Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-02-08

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00:01:40 1 History
00:01:49 1.1 Monopoly
00:03:35 1.1.1 Hotels
00:04:06 1.2 Competition with Mitropa
00:06:16 1.3 Decline
00:07:23 2 Today
00:07:36 3 Corporate history
00:08:19 3.1 Thomas Cook
00:08:43 3.2 Accor
00:09:03 3.3 Wagons-Lits Diffusion
00:10:02 3.4 Newrest
00:10:30 3.5 Carlson Wagonlit Travel
00:10:51 4 Famous CIWL trains
00:11:58 4.1 Orient Express
00:12:09 4.2 Nord Express
00:12:59 4.3 Sud Express
00:13:38 4.4 Train Bleu
00:14:04 4.5 Transsibérien
00:14:28 4.6 Night Ferry
00:14:51 4.7 London Vichy Pullman Express
00:15:36 5 List of CIWL services
00:16:05 6 1918 Armistice coach
00:16:23 7 CIWL phototheque and historical archives
00:18:24 8 In popular culture
00:19:46 9 CIWL in different languages
00:20:59 10 References



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Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (English: International Sleeping-Car Company), also CIWL, Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, or just Wagons-Lits, is an international hotel and travel logistics company, particularly known for its on-train catering and sleeping car services, as well as being the historical operator of the Orient Express.
The Orient Express was a showcase of luxury and comfort at a time when travelling was still rough and dangerous. CIWL soon developed a dense network of luxury trains all over Europe, whose names are still remembered today and associated with the art of luxury travel. Examples of such luxury travel include the Blue Train, the Golden Arrow, North Express and many more. CIWL became the first and most important modern multinational dedicated to transport, travel agency, hospitality with activities spreading from Europe to Asia and Africa.
Now part of the French Newrest group, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (et des grands express européens) (English: The International Sleeping-Car (and European Great Expresses) Company) was founded by the Belgian Georges Nagelmackers in 1872, in Belgium. CIWL quickly established itself as the premier provider and operator of European railway sleepers and dining cars during the late 19th and the 20th centuries.
The holding company, CIWLT, is a fully owned subsidiary of the Accor Group, the historical brands were transferred to Wagons-Lits Diffusion in 1996.