Cinnamon Grand Colombo
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.
| Cinnamon Grand Colombo | |
|---|---|
 The foyer of the Cinnamon Grand Hotel | |
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| Former names | Hotel Lanka Oberoi |
| Hotel chain | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | 77 Galle Road |
| Town or city | Colombo |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Opened | 1970's (as Hotel Lanka Oberoi) |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 475[1] |
| Number of suites | 26[1] |
| Number of restaurants | 7[1] |
| Number of bars | 3[1] |
| Website | |
| www | |
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
- "Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels" (PDF). Cinnamon Hotels. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- "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.
- "Colombo Hotels | Cinnamon Grand Colombo Official Site". www.cinnamonhotels.com. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- 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.
- "Three more explosions Kingsbury, Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand". Daily News. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Three more explosions at Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "Sri Lanka Blasts: Miraculous Escape For Raadhika". Gulte. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- "இலங்கை குண்டு வெடிப்பில் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பிய நடிகை ராதிகா". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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