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 authorised 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
May 26, 2000


Board of Directors and Shareholders
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.
Hamilton, Bermuda


We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Orient-Express Hotels
Ltd. on Form S-1 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
June      , 2000