Cinnamon Grand Colombo
| Cinnamon Grand Hotel | |
|---|---|
 The foyer of the Cinnamon Grand Hotel | |
 | |
| Former names | Hotel Lanka Oberoi |
| Hotel chain | Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Address | 77 Galle Road |
| Town or city | Colombo |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 475[1] |
| Number of suites | 26[1] |
| Number of restaurants | 7[1] |
| Number of bars | 3[1] |
| Website | |
| www | |
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.
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 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
- ^ a b c d "Corporate Brochure - Cinnamon Hotels" (PDF). Cinnamon Hotels. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 23 (21 April 2019). "Sri Lanka Blasts : Miraculous Escape For Raadhika". Gulte. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help) - ^ "இலங்கை குண்டு வெடிப்பில் அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக உயிர் தப்பிய நடிகை ராதிகா". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil). 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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