Thambapanni Leisure, Ayura Holdings to jointly invest Rs. 350 m to build hotel in Galle Fort

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A sketch of the proposed Thaproban Galle Fort

Thambapanni Leisure and Ayura Holdings Ltd. would jointly invest Rs. 350 million to build a boutique hotel in the iconic Galle Fort. The ground breaking ceremony to build the Thaproban Galle Fort hotel was held yesterday.

Ayura Holdings Chairman Adhil Fouz

Thambapanni Leisure MD Prashan Dissanayake

The hotel project would consist of 10 suites, catering for high-end tourists designed to resemble ancient architectural theme which is designed by Philip Weerarathna. The project is expected to open in 2020.

Thambapanni Leisure Managing Director Prashan Dissanayake said that despite a series of bombings during Easter Sunday even targeting five star hotels, they were confident that the Sri Lankan Tourism sector would bounce back.

“Though many countries are issuing adverse travel warnings against Sri Lanka and investors shunning away from Sri Lanka, we have taken a bold decision to invest as we see a bright future in Sri Lanka.”

Sri Lanka is the only country which defeated the 30-year old war and started rapidly growing in the tourism sector and was named as the number one travel destination by Lonely Planet in 2018 and became the little paradise of millennial most favourite destination in the world.“We are observing the strengthening of intelligence and a free hand is now being given to the Security Forces. Most importantly, we observe the maintaining of unity among political leaders and the people. This in turn, would help Sri Lanka recover from this scar created from the Easter Sunday bombings.”

“We are confident that Sri Lankan Tourism too would bounce back soon.”

Thambapanni Leisure is one of the leading hotel chains which owns four hotels; Thaproban Beach House, Thambapanni Retreat, Thaproban Pavilion Resort and Spa, while Thaproban Pavilion Waves operated under three different concepts.

Ayura Holdings Chairman Adhil Fouz has set up over 25 years ago and is into various industrial and service aspects.