Lalin appointed MD at Hotel Services

Veteran hotelier Lalin T. Samarawickrama has been appointed as the Managing Director of Hotel Services (Ceylon) Plc, the owning company of The Kingsbury.

Currently Samarawickrama serves as the Managing Director of Amaya Leisure Plc and Hunas Falls Hotels Plc. He also serves on the boards of Hayleys Plc, The Fortress Resorts Plc, Royal Ceramics Plc and Kelani Valley Plantations Plc.

Samarawickrama is an internationally qualified hotelier having gained most of his management experience in UK working for large international chain of hotels over a long period of time. He was the first Sri Lankan Manager to be appointed by the Beaufort International Chain of Hotels to run the first seaside boutique resort. He is a member of the Institute of Hospitality UK (formerly HCIMA) and the Royal Society of Health, London.

He has several years of experience in the leisure trade having specialised in hotel designs and development. He has been responsible for the careful planning and execution of Amaya Resorts and Spas refurbishment and rehabilitation program.

The Board of Directors of Hotel Services (Ceylon) Plc comprises Mohan Pandithage (Chairman), L.T. Samarawickrama (Managing Director), O. Stohl (CEO), N.J. Deva Aditya De Silva, S.C. Ganegoda, S.P. Dissanayake, S.J. Wijesinghe, L.N. De S Wijeyeratne, K.D.D. Perera, R.N. Ponnambalam, L.K.B. Godamunne, W.D.N.H. Perera and J.P.V. Twest.