31.07.08

PRESS RELEASE

CLUB 5 THOUSAND ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ORIENT-EXPRESS GROUP

London, July 31, 2008: a new partnership with Orient-Express Hotel, Trains and Cruises, one of the leading hotel and luxury travel companies in the world.

Club 5 Thousand Members will qualify for a 10% discount at Orient-Express Properties throughout the world. Orient-Express will also provide Club 5 Thousand members with last minute deals throughout their broad range of services via the Club 5 Thousand website with direct access to a dedicated reservations team.

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

About the Orient-Express Group (www.orient-express.com)
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. owns or part-owns and manages, 50 businesses operating in 25 countries. 40 are hotels ranging across five continents, from the Hotel Cipriani in Venice to the Mount Nelson in Cape Town, the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro to the Observatory in Sydney, and to Charleston Place in Charleston, S.C.  There are two restaurants; ‘21’ Club in New York and La Cabaña in Buenos Aires.  Six tourist trains include the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Europe, The Eastern & Oriental Express in South East Asia and The Royal Scotsman.  The company also part-owns and manages PeruRail in Peru, which operates the Cusco-Machu Picchu train service used by nearly every tourist to Peru.  The m.v Road to Mandalayprovides luxury cruises on the Irrawaddy River in Burma and Afloat in France operates luxury péniche-hôtels (barges) on the inland waterways of France. The company avoids the use of a chain brand, so none of its properties is branded “Orient-Express” except the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express and its safari camps.  The company believes that discriminating travellers will choose a famous individual property in preference to a chain brand.  Orient-Express hotels and trains have gained awards and accolades all over the world.  The company recently won the Gold Award for the greatest number of votes at the Luxury Travel Magazine Reader Awards.  Awards received in 2006/7 include: Copacabana Palace, Best Hotel for Service, Americas & Caribbean category, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Gold List; Hotel Cipriani, Best Hotel for Location, Europe, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Gold List; Hotel Cipriani, Best Leisure Hotel, Europe, Asia Minor & Russian Federation, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Reader’s Awards; Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, Best Leisure Hotel, The Americas and Caribbean, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Reader’s Awards; Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge, Best Hotels for Location, The Americas and the Caribbean category, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Gold List; The Observatory, Best Hotels for Service, Australia & South Pacific, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Gold List and Best Hotel, Australasia & South Pacific Leisure Hotel, Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Reader Awards.  Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has retained its two Michelin stars for 22 consecutive years and was voted Best UK Leisure Hotel in the Condé Nast Traveller (UK) Reader’s Awards.

About Club 5 Thousand (www.club5thousand.com)
Club 5 Thousand is a private online social networking club reserved to only five thousand discerning individuals. It rewards its members by giving back to them the majority of the membership fees in the form of quarterly draws for high-end luxury goods and services, off line membership benefits resulting in thousands of Euros worth of savings annually, and a feature-rich internet based socialising and networking private platform. Since April 2008, it is the leading exclusive rewarding social network.

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