Rs 750 mn Grand Udawalawe Resort opens on Sat.
Sara Pathirana
The Management of The Grand Udawalawe Safari Resort invested
approximately Rs.750 million for their maiden hotel in Udawalawe which
will be opened on Saturday. The investor s comprising seven directors
would also invest a further Rs. 300 million to build the region's first
Avurvedha hotel in Udawalawe.
Deputy Chairman, Anura Withanage said that they would be investing
Rs.300 million while the balance would be financed through borrowings
from the Bank of Ceylon. “With tourism booming we hope to break even in
four years,” he said. Due to adverse weather conditions the completing
of the project was delayed by a few months and they missed the
opportunity to market the hotel during the recently concluded T20
cricket world cup he said.
He said that they would also build a second hotel in the same
premises promoting the concept of Ayurvedha and said that they had
positioned the hotel to be a four star property. The “Grand Udawalawe
Safari Resort” would have 53 rooms (inclusive of 04 suites) built on a 7
acre land, and would be the first four star resort hotel in Sabaragamuwa
Province.
All rooms would have Internet and IDD facilities, satellite TV
facilities with international/ local channels.
In addition there would be a large banquet hall with seating capacity
of 450, conference hall with 200 seating capacity, specially designed
swimming pool and a restaurant which can accommodate 250.
The hotel will be ceremonially declared open by President Mahinda
Rajapaksa on October 27, 2012 at 10 a.m.
The Grand Udawalawe Safari Resort has agreed with the farms of
Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka to purchase all their fruit and
vegetable requirements and from farmers in the surrounding villages. The
recruitment policy of the hotel also gives priority to the youth of the
area. The resort is owned by Rosen Lanka Pvt Ltd |