The first ever hotel from Orient Express has officially launched with Orient Express La Minerva now welcoming guests in Rome – a huge milestone for the Accor-owned brand.

La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the first Italian made luxury train, will make its much-anticipated debut today, Friday 4 April 2025, with the ambition to reinvent the very essence of travel in motion.

Italian hospitality company Arsenale Group’s joint initiative with Saudi Arabia Railways, this week revealed the final designs of the interior of their highly-anticipated luxury rail project.

Arsenale SpA, the Italian multi-brand company that develops luxury hospitality assets, has signed an agreement with Cairo National Railways to launch Egypt’s first luxury train.

Italian firm Arsenale Group has signed a rail partnership in Uzbekistan that will see the development of a new luxury tourist rail journey in that country dubbed ‘The Samarkand Express’.