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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (earliest event reported): June 3, 2010

ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   001-16017
(Commission
file number)		   98-0223493
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

22 Victoria Street
Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

441-295-2244
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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ITEM 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

        The Company convened and held an annual general meeting of shareholders on June 3, 2010. The holders of class A and B common shares, voting together, elected directors of the Company, approved an amendment to the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. 2009 Share Award and Incentive Plan, and appointed Deloitte LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm in 2010. A brief description of each matter and the number of votes on each matter are as follows:

        (1)   Election of eight directors, to constitute the entire Board of Directors, serving until the 2011 annual general meeting:

Name
  For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
John D. Campbell   20,956,990   4,444,140   250,648

Mitchell C. Hochberg
 
21,460,221
 
3,940,910
 
250,648

James B. Hurlock
 
21,553,743
 
3,847,387
 
250,648

Prudence M. Leith
 
21,413,307
 
3,987,824
 
250,648

J. Robert Lovejoy
 
21,590,564
 
3,810,566
 
250,648

Georg R. Rafael
 
21,590,725
 
3,810,405
 
250,648

James B. Sherwood
 
21,461,644
 
3,939,487
 
250,648

Paul M. White
 
21,806,678
 
3,594,452
 
250,648

        (2)   Approval of an amendment to the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. 2009 Share Award and Incentive Plan to increase by 4,000,000 the number of class A common shares authorized for issuance under the plan:

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
24,355,584   941,999   103,548   250,648

        (3)   Appointment of Deloitte LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm in 2010, and authorization of the Board's Audit Committee to fix Deloitte's remuneration:

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
25,519,150   132,093   535   N/A

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ITEM 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (d)    Exhibits

Exhibit
Number 		  Description of Exhibit
  10.1   Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. 2009 Share Award and Incentive Plan, as amended

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 SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

    ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD.

Date: June 4, 2010
 
By:
 
/s/ Edwin S. Hetherington
 Edwin S. Hetherington
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number 		  Description of Exhibit
10.1   Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. 2009 Share Award and Incentive Plan, as amended

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