Complex sentence: In 1976, Orient-Express Hotels was founded with the purchase of Hotel Cipriani in Venice, and began as the leisure division of Sea Containers Ltd and was later incorporated as Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., a Bermuda company.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1976, Orient-Express Hotels was founded with the purchase of Hotel Cipriani. Begun as the leisure division of Sea Containers Ltd, it was later incorporated as Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., a Bermuda company.