Roland Hernandez named independent member of the Board at Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. in Bermuda
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE; OEH, www.orient-express.com) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Roland Hernandez, 55, as an independent member of the Board. Mr. Hernandez is a highly successful media and entertainment executive with broad public company board experience including in the hospitality industry, where he has served as the lead director of MGM Resorts International and Vail Resorts, Inc. The Company also announced that Chairman J. Robert Lovejoy and Board member Philip R. Mengel will retire from the Board upon the expiration of their terms at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on June 28, 2013. Immediately following his election to the Board at the AGM, the Board intends to name Mr. Hernandez Chairman. Roland Hernandez has been the Founding Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Hernandez Media Ventures since 2001. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Telemundo Group, Inc. from 1995 to 2000. He founded Interspan Communications and served as President from 1986 to 1994. He currently is on the Board of Directors of MGM Resorts International, Vail Resorts, Inc., Sony Corporation and U.S. Bancorp, but Mr. Hernandez has announced that he will be stepping down from the Sony Board this year. He also served on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart for 10 years. He is also a Member of the Harvard University Law School Board of Advisors. Mr. Hernandez holds J.D. and B.A. degrees from Harvard University.
