Jetwing on an expansion drive
Hotel group Jetwing has unveiled plans for a series of new and expanded properties to be launched in coming months and next year, a media release issued by the company stated.
MICE buyers and travel writers from eight countries enjoy a ‘finger-licking’ Sri Lankan meal in Colombo. The group of 40 was jointly hosted by the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau (SLCB) and SriLankan Airlines at Sri Lanka’s first MICE mart held last month.
Jetwing has planned to launch two new properties in September this year including the 55-room Jetwing Yarl in the northern city of Jaffna, and the 25-room Jetwing Kaduruketha, in the south-central town of Wellawaya. The Wellawaya hotel will feature a spa, gym and swimming pool, it said.
In December, Jetwing plans to re-launch three of its hotels, with extra rooms and facilities. Jetwing Kurulubedda hotel in Galle will see the addition of four new pool villas, while 24 rooms will be added to the Jetwing Ayurveda Pavilions, a luxury wellness resort in the beach resort of Negombo.
During the same month, the company intends to launch six new thatched pavilions at the Jetwing Vil Uyana, a rural retreat, the release stated.
The expansion is expected to continue into August 2016, when another three Jetwing hotels are scheduled to launch. Jetwing Colombo will be an upscale hotel in the Sri Lankan capital featuring 70 rooms, 30 serviced apartments, a gym, swimming pool and two restaurants, while the Jetwing Lake in Dambulla, will offer 94 rooms and suites, a spa, gym and swimming pool, the release also stated.
At the Jetwing Arugam Bay in Pottuvil, on the east coast, the beachfront property would have 20 villas and a swimming pool.
In total, Jetwing currently has 27 hotels either open or in the pipeline across Sri Lanka, it was stated.