Nicolas R. Varian

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.