Cinnamon Grand Colombo

Cinnamon Grand Colombo
The foyer of the Cinnamon Grand
Interactive map of the Cinnamon Grand Colombo area
Former namesHotel Lanka Oberoi
Hotel chainCinnamon Hotels & Resorts
General information
TypeHotel
Location77 Galle Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Coordinates6°55′04″N 79°50′54″E / 6.9178°N 79.8484°E / 6.9178; 79.8484
Opened1975 (1975)
Other information
Number of rooms475[1]
Number of suites26[1]
Number of restaurants
7[1]
Number of bars2
Website
www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamongrandcolombo
Company
TypePublic
CSE: AHPL.N0000
ISINLK0341N00004
Key peopleKrishan Balendra (Chairman/Managing Director)
RevenueIncrease LKR8,417 million (2023)
Increase LKR93 million (2023)
Increase LKR(332) million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease LKR45,911 million (2023)
Total equityDecrease LKR32,237 million (2023)
Number of employees
Increase 1,390 (2023)
ParentJohn Keells Holdings (78.56%)
SubsidiariesTrans Asia Hotels PLC
Footnotes
[2]

The Cinnamon Grand Colombo[3] is a luxury five-star hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[4]

History

Atrium of the Cinnamon Grand

The Hotel Lanka Oberoi was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and opened in 1975. It was the first Oberoi Hotels property outside India. The hotel was constructed on the site of the residence of the Bishop of the Church of Ceylon.[5]

On 28 January 1984, a bomb exploded in the Lanka Oberoi, killing one employee.[6][3] Oberoi Hotels terminated their management contract with Asian Hotels, the owner of the hotel, in 2003, and it was renamed the Colombo Plaza Hotel.[7] That same year, John Keells Holdings acquired a controlling stake of 60.5% of Asian Hotels Ltd, for LKR4.1 billion.[8] John Keells Holdings rebranded the hotel as the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in 2005.[9]

2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings

On 21 April 20, the hotel was one of the sites targeted in a coordinated string of terrorist bombings on Easter Sunday.[10][11]

The Cinnamon Grand was targeted by suicide bombers, along with the Shangri-La Colombo and The Kingsbury hotels.[12] Around 9:10 am, the perpetrator went to the breakfast buffet at the Taprobane restaurant and set off the bomb in his backpack, killing twenty people.[13] Four staff members at the Taprobane restaurant died in the suicide bombing and three foreign guests, (British, Dutch and American nationals) were also killed.[14] BBC reported another eleven-year-old guest was also killed.[15]

Radhika Sarathkumar, a popular Sri Lankan-born Indian Tamil actress, narrowly escaped from the bomb explosion at the hotel, where she was present after wrapping up shooting for a film.[16][17]

Amenities

The hotel houses eight restaurants and bars. These include the Plates, the all day dining restaurant, Lagoon, a seafood restaurant, Nuga Gama, a Sri Lankan restaurant;[18] London Grill, a steakhouse; Cheers Pub[19], The Coffee Stop serving freshly baked cakes and snacks, Breeze Bar by the poolside and the Tea Lounge at the lobby. Other amenities include, two gyms, two pools, one outside, one on the rooftop; and saunas.[20]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels" (PDF). Cinnamon Hotels. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2022/23" (PDF). cse.lk. Asian Hotels and Properties PLC. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: Police Warned That Churches Were Targets". The New York Times. 21 April 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Colombo Hotels | Cinnamon Grand Colombo Official Site". www.cinnamonhotels.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Hotel Lanka Oberoi". ceylonguide. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Rubin, Barnett R. (1987). Cycles of Violence: Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. Human Rights Watch. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-938579-43-4.
  7. ↑ "Hotel Lanka Oberoi relaunched as Colombo Plaza". Sunday Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 6 April 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Ladduwahetty, Ravi (20 September 2003). "JKH buys Asian Hotels for Rs. 4.1 b". Daily News. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Galagoda, Surekha (4 December 2005). "$ 22 million Cinnamon Grand unveiled". Sunday Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Three more explosions Kingsbury, Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand". Daily News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Three more explosions at Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Terror in Sri Lanka". cnn.com. CNN. April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka". ndtv.com. NDTV. AFP. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sri Lanka attacks: Who are the victims?". bbc.com. BBC. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Sri Lanka attacks: Easter Sunday bombings marked one year on". bbc.com. BBC. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Sri Lanka Blasts: Miraculous Escape For Raadhika". Gulte. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "இலங்கை குண்டு வெடிப்பில் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பிய நடிகை ராதிகா". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  18. ↑ Rough Guides (2018). The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka (6 ed.). APA Publications. ISBN 978-1-78919-517-0. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  19. ↑ Ellis, Royston (2011). Sri Lanka (4th ed.). Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84162-346-7. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  20. ↑ The Report: Sri Lanka. Oxford Business Group. 2016. p. 209. ISBN 1-91006-859-4. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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