Edwin S. Hetherington

Belmond Ltd. is a hotel and travel company, which operates hotel, river cruise, safari, and luxury rail businesses. Its hotels include Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, Belmond Copacabana Palace, Belmond Maroma Resort & Spa, and Belmond El Encanto, Santa Barbara and tourist trains include VSOE, the Eastern & Oriental Express and Belmond Royal Scotsman. It has owned hotels in Europe, North America (including one stand-alone restaurant) and Rest of world, Owned trains and cruises, Part-owned/ managed hotels and Part-owned/ managed trains. The company was founded by James B. Sherwood in 1976 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Sea containers mainly concentrates on passenger transport division, which runs ferry lines and operates high-speed train services. In addition, Sea Containers owns a minority stake in Orient-Express Hotels, which owns or operates hotels, resorts, luxury trains, and restaurants worldwide. With General Electric, it runs one of the world's largest container leasing firms, GE SeaCo, which offers everything from refrigerated units to heavy-cargo flatracks. Sea Containers also is involved in publishing and real estate