Financial Times - Tea Trails among top 10 luxury ‘tea’ hotels in the world

Tea Trails among top 10 luxury ‘tea’ hotels in the world

Tea Trails, Lanka’s best known ‘tea’ resort, was recently included in the “Top Ten Luxury Hotels in the World for Tea Lovers,” by 4Hoteliers Travel & News, a leading upmarket travel portal.

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In this exclusive list, Ceylon Tea Trails rubs shoulders with the world’s best hotels and resorts such as the Ritz in London, Banyan Tree China, The Peninsula Hong Kong and the Lalu in Taiwan, the resort said in a statement.

“This accolade follows on the heels of Tea Trails being included in the Hot List of New Hotels in the world by most prestigious travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveller. The Hot List has now become the definitive guide for new luxury hotels reaching 3 million of the world’s most affluent and well travelled readers of Conde Nast,” the statement said.

Dominique Nordmann, CEO of Forbes & Walker Leisure, the managing company of Ceylon Tea Trails, said that no other hotel management company in the region can boast of achieving this level of recognition with its first property under management and within one year of opening.

“Fundamentally the resort is a brilliant and unique concept; a creation of Dilmah Tea and Thilan Wijesinghe, Group CEO/Managing Director of Forbes & Walker Ltd. There is no other resort in the world similar to Tea Trails where four bungalows comprising 20 rooms are connected by carefully selected walking trails through tea plantations. Of course, the support of our partners, Bogawantalawa Tea estates, was invaluable in obtaining the bungalows,” he said.

Nordmann noted that translating a brilliant concept into providing an unparalleled service would not have been possible without the resort’s highly professional staff. The glowing remarks contained in the Guest Books at the four bungalows is a tribute to the management team comprising Manager, Asela Wevita, Resident Manager, Chanaka Hewapathirana, Activities Manager, Jeremy Rajiah, Chef Wajira Gamage and Planter-in-residence, Andrew Taylor.

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