Six star hotel in Sri Lanka soon

by Shirajiv SIRIMANE in Pelwatte

A six star hotel is being built in Pelwatte, Wellawaya, by Pelwatte Sugar Company Limited.

For the first time in Sri Lanka an American company will manage this property, which would be branded as Pelwatte Resort Sri Lanka. The hotel would also have a Golf course to woo more high-spending tourists.

Construction work on the hotel has already commenced and the large swimming pool and the Golf course is nearing completion.

Chairman, Pelwatte Sugar and Master Divers, Ariyaseela Wickramanayake said that he has invested Rs. 800 million for this project which would be an eco friendly venture.

"We will be using 80 percent of the products manufactured by the Pelwatte group which includes, fruit and vegetables, sugar, spirits, electricity produced from sugar cane and cars powered by Ethanol manufactured at our sugarcane factory," he said.

Wickramanayake said that this would be an upmarket property and they hope to market a villa for around US $ 1,000 dollars which makes it Sri Lanka's most expensive eco hotel.

The hotel has been designed in keeping with requirements in the USA and it would have around 40 chalets. It is expected to be opened next year.