Sri Lanka Hotel Guide

Chaaya Bey hotel, a 200-room four-star property on 11 acres of beachfront land strong>Golden Mile’ on the Beruwela
Chaaya Bey with 200 rooms and an array of restaurants will be a benchmark for quality and class in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry,’’ he promised. “It will play a significant part in bridging the deficit (of quality accommodation) on the Southern coast.
Chaaya Bey is coming up on what was previously the location of Hotel Bayroo that was flattened by the December 2004 tsunami. JKH acquired the adjoining five acres too to build the new hotel whose Rs. 3 billion price tag includes the cost of land acquisition.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa later visited the site and examined plans for the luxury property due to be completed in 20 months as its owners, the John Keells Holdings Group (Chaaya Hotels & Resorts), the country’s biggest conglomerate, gears to take advantage of the anticipated tourism boom. 30 August 2010

Soneva Ahungalla

Bangkok-based Six Senses’ founder Sonu Shivdasani is partnering with Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Hotels to create an exclusive 71-villa project, occupying 101/2 acres of beachfront land and the 26-acre Meeraladuwa Island, just south of Bentota. Slated for early 2014.

Esna Villas, a company fully owned by Esna Holdings, has invested in a beach property on Nilaveli beach, Trincomalee. with a 144 feet beach frontage. This project, which is valued at USD 1 million, is the company’s first foray into the leisure sector. The company plans to set up an “all suite” boutique hotel on the property with construction already being in progress.
Eshana De Silva, Chairman, Esna Holdings, observed that this project includes a “Presidential Villa” which has a private swimming pool with all the luxury amenities of a Five-Star property. We are very excited as this would be the only project of this kind in Trincomalee.
Sri Lanka has seen a massive influx of tourists after the much anticipated post-war tourism boom. Esna Villas plans to set up similar boutique hotels in other prime tourist locations around the Island. There is little doubt that projects such as these are vital in post-war Sri Lanka. 29 December 2010