Companies

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

English: International Sleeping-Car Company

French

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is an international hotel and travel logistics company, notable for operating on-train catering and sleeping car services on such legendary European trains as the Orient Express. CIWL on-board personnel are highly regarded for their professionalism: from the 'chef de train' (train manager) to Sleeping-cars conductors, restaurant waiters, cooks or luggage carriers. - AsNotedIn

Notable Position	Person	From	To
Subsidiary	Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hotels	1894

Works about Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

Novel: From Russia, with Love (book), Rail Car Operator
Short Story: Have You Got Everything You Want? (short story), Rail Car Operator
Novel: Murder on the Orient Express (book), Rail Car Operator
Novel: The Mystery of the Blue Train (book), Rail Car Operator
Short Story: Thurnley Abbey (Short Story), Timetable Reference

Timeline

Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Description	Association	Composition	Place	Locale	Food	Event
1893/00/00	The Pera Palace Hotel opens in the Beyoglu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, as accommodations for the passengers of the Orient Express.			Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul	Istanbul
1929/00/00	The Orient Express gets stranded in the snow at least 80km from Istanbul.	Operator	Murder on the Orient Express (book)

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