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Another Samudra at Galle Face
Have you come across another Hotel Samudra just down the road from Galle Face? Well this is not a new hotel and is located in the building that houses the Ceylon Hotel School and is in the same premises at the Sri Lanka Tourist Board – and a few metres away from the more familiar Cinnamon Grand. This hotel has been operating since December 2004, and has generated Rs 1.6 million in turnover last month. “We have a great response from the business community for the facilities we provide,” said Renuker Gunaratne, Resident Manager of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism Hotel Management which runs the hotel. He said they have many frequent clients such as the Rotary Club and Toastmasters Club. As this hotel is handled as a co-product of the institute most of the students are involved in the day-to-day operations. “We give the priority to students in staffing the hotel,” he said. Income from the hotel subsidises the school. Though there are bigger competitors in the area – Taj, Galle Face Hotel, Cinnamon Grand and Holiday Inn – Hotel Samudra is not too concerned about competition as it helps to provide on-the-job training to Hotel School students. |
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