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Restricted cash

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

The major balances in restricted cash are as follows:



	2016	2015
December 31,	$’000	$’000

Cash deposits required to be held with lending banks as collateral	755	749
Prepaid customer deposits which will be released to Belmond under its revenue recognition policy	1,341	1,909
Bonds and guarantees	489	659

Total restricted cash	2,585	3,317

Restricted cash classified as long-term and included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2016 was $755,000 (December 31, 2015 - $749,000).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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