**Exhibit 31**

 

ORIENT-EXPRESSHOTELS LTD.

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification

 

I, Paul MWhite, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual reporton Form 10-K of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. for the year ended December 31,2007;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

 

4.             I am responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and Ihave:

 

a)             designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)            designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

 

c)             evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report myconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

 

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d)            disclosed in this report any changein the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

 

5.             I have disclosed, based on my mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)             all significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b)            any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Dated:    February 29,  2008 |                                                                                        |
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|                                                  | /s/ Paul M. White                                                                           |
|                                                  | Paul  M. White   President and Chief Executive   Officer   (acting Chief Financial Officer) |

 

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