With tourism becoming a major economic activity in the country world class international hotel chains have come forward to make Sri Lanka their regional hub in the Indian Ocean Region. Six Senses Resorts and Spas is to establish its regional headquarters in Colombo to own and manage up to 200 million dollars in leisure assets in the region.
Thailand-based Six Senses Resorts chain is also building a 40 million dollar hotel in a joint venture with Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence group in the south western coast of the island, in Ahungalle. It also has a Spa at Heritance Kandalama featuring six indoor treatments rooms, including one exclusively for Ayurvedic treatment. Six Senses is also to manage the Dutch Bay Resort in Kalpitiya, which will cost 75 million dollars and consists 60 mangrove chalets – two-storey villas with plunge pools – and 20 luxury villas on the lagoon.
Commenting on their decision to make Sri Lanka their Regional Hub in the Indian Ocean region, the Managing Director of the Group Mr. Shivdasani has said that tourism will become a dominant part of the economy in Sri Lanka, and the country’s proximity to the Maldives, Andaman Islands and Mauritius made Colombo the obvious location to house the regional hub. He also said the ready availability of accountants and legal services in Sri Lanka also helped in the decision to locate the regional headquarters to Colombo
The Sri Lankan based unit of Six Senses chain will eventually own around 200 million dollars in equity in several projects in the Indian Ocean Region and also oversee resorts managed by Six Senses. The Resorts and Spa chain also has resorts and Spas in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and in several Middle East and European countries. (niz)
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