Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts is a Sri Lankan luxury hotel chain brand.[1]

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts
Product typeLuxury hotels
OwnerJohn Keells Holdings
CountrySri Lanka
Introduced2005
MarketsSri Lanka & Maldives
Websitewww.cinnamonhotels.com

History

Development

John Keells Hotels was launched in 1979 as Keells Hotels Limited and in 2004, was listed in Colombo Stock Exchange as John Keells Hotels PLC. The brand Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts launched in London in 2005 and all hotels were brought under the brand name in 2014. In 2019, Cinnamon Bentota Beach was refurbished and the fourth resort in the Maldives, Cinnamon Velifushi Maldives established.[2]

2019 Easter bombings
Main article: 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings

On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, The Cinnamon Grand was targeted by the suicide bombers along with the Shangri-La Colombo and The Kingsbury hotels.[3] Around 9:10 am the perpetrator went to the breakfast buffet at the Taprobane restaurant and set off the bomb in his backpack, killing twenty people.[4] Four staff members at the Taprobane restaurant died in the suicide bombing and three foreign guests, (British, Dutch and American nationals) were also killed.[5] BBC reported another eleven years old guest was also killed.[6]

Ownership

John Keells Hotels manages a portfolio of holdings that consists of hotel businesses, which collectively form the John Keells Hotels Group.[7] Asian Hotels and Properties PLC, a sister company of John Keells Hotels, operates Cinnamon Grand Hotel and Crescat Boulevard shopping mall and high-end apartments while Trans-Asia Hotels PLC, a subsidiary of Asian Hotels and Properties, manages Cinnamon Lakeside.[8]

Properties

The brand manages 15 four-star and five-star hotels across Sri Lanka and the Maldives. These hotels collectively exceed the room capacity of over 1,400.[2] BOI signed an agreement worth US$29.3 with Indra Hotels and Resorts Kandy, a joint venture by Indra Traders and John Keells Hotels to build a 160-room hotel in Kandy. The project is expected to be completed by 2022 and will be named Cinnamon Red Kandy.[9][10]

PropertyNo. of roomsLocationProprietor
Sri Lankan city hotels
Cinnamon Grand Colombo501 ColomboAsian Hotels & Properties PLC
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo346Trans Asia Hotels PLC
Cinnamon Life Integrated Resort800Waterfront Properties
Cinnamon Red Colombo243Capitol Hotel Holdings, a joint venture with Sanken Lanka
Sri Lankan resorts
Cinnamon Bentota Beach159Bentota John Keells Hotels PLC
Cinnamon Bey Beruwala199Beruwala
Cinnamon Citadel Kandy119Kandy
Cinnamon Lodge Habarana138Habarana
Cinnamon Red Kandy216Kandy
Cinnamon Wild Yala68Yala
Habarana Village by Cinnamon108Habarana
Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon150Hikkaduwa
Trinco Blu by Cinnamon81Trincomalee
Maldivian resorts
Cinnamon Dhonveli Maldives152Kaafu Atoll John Keells Hotels PLC
Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives100Meemu Atoll
Cinnamon Velifushi Maldives90Vaavu Atoll
Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon112Alif Alif Atoll
Under construction

See also

References
  1. "Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts 'Most Valuable Hospitality Brand in Sri Lanka' 2019". lmd.lk. Media Services (Private) Limited. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. "Annual Report 2021/22" (PDF). cse.lk. John Keells Hotels PLC. 2022. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. "Terror in Sri Lanka". cnn.com. CNN. April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. "Guns Outnumber Guests At Bombed Cinnamon Grand Colombo Hotel In Sri Lanka". ndtv.com. NDTV. AFP. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. "Sri Lanka attacks: Who are the victims?". bbc.com. BBC. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. "Sri Lanka attacks: Easter Sunday bombings marked one year on". bbc.com. BBC. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. "John Keells Hotels PLC". ft.com. The Financial Times. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. "Annual Report 2018/2019" (PDF). Keells.com. Asian Hotels and Properties. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. "BOI signs US$ 29.3mn agreement with John Keells Hotels and Indra Traders". island.lk. Upali Newspapers. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. "Annual Report 2022/23" (PDF). cse.lk. John Keells Holdings PLC. 2023. p. 150. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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