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): July 14, 2009

 

ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

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.):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 2.02             Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

The information contained in this Current Report is furnished under Item 2.02 (Results of Operations and Financial Condition).  In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in the filing. The registrant is a foreign private issuer and, therefore, is exempt from Regulation FD.

 

On July 14, 2009, Martin O’Grady, the Registrant’s Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer, made a presentation to investors in Boston.  The slides shown at this presentation are attached as an exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99                                    July 14, 2009 slide presentation shown in Boston.

 

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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: July 14, 2009	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
99		July 14, 2009 slide presentation shown in Boston.

 

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