MARRIOTT International is marking its return to Sri Lanka through the management of a 150-room beach resort in the country’s south.
Luxury Hotels International Management, a Marriott-linked special purpose vehicle for Sri Lankan operations, has signed an agreement with Weligama Hotel Properties, a subsidiary of local hotel developer East West Properties, to operate the resort.
Construction on the US$18 million property located in the Weligama Bay area is scheduled to start later this year and be completed within two years.
Nahil Wijesuriya, chairman of East West Properties, said: “Marriott is also in talks with us to manage two or three more properties in Sri Lanka.”
He added that the prospective plans involve five more resorts in Dambulla, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.
