, but its casitas will still have their kiva fireplaces, stocked with wood and matches. Orient-Express Hotels has a very high retention of staff, which is pleasing because it allows individuality to develop while retaining consistent service standards at the hotel. The staff learns more and more about the property over time. Orient-Express Hotels will receive no part of the proceeds from the sale of these shares by Sea Containers. Sea Containers will bear all the costs, expenses and fees incident to its offer and sale of the Shares.

Orient-Express Hotels, Trains and Cruises is a hotel and leisure company providing luxury travel experiences for discerning travelers in areas of outstanding cultural, historic or recreational interest. Founded in 1976 when the company acquired Hotel Cipriani in Venice, Orient-Express owns or has investments in 49 businesses: 38 highly individual hotels, three restaurants, six tourist trains and two river cruise operations, located in 22 countries worldwide. Orient-Express Hotels seeks out unique properties which have expansion potential. It owns or part-owns its properties because it believes that equity returns are greater than simply management fee income.

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Thanks to its volcanic origins, it has fertile valleys and dramatic peaks, but no beaches, something that virtually rules out families and leaves hotel pools blissfully child-free. Thank you for participating, you may all disconnect.

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Local markets offer a wealth of ceramics, hand-woven fabrics, woodwork artisans, antiques and Florentine arts and crafts. A golf practice range was opened in the fall of 2004, while nine holes will be open for play in Spring 2005. Local lore has it that the cocktail party was invented by Charlestonians, who typically ate their dinners at 3 o’clock, dismissing their servants by 5. Cold turkeys or hams were then laid on buffets and liquor was served to guests.

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Additionally, the Beach Bar serves snacks, salads and cocktails while a tempting lunch service is offered at the Poolside Grill. Add a new string to your bow and have fun trying some of the more leisurely persuits on offer. Balinese flower arranging, palm leaf weaving, dancing and a cooking class, to name but a few.

Business travellers can make use of the Jacaranda Hill conference centre next to the Business Wing, a self-contained, multi-tiered building with its own kitchen. Business has been tough but hotels that are in financial difficulty create all sorts of opportunities for us, because we’re looking to buy. For a pure management company, an owner in trouble often means a lawsuit as anyone in difficulty will always look at the closest person to lash out at in frustration.

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EBITDA increased 16% from US$2.2 million to US$2.6 million. Same store RevPAR for the region increased by 15% from US$138 to US$159 (10% in local currency). EBITDA after Real Estate for the quarter was US$16.4 million, up 8% year-over-year. Same store Owned Hotels total revenues, which were up 18%, grew faster than same store RevPAR growth of 14%.

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Guests often choose to combine a stay here with several nights at Jimbaran Puri Bali, Ubud Hanging Gardens' sister hotel that offers individual luxury cottages and villas with private gardens beside the soft white sands of Jimbaran Bay. Guests can enjoy the magnificence and vast magnitude of the Delta system, as well as touch down on a private island for a romantic champagne breakfast on the banks of one of the Delta rivers.

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Related will continue its critically-acclaimed success collaborating with world-renowned architects and designers to create landmark projects in global destinations. And now with Orient-Express contributing the most luxurious experience in accommodations and customer service, together we can offer our customers a lifestyle that sets new standards in class and quality.".The Miami project will bring the number of Orient-Express properties in the United States to eight, including El Encanto, an estate of 1920s cottages which has been an integral part of Santa Barbara's social, cultural and architectural heritage for over 90 years and is currently undergoing a total renovation scheduled for completion in 2009. Related brings its many years of experience of the real estate marketplace and of creating innovative lifestyle developments. We believe this is a winning combination and look forward to developing it further.".