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HOTELS FOCUS: SRI LANKA FEATURES BIG IN SHANGRI-LA’S INDIAN OCEAN PUSH Mirror Business reports that Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels “will set a new standard for luxury hospitality in Sri Lanka with the opening of Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. The hotel [artist’s impression above] will be the most luxurious to open in Colombo in 35 years and will complement the group’s 300-room Shangri-La Hambantota Resort & Spa.” *** TRIED AND TESTED: HOTEL RIU SRI LANKA, AHUNGALLA TTG Asia’s correspondent Feizal Samath “dives in for free-flow food, drinks and fun” at Hotel Riu Sri Lanka, the 501-room, five-star hotel located in southern Ahungalla, 130km from Colombo International Airport. *** SRI LANKA REVEALS LUXURY HIDEAWAY THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT The Toronto Star reports that “the Owl and the Pussycat is Sri Lanka’s newest boutique hotel, offering guests a luxury hideaway in the southern coastal town of Thalpe, just a short tuk-tuk ride from historic Galle Fort and its surrounding Buddhist temples." *** ASIA CAPITAL AND BELLUNA OF JAPAN BUILDS $54M COLOMBO HOTEL EconomyNext reports that Sri Lanka’s Asia Capital and Belluna Company of Japan has started building a $54 million four-star hotel on the capital Colombo’s Marine Drive overlooking the Indian Ocean. *** THEME RESORTS INVESTS RS450M IN AYURVIE RETREAT Hospitality.lk reports that Theme Resorts and Spa will soon be opening Rs. The Rs450 million Ayurvie Retreat hotel in Weligama, a luxury boutique retreat offering authentic Sri Lankan Ayurvedic experience. *** NINE JETWING HOTELS CERTIFIED FOR MINIMUM CARBON FOOTPRINT YouTravel reports that the Sri Lanka Climate Fund (SLCF) has awarded nine Jetwing hotels the Carbon Footprint Certification. A total of 162 countries in the world are currently the members of the International Organization for Standardization. Click below for more. #SriLanka #Hotels #Tourism #IndianOcean
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