Cinnamon Grand Colombo Explained
| Cinnamon Grand Colombo |
| Former Names: | Hotel Lanka Oberoi |
| Building Type: | Hotel |
| Address: | 77 Galle Road |
| Location City: | Colombo |
| Location Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates: | 6.9178°N 79.8484°W |
| Hotel Chain: | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts |
| Number Of Rooms: | 475[1] |
| Number Of Suites: | 26 |
| Number Of Restaurants: | 7 |
| Number Of Bars: | 2 |
| Embedded: | | Embed: | yes | | Asian Hotels and Properties PLC | | Type: | Public | | Key People: | Krishan Balendra (Chairman/Managing Director) | | Revenue: | LKR8,417 million | | Revenue Year: | 2023 | | Operating Income: | LKR93 million | | Income Year: | 2023 | | Net Income: | LKR(332) million | | Net Income Year: | 2023 | | Assets: | LKR45,911 million | | Assets Year: | 2023 | | Equity: | LKR32,237 million | | Equity Year: | 2023 | | Num Employees: | 1,390 | | Num Employees Year: | 2023 | | Parent: | John Keells Holdings (78.56%) | | Subsid: | Trans Asia Hotels PLC | | Footnotes: | [2] |
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The Cinnamon Grand Colombo, trading as Asian Hotels and Properties PLC and formerly called the Hotel Lanka Oberoi,[3] is a luxury five-star hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[4] The Cinnamon Grand is located at 77 Galle Road, Kollupitiya, Colombo.
History
The construction of Hotel Lanka Oberoi began in 1973. The hotel commenced operations in 1975. It was the first hotel located outside India of Oberoi Hotels. The hotel was constructed on the land where the Bishop of Church of Ceylon resided until the 1970s. The atrium of the hotel was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Until then, only Hyatt Regency Atlanta had such an architectural feature.[5]
On 28 January 1984, a bomb exploded in the hotel, then called the Hotel Lanka Oberoi. One employee was killed.[6] The operators of the hotel, Oberoi Hotels agreed with Asian Hotels, the owner of the hotel, to terminate the management agreement in 2003. The hotel was relaunched as Colombo Plaza Hotel after that.[7] In the same year, John Keells Holdings acquired a controlling stake of 60.5 per cent of Asian Hotels Ltd for LKR4.1 billion.[8] John Keells Holdings rebranded the hotel as Cinnamon Grand in 2005.[9]
2019 Easter bombings
See main article: 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. It was one of the sites targeted in a coordinated string of terrorist bombings that occurred on Easter.[10] [11] Radhika Sarathkumar, a popular Sri Lankan born Indian Tamil actress narrowly escaped from a bomb explosion which happened at Cinnamon Grand Hotel where she was present after wrapping up shooting for a film.[12] [13]
Amenities
The hotel houses seven restaurants and two bars. These include the Lagoon, a seafood restaurant; Noodles, an Asian restaurant; Nuga Gama, a Sri Lankan restaurant;[14] Tao, an Asian fusion cuisine restaurant; London Grill, a steakhouse; Chutney, a South Indian restaurant; and Cheers Pub.[15] Other amenities include, two gyms, two pools, one outside, one on the rooftop; and saunas.[16]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels . Cinnamon Hotels . 23 April 2019.
- Web site: Annual Report 2022/23 . cse.lk . Asian Hotels and Properties PLC . 24 May 2023.
- News: Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: Police Warned That Churches Were Targets. 21 April 2019. The New York Times. 21 April 2019. 0362-4331.
- Web site: Colombo Hotels Cinnamon Grand Colombo Official Site. www.cinnamonhotels.com. 21 April 2019.
- Web site: Hotel Lanka Oberoi . ceylonguide . 12 August 2022.
- Book: Rubin, Barnett R.. Cycles of Violence: Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. Human Rights Watch. 1987. 978-0-938579-43-4. 38.
- News: Hotel Lanka Oberoi relaunched as Colombo Plaza . 12 August 2022 . . . 6 April 2003.
- News: Ladduwahetty . Ravi . JKH buys Asian Hotels for Rs. 4.1 b . 12 August 2022 . . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited . 20 September 2003.
- News: Galagoda . Surekha . $ 22 million Cinnamon Grand unveiled . 12 August 2022 . Sunday Observer . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited . 4 December 2005.
- Web site: Three more explosions Kingsbury, Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand. Daily News. en. 21 April 2019.
- Web site: Three more explosions at Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury . www.adaderana.lk. 21 April 2019.
- Web site: Sri Lanka Blasts: Miraculous Escape For Raadhika. 21 April 2019. Gulte. en. 21 April 2019.
- Web site: இலங்கை குண்டு வெடிப்பில் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பிய நடிகை ராதிகா. 21 April 2019. Indian Express Tamil. ta-IN. 21 April 2019.
- Book: Rough Guides . Rough Guides . The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka . 2018 . APA Publications . 978-1-78919-517-0 . 6 . 11 August 2022.
- Book: Ellis . Royston . Sri Lanka . 2011 . . . 978-1-84162-346-7 . 79 . 4th . 11 August 2022.
- Book: The Report: Sri Lanka . 2016 . Oxford Business Group . 1-91006-859-4 . 209 . 11 August 2022.
