Quinlan Private rumoured as potential bidders for Orient-Express Hotels

IRISH investment group, Quinlan Private has been tipped as possible bidders for the Orient-Express Hotels, which owns dozens of the world’s most prestigious hotels and restaurants as well as the famous luxury tourist train.

Derek Quinlan’s investment company, Quinlan Private, which paid more than €1 billion to buy Jurys Inns last month has been linked as a possible bidder for the troubled luxury hotel group along with Lehman Brothers and Jonathan Marland, the former Tory treasurer, who reports say may be interested in putting together a consortium to bid for the group.

A spokesman for Quinlan Private said yesterday: “We do not comment on market speculation and will not make any comment on this.”