Cinnamon Grand Hotel

The Cinnamon Grand Hotel, formerly called the Hotel Lanka Oberoi,[2] is a luxury five-star hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[3] It is one of three hotels in Colombo popular with tourists, along with Kingsbury Hotel and Shangri-La Hotel. The Cinnamon Grand is located at 77 Galle Road, Western Province, Kollupitiya, Colombo.

Cinnamon Grand Hotel
The foyer of the Cinnamon Grand Hotel
Former namesHotel Lanka Oberoi
Hotel chainCinnamon Hotels and 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

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
Main article: 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings

It was one of the sites of the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings which happened on Easter along with two other hotels including Kingsbury Hotel and Shangri-La Hotel.[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. "Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels" (PDF). Cinnamon Hotels. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. "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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