43 storied Hyatt Regency Hotel launched
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- Published on Friday, 20 July 2012 11:18
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Construction of a 43-story five-star luxury hotel complex of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Colombo started yesterday. Foundation stone for the construction of this massive Hotel project was laid by the Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa.
Once completed, the proposed hotel, Hyatt Regency Colombo will have modern facilities with large banqueting and meeting spaces, food and beverage outlets, fitness center, entertainment and adequate parking for the visitors.
The Economic Development Ministry said that the project is developed by Sino Lanka Hotels & Spa (Pvt) Ltd with the required capital from a consortium of investors consisting private and state entities including the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd.
The Economic Development Ministry said that the Hyatt Regency Colombo hotel project which was originally proposed in 2003 was leased to the previous developer in 2003 for scheduled completion of the project in 2008. But the project remained abandoned over the past 3 years. Therefore, the government took over the project under the Revival of Underperforming Enterprises & Underutilized Assets Act, enacted in November 2011.
The Ministry further said that in March 2012, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal to re-develop the property as a fully-fledged multi-faceted hotel complex to support the government initiative in tourism infrastructure development and to meet the demand from the growing tourists to the country.
The hotel upon completion will have 565 rooms with 475 guest rooms. The guest rooms will include 54 suites, 265 King rooms, 150 Twin rooms and 6 rooms for the disables. An infinity pool with a pool deck with seating for 76 will be constructed on the 11th floor.
The new developer has engaged wellknown industry professionals to design and build the complex including the award winning interior designer, Bilkey Llinas Designs of Hong Kong, restaurant designer, Super Potato from Japan, design architect, Design Consortium Ltd and MAGA Engineering (Pvt) Ltd as the main contractor.
Secretary to the Ministry of Defense and Urban Development Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, Additional Secretary to the President and Chief of Staff and the Chairman of the Sino Lanka Mr. Gamini Senarath, Secretary, Ministry of Finance & Planning Dr. P B Jayasundara, and Board of Investment Chairman Mr. M.M.C. Ferdinando also participated in the occasion. (niz)
