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Services & Trade (S&T), a leading Oman-based interior fit-out and contracting company with operations across 10 countries, debuts in Sri Lanka with the complete interior fit-out works contract for the 5-star luxury Mövenpick City Hotel. The Swiss hospitality chain Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, Softlogic’s first-ever city hotel in Sri Lanka, is a 24-storey, 200+ guestroom contemporary five-star property in the Kollupitiya area of Colombo. S&T Interiors is the interior fit-out works company contracted for this project to execute the complete interior fit-out works for the 219 well-appointed rooms including the presidential suite, 18 luxury suites, 200 standard rooms and public area. This exclusive project was recently awarded to S&T Interiors. S&T Interiors is the company formed under the exclusive joint venture agreement with S&T and the Hayleys Group, for offering a complete range of interior fit-out contracting services for the Sri Lankan market. Hayleys Leisure Holdings Managing Director Johann Wijesinghe said: “We are pleased to commence our operations in Sri Lanka by providing unmatched solutions to the Mövenpick project. Entry of leading brands like Mövenpick in the leisure sector is a positive sign of the country’s booming tourism industry and we are proud to be contributing to this growth. This is one of our first steps in redefining interior fit-out in the country.” Services & Trade Co. LLC. Director Business Development K.S. Ravikumar said: “The Mövenpick City Hotel project debut in Sri Lanka is an evidence of the success of S&T and the Hayleys Group joint venture. This has given S&T Interiors an opportunity to bring our worldwide breadth of experience into the Sri Lankan market. Our turnkey interior fit-out works unlock the full potential of luxury spaces giving our clients world-class quality and cost efficient services.” “Over the years, our success has been defined by our ability to work in close partnership with developers and construction companies and provide focused and effective project management services with customised solutions. With this project we will set an international benchmark in interior fit-out in the Sri Lankan hospitality sector that will be, undeniably, the best ever,” added Ravikumar. Services & Trade Group of Companies is a leading multinational and multiproduct conglomerate operating across 14 countries including Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa. Established in 1977 in Oman, by two visionaries – Brig. Gen (Rtd.) Suleiman Al Adawi and P.N.C Menon. S&T is a world-class brand, trusted for excellence. The group operates from offices in London, US, Hong Kong, Brunei, Singapore, Dubai, Qatar, India and Sri Lanka and headquartered in Muscat, Oman. Over the past three decades, S&T has diversified into several businesses over and above its core activities of interiors and civil contracting into real estate, mining, information technology, healthcare, trading, FMCG and procurement for hospitality industry along with other non-operating investments.