Sri Lanka Hotel News

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts in collaboration with the national carrier SriLankan Airlines will spread a powerful message on World Tourism Day, by launching a song titled ‘Make a Change,’ that calls for people across the world to protect the planet. The song, which is written by legendary Sri Lankan musician Alston Koch, and produced by Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, asks people from all walks of life, to come together and take responsibility for protecting the planet. The ‘Make a Change’ song, serves as a timely reminder on World Tourism Day, that protecting the environment is the responsibility of all stakeholders in every industry, including the travel trade. The song has been released globally and features powerful lyrics, a memorable melody and striking audio-visuals that highlight the plight of the planet in the face of pollution, negligence, deforestation and global warming. The song is endorsed by the United Nations Word Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Environment Ministry, ...

Asian Hotels & Properties PLC (AHPL), the owners and operators of the two city hotels under the Cinnamon brand, appears to have started to feel the intensity of the competition in the city hotel sector in Colombo, as the group’s top and bottom lines fared poorly in the most recent quarter. AHPL, a John Keells Group company, reported Rs. 2.2 billion revenue for the quarter ended March (4Q18), down 6.0 percent year-on-year (YoY). The operating profit declined by 36 percent YoY to Rs. 454.8 million for the period while the earnings fell 17 percent YoY to Rs.689.1 million. The per share earnings was Rs.1.56 compared to Rs.1.87 a year ago. AHPL owns and operates the 501-room Cinnamon Grand, Colombo and the 346-room Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo. The group also receives rental income from Crescat Boulevard – the shopping mall situated adjoining Cinnamon Grand. The intensified competition from new entrants for dining and banqueting venues and the new and refurbished three and four-st...

The Sri Lankan food culture is vibrantly influenced by its ethnic diversity. Being a multiracial country, Sri Lanka is indeed blessed with unlimited choices when it comes to tempting one’s taste buds. One will find a cultural gathering of Sri Lanka can be extremely colourful and tasteful due to these unlimited choices. When talking about Great Sri Lankan Recipes, there are many. However there are few all-time favourites by almost every Sri Lankan irrespective of their culture, social background, religion or ethnicity. 1. Kottu Roti One of the best loved Great Sri Lankan Recipe is Kottu or Kottu Roti. This aromatic and tasty dish which is believed to be invented by tea estate workers in the central hills are now a nation-wide delicacy.  Making a Kottu is not much of a difficult task. If you possess the proper utensils and cooking skill, a mouth-watering Kottu will be on your table in no time. 2. Jaffna Style Crab Curry The next Great Sri Lankan Recipe we are going ...

Trinco is the land of the rising sun, with graphic sunrises, golden beaches and an altogether slower pace of life. Coming here forces you to relax, unwind and rejuvenate. But there are other things about this harbor town, things that you ought to know if you’re planning on heading to Sri Lanka’s beautiful North East coastline. 1. The World War II Memorial Cemetery You might miss it if you aren’t looking for it, but somewhere between Trinco town and Nilaveli Trincomalee_War_Cemeterybeach sits this magnificent green lawn, strewn with gravestones of many brave men, of different nationalities who fought and fell in the Second World War. Falling under the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, this place in Trincomalee is one of 11 burial grounds strewn across the island and each with a similarity in terms of landscaping, headstone structure, layout and a significant cross that looms over each cemetery, known as the Cross of Sacrifice. 2. Sperm Whales & Spinner Dolphins Scuba divi...

Renown cook and food writer, Nigella Lawson was welcomed to Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo by General Manager, Dermot Gale and the team at the Hotel during her tour of Sri Lanka on the invitation of Cinnamon Life. Several events were held at Cinnamon Lakeside recently, including "Brunch and Conversation with Nigella" and "High Tea and Book Signing", where participants were able to hear about Nigella's career and achievements. Source : http://www.cinnamonhotels.com/media/nigella-lawson-at-cinnamon-lakeside-colombo-,press-releases_viewItem_1861-en.html

Cinnamon’s city hotels’ Cinnamon Grand, Cinnamon Lakeside and Cinnamon Red showed the culinary prowess of their respective Kitchen and F&B Teams by winning a total of 70 medals at the country’s premier culinary competition Culinary Art 2017 organized by the Chefs’ Guild of Lanka, at the BMICH from July 28-30. Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo’s leading urban resort also won the coveted `Most Outstanding City Hotel Team’ award and the` Gold Excellence Award for The Best Cocktail Creation.’ The hotels’ teams won these medals, in a fiercely competitive event, where 1700 of the country’s chefs, representing 165 hotels, met to compete for accolades in 34 categories of culinary art. The competition gamut included areas such as plated appetizers, five-course set dinner menu, petit fours and pralines, pastry and chocolates showpiece, hot and cold finger food, wedding cake structures, butter sculpture, bread dough showpieces as well as a range of hot and cold beverage related co...

The Thai Food Festival is back for the 3rd consecutive year from 14th-24th of September 7.00 – 11.00 p.m! Cinnamon Lakeside’s premier Thai restaurant Royal Thai and the Terrace come alive with over 60, aromatic, exotic flavours of Thailand to bring all foodies an all you can eat culinary treat. The MasterChef Ms. Bongkot Sabpong and the talented team at Royal Thai will create over 60 dishes ranging from authentic staples like Tom yum to more adventurous variants such as homemade Thai dumplings to take you on a trip to Thailand. The buffet will also feature all the traditional favourites; red, yellow and green curries along with a few of Royal Thai’s signature dishes such as seafood homok in banana leaf, a Lanon seafood ball and Crispy fried pork belly with Thai tamarind sauce for which the restaurant has received both local and international acclaim. Guests can feast on main courses that have something for everyone with popular favourites like Thai Fried rice, chicken red curr...

COLOMBO (EconomyNext) - Sri Lanka's Cinnamon branded city hotels of the John Keells Holdings group has seen rise in competition triggering a fall in room revenue, Chairman Susanthe Ratnayake has said. Cinnamon Grand Hotel had still maintained an occupancy rate of 75 percent in 2014, down slightly from 76 percent last year. Ratnayake said the average occupancy of Colombo city five-star hotels was only 55 percent. Room revenue had dropped 4 percent but food and beverage revenue had grown 122 million rupees allowing overall revenue to grow 1 percent to 4.93 billion rupees. Profits had dropped 11 percent to 1.54 billion rupees. The 501-room Cinnamon Grand had a market share of 32 percent in 2014, only slightly down from a share of 33 percent reported a year earlier. At Cinnamon Lakeside the average room rate was maintained at 18,267 despite "intense competition" Ratnayake told shareholders of Asian Hotels and Properties, the owning company of Cinnamon Grand, but ro...

Celebrity TV personality, Restaurateur and judge of ‘MasterChef Australia’ George Calombaris arrived at Cinnamon Grand in the early hours today and was given a warm welcome by the Cinnamon Grand team as he begins his four-day tour in Sri Lanka. He was greeted by Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts Sector Head-City Hotels and Cinnamon Grand General Manager Rohan Karr, Resident Manager Mehmet Dogan, Executive Chef Dirk Heinen, Head of Marketing Communications-City Hotels Tharika Goonathilake and the Hotel’s Kitchen Brigade led by the Senior Chefs. Calombaris is here at the invitation of Cinnamon Life, Colombo’s premier lifestyle mixed development and will conduct a series of interactive programs in the next few days, giving his loyal fans here a rare chance to meet and savour his culinary masterpieces. Source: http://www.cinnamonhotels.com/media/-masterchef-australia-judge-george-calombaris-at-cinnamon-grand-,press-releases_viewItem_1711-en.html - 11th June 2017