The Hotel & Restaurant Division of Villeroy & Boch has again extended its partnership with the luxury trains of Belmond. Last year, we reported on the beautiful custom china that Villeroy & Boch had created for passengers dining aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train traveling to Venice. This time, the custom creativity that Villeroy & Boch brings to the dining table travels to Southeast Asia. The Eastern & Oriental Express is yet another exclusive reference added to the list of establishments serving its guests on Villeroy & Boch tableware. This luxury train offers unforgettable dining moments for sophisticated train travelers on their way through Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
The restaurants on the Eastern & Oriental Express are equipped with customized tableware by Villeroy & Boch adorned with a golden application displaying the logo of the luxury train. The décor has been applied to Premium Bone Porcelain tableware from the successful Stella Hotel collection with its elegant, classical form and extremely delicate appearance. The restaurants on the Eastern & Oriental Express are equipped with customized tableware by Villeroy & Boch adorned with a golden application displaying the logo of the luxury train. The décor has been applied to Premium Bone Porcelain tableware from the successful Stella Hotel collection with its elegant, classical form and extremely delicate appearance. The travel experience of the Eastern & Oriental Express is rendered unforgettable not only by the exotic routes the train takes but especially by the uniquely high-quality facilities and the culinary offerings on board. The fine pine-green and gold décor of the custom china from Villeroy & Boch picks up on the colors of the Eastern & Oriental Express and thus creates a unified design aesthetic characterized by the highest standards of originality and exclusivity. The dinner plates, cups and saucers are decorated with a delicate green and gold border and feature the image of a tiger, an integral element of the Eastern & Oriental Express logo representing power, strength and dynamism. The logo itself with the initials E&O is also displayed on the left rim of the dinner plates.
At lunchtime and in the evening, meals featuring exclusive, seasonal specialties are available in the two restaurant cars. Breakfast is served on the fine porcelain directly in the cabins. Light snacks and drinks may be enjoyed from 7am in the open observation car at the end of the train. Villeroy & Boch has been luxury travel collection Belmond’s preferred supplier for tableware since 2014, supplying not only the Eastern & Oriental Express but also the company’s Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train in Europe. Nicolas Pillet, General Manager of the Eastern & Oriental Express comments, “We are delighted to be working with Villeroy & Boch. They have an excellent reputation in the market and have designed and produced beautiful crockery that complements the surroundings of the colonial style carriages.”
“We are proud to be part of the original and exclusive experience that is awaiting travellers on board the Eastern & Oriental Express, and look forward to further successful cooperations with the Belmond Group,” says Vittorio Rossetti, Sales Manager Villeroy & Boch for Hotel & Restaurant in Italy and the designer of the décor at the same time.
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Villeroy & Boch Adds to Luxury Dining to Aboard Eastern & Oriental Express
