en.Wedoany.com Reported - Spanish interior design company Martínez Otero has completed the interior construction and installation of the Orient Express Corinthian sailing yacht. Considered one of the largest and most luxurious sailing yachts in the world, the vessel is powered by sails covering a total area of 1,500 square meters and is equipped with a state-of-the-art engine using liquefied natural gas, operating in hybrid mode. It is expected to set sail this year.
This project is a collaboration between global hospitality giant Accor and cruise shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The yacht's exterior features technically designed sails, while the interior was handled by Martínez Otero. This Spanish third-generation family business, with over 80 years of history, specializes in high-end interior fit-outs, technical development, manufacturing, and installation of woodwork solutions. It has undertaken projects for four- and five-star hotels, high-end retail projects, and Brand Residences.
Martínez Otero has accumulated experience in the maritime sector, having participated in the development of vessels for the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection fleet and collaborated with marine interior design studios such as Tillberg Design of Sweden and AD Associates. The company is currently involved in the latest cruise ship project operated by Disney.
The interior design of the Orient Express Corinthian was led by Maxime d'Angeac, marking the first maritime project for the Orient Express brand. The project primarily uses French suppliers, and Martínez Otero is one of the few international companies trusted by d'Angeac, Chantiers de l'Atlantique, and Orient Express. The interior construction began in 2023, with the goal of transforming the design proposals into construction plans that meet the yacht's quality and excellence standards, while controlling details such as weight, fire resistance, and stability.
The most challenging part of the project was the construction of the 16 Mirror Suites, which are distributed across five different configurations. Each component had to be fitted with millimeter precision within a fully integrated ecosystem. Martínez Otero's technical office team, comprising over 40 professionals, produced detailed construction drawings and applied value engineering methods, relying on its five in-house factories and installation assembly teams to complete the work.
Notable elements completed by the company include curved wooden components, arcades, fixed furniture, and floor finishes, which incorporate carpets, brass trim strips, and oak parquet flooring. The most complex process involved veneer matching for machiche wood, requiring visual continuity of the grain between components. This included pre-selecting veneers at the source, secondary sorting by color and texture in its own facilities, individual mapping, and tracking throughout the project stages using specific codes.
Designer Maxime d'Angeac commented that Martínez Otero successfully brought the vision of these spaces to life accurately, completing a particularly refined and complex execution on time during the most challenging phase of the project.
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