Damro to build US$ 40mn Marino Sands Hotel

Damro, South Asia’s Largest Furniture Manufacturer has now ventured into tourism in Sri Lanka and plan to build a 270 room luxury hotel and a department store with an investment of US $ 40 million.

Named Marino Sands, the hotel will be located in a spectacular site of Colombo city – at Colpetty extending from Galle road to Marine Drive in one-and-a-half acres of land. This would be a 12 storey building with more than 400,000 sq. feet.

There will be three basements for parking and two floors dedicated for a department store. Piling has already commenced by Nawaloka Piling and with a target period of 03 years for construction Marino Sands will open in 2016.

Marino Sands Hotel runs as a BOI project under the guidance and support of ‘One Stop Unit’ of Sri Lanka Tourism. This is also monitored and supervised by the Urban Development Authority and Coast Conservation Department.

The hotel will comprise of a variety of spacious luxury rooms, private balcony for every room, rooftop infinity pool and an in-house department store

There will be a roof-top restaurant in addition to 03 sea view restaurants. These will exclusively serve the room guests, who would be privileged to enjoy a peaceful, crowd free dining experience.

The 100,000 sq. ft. department store located at the ground floor will give the hotel guests a shopping experience with quality branded items at a reasonable tag.

Guests at Marino Sands will definitely be impressed by a stress-free stay with a combination of warm service, contemporary comfort and the very latest technology along with true Sri Lankan hospitality.

Damro owns a strong showroom & dealer network in India. Currently it has 55 showrooms & plans to increase the number up to 100 by year 2016. The hotel will be promoted to the Indian middle-class through this branch network and aims to attract 50,000 ‘new tourists’ to Sri Lanka annually.