Cinnamon Grand Colombo

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Cinnamon Grand Colombo
CinnamonGrandHotelFoyer.jpeg
The foyer of the Cinnamon Grand Hotel
Former namesHotel Lanka Oberoi
Hotel chainCinnamon Hotels & Resorts
General information
TypeHotel
Address77 Galle Road
Town or cityColombo
CountrySri Lanka
Other information
Number of rooms475[1]
Number of suites26[1]
Number of restaurants7[1]
Number of bars3[1]
Website
www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamongrandcolombo

The Cinnamon Grand Colombo, trading as Asian Hotels and Properties PLC and formerly called the Hotel Lanka Oberoi,[2] is a luxury five-star hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[3] The Cinnamon Grand is located at 77 Galle Road, Western Province, Kollupitiya, Colombo.

Terrorist attacks[]

On 28 January 1984, a bomb exploded in the hotel, then called the Hotel Lanka Oberoi. One employee was killed.[4][2]

2019 Easter bombings[]

It was one of the sites targeted in a coordinated string of terrorist bombings that occurred on Easter.[5][6] Raadhika Sarathkumar, a popular Sri Lankan born Indian Tamil actress narrowly escaped from a bomb explosion which happened at Cinnamon Grand Hotel where she was present after wrapping up shooting for a film.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels" (PDF). Cinnamon Hotels. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: Police Warned That Churches Were Targets". The New York Times. 21 April 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Colombo Hotels | Cinnamon Grand Colombo Official Site". www.cinnamonhotels.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ Rubin, Barnett R. (1987). Cycles of Violence: Human Rights in Sri Lanka Since the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement. Human Rights Watch. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-938579-43-4.
  5. ^ "Three more explosions Kingsbury, Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand". Daily News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Three more explosions at Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  7. ^ 23 (21 April 2019). "Sri Lanka Blasts : Miraculous Escape For Raadhika". Gulte. Retrieved 21 April 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "இலங்கை குண்டு வெடிப்பில் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பிய நடிகை ராதிகா". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.


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