Editing Orient Express (section)

===Accor===
{{Main|Orient Express (Accor)}}
In 2017, [[Accor]] purchased a 50% stake in the Orient Express brand from [[SNCF]] for the right to use the name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Orient-Express-will-venture-into-luxury-cruising|title=Orient Express will venture into luxury cruising |website=Travel Weekly|author=Christina Jelski  | date=12 January 2023}}</ref> In 2018, Accor began renovation work on 17 CIWL carriages from the defunct ''Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express'', which date back to the 1920s and 1930s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/bus-train/original-orient-express-returns-to-europe-2024|title=The Original Orient Express Is Returning to Europe in 2024 — With 17 Beautifully Refurbished Carriages |website=Travel + Leisure|author=Dobrina Zhekova | date=29 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-orient-express-is-making-a-comeback-180981216/|title=You Could Soon Ride in Historic Carriages From the Orient Express |website=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]|author=Sarah Kuta | date=1 December 2022}}</ref> It will carry passengers between [[Paris]] and [[Istanbul]] beginning in late 2026.<ref name="lux"/><ref name="myth"/>