Reservations for Italy’s brand-new “La Dolce Vita Orient Express” train open Tuesday.
Luxury train lovers might wish to secure the existing rate now– before it climbs up any greater.
Starting rates for a one-night journey on the high-end train increased from 2,000 euros ($ 2,168) per individual in December 2022 to 2,500 euros per individual in November2023 Both rates were set throughout a pre-sales booking duration, which needed a refundable deposit.
But beginning rates have actually now leapt to 3,500 euros per individual per night, according to a news release published in March.
That’s an eye-watering 75% rate boost in a 16- month duration.
The train is set to begin running in the spring of 2025, according to Accor, the French international hospitality business that runs the train.
What is occurring?
Accor did not straight address CNBC’s concern regarding the factor behind the high rate walking.
An agent stated, “Pricing evolves according to occupancy, season, route, and cabin type.”
However, once again, the train isn’t running yet.
Rates for a luxurious cabin on Accor’s La Dolce Vita Orient Express train have actually increased 75% considering that late 2022.
Courtesy of Accor
Ticket rates are still lower than another train utilizing the “Orient Express” name in Europe– the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Nightly rates for that train, which is run by the LVMH-owned Belmond business, begin with ₤ 7,060 ($ 8,925) per traveler, according to an evaluation of its site.
Dave Goodger, handling director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics business, stated increasing rates are brought on by customers’ ongoing determination to pay greater rates for high-end experiences. But, he stated, that’s most likely not the only factor.
The lounge on the Accor’s brand-new La Dolce Vita train.
Courtesy of Accor
“Luxury travel demand is reflected in some continued price increases,” he stated. “However, the price increases are not profiteering and are broadly in line with rising costs, including higher staff costs as well as increased debt service requirements.”
Goodger called the La Dolce Vita train’s rate boost “something of an outlier,” however likewise noted it’s reflective of the distinct service it supplies.
The ‘La Dolce Vita’ trains
Accor’s La Dolce Vita Orient Express is set to run 9 paths through Italy, consisting of a seaside journey from Palermo to Rome and another from Rome to the Tuscan commune of Montalcino.
The “La Dolce Vita” train– which equates to “the sweet life”– channels the period of Italian glamour recorded by Federico Fellini’s famous 1960 motion picture of the very same name. The movie is maybe best kept in mind for the scene in which star Anita Ekberg romps in the Trevi Fountain, an act that travelers can be fined heftily for reproducing.
Reservations for the train open by means of telephone on April 2, and by means of the train’s site from April 24.
Accor has strategies to release another train– called “The Orient Express”– utilizing brought back 19 th-century carriages that were when part of the historical “Nostalgie-Istanbul-Orient-Express.”
The train will run numerous paths through Europe, consisting of the renowned Paris-Istanbul path.
Originally set up to release this year, the train is now set to start services in 2026.
