GALLE FACE HOTEL INAUGURATES INTER-HOTEL SIX-A-SIDE SOFTBALL CRICKET TOURNAMENT
South Asia’s leading Grande Dame, The Galle Face Hotel is a testimony to both Sri Lanka’s colonial past and its independent present. Given the strength of the hotel’s history and heritage, the iconic property recently inaugurated the Cyril Gardiner Trophy 2018, an inter hotel six-a-side soft ball cricket tournament at Moors Sports Club Ground. John Amarathunga, Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs, graced the event.
The tournament was the first of its kind organised among hotels in Colombo, with 16 leading hotels, 29 teams and 232 players participating. The tournament serves as an opportunity for leading hotels in Sri Lanka to strengthen their relationships with each other while enhancing goodwill so that they can work together to create a world class hospitality industry in Sri Lanka.
Sanjeev Gardiner, Chairman/ Owner, Galle Face Hotel proudly announced that the Cyril Gardiner Trophy would be an annual event,“the Galle Face Hotel is proud to organise the first inter-hotel
The tournament was the first of its kind organised among hotels in Colombo, with 16 leading hotels, 29 teams and 232 players participating. The tournament serves as an opportunity for leading hotels in Sri Lanka to strengthen their relationships with each other while enhancing goodwill so that they can work together to create a world class hospitality industry in Sri Lanka
six-a-side soft ball cricket tournament. We hope that events like this will strengthen the camaraderie in the hotel industry. Together with other leading hotels in Colombo, we look forward to improving Sri Lanka’s hospitality sector” Gardiner said. Cinnamon Lakeside won the Cyril Gardiner Trophy 2018, and Taj Samudra were runners-up. The ladies cricket tournament was won by Shangri-la Hotel Colombo and Galle Face Hotel were runners up.