Mandarina Colombo wins Best Hotel Development Award 2018
Mandarina Colombo, the 80-room business hotel owned and managed by Macksons Properties (Pvt.) Ltd, won the real estate industry’s highest honour when they clinched the Best Hotel Development Award 2018.
The annual Asia Property Awards was held for the first time in Sri Lanka recently at a spectacular event to recognise and reward the country’s best real estate companies and projects.
For Mandarina Colombo which opened barely 18 months ago in 2017, the award is a coveted benchmark of excellence rewarding only the best developers and developments in Asian real estate at a domestic and regional level.
Mandarina Colombo is strategically located in Kollupitiya along Galle Road and has 11 floors with rooms that include comforts and features ranging from high speed Wifi to 24-hour medical assistance on request. The newest additions to its list of services are banqueting and meeting room facilities. A distinctive feature of the hotel is the glass fronted infinity swimming pool on the rooftop, offering a view of both the city’s rising skyline and the sweeping Indian Ocean.
Macksons Properties Director and CEO Ranga Goonawardena said: “The Asia Awards has a fine reputation for being credible and our project team is privileged to be recognised and rewarded along with Sri Lanka’s finest real estate companies and development projects. The prestigious award also shows that Mandarina Colombo delivers an outstanding experience to guests through exemplary service standards.”
Macksons Holdings Managing Director Mizver Makeen said: “As a diversified conglomerate involved in manufacturing, retailing and property development, we are pleased to be recognised and receive this honour which is greatly coveted in the industry. Our brands such as Multilac surface paints and Macktiles are renowned not only in Sri Lanka but also internationally. This award is an exciting achievement for Macksons as we diversified into the hospitality industry very recently.”
Tripadvisor has awarded Kings Pavilion Kandy with the Certificate of Excellence for 2018 - ranking a number-one placement based on its great consistent guest reviews (Booking.com 9.5 out of 10 points).
They achieved this merit within a short span of time by proving excellent service delivery, luxury design and impressive layout. It is an ultra-luxury escape within an idyllic hill country environment, where guests are able to immerse themselves in the rich cultural history, spiritual heritage and diverse tropical landscape.
Kings Pavilion has been accepted by Shlomo Gabbai, the Director of the Awards to take part in the 2018 edition of the World Boutique Hotel Awards after being highly recommended in the categories ‘Relaxation Retreat and Newcomer’.
The luxury boutique hotel is situated in a secluded hillside in Anniewatte and just five minutes away from Kandy town. Sensitively built to preserve this site’s unique flora and fauna, it blends with the environment and brings guests closer to nature. Kings Pavilion entices you to discover a blend of history, spirituality and luxury amidst the hill capital of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by misty mountains and verdant greenery, this charming resort resonates of verdant concepts akin to royalty. Every bit of this resort has been meticulously handcrafted to provide the very best in luxury, Set beside rolling green hills and beautifully laid out gardens, this luxury resort promises a made-tomeasure escape.
From the moment you arrive, you feel the sense you’ve arrived somewhere very special. Ranging from nine fully air-conditioned and tastefully designed bedrooms including two spacious suites with private balconies, four Junior suites and three standard rooms; which are located in three seductive and scenic sections of the property. All this revolves around fully personalised and exclusive services to make all guests’ wishes and desires come to life; and are just a few of the sumptuous details you’ll find throughout its premises.
This resort retreat is as secluded as it is spellbinding. Make yourself at home and unwind with a dip in the secluded infinity pool overlooking the mountains or simply indulge in spirituality at our ‘Yoga’ sessions.
Find your way to the resort Spa, where massages and beauty treatments take place in tranquil, open air rooms. When it comes to dining, private garden (Special BBQ dinners) lets you take in the superb views of the serene surroundings and the mixologists at the bar will keep you refreshed with creative cocktails.
Kings Pavilion has a wealth of natural diversity in fauna and flora, making it an attractive bio-diverse location and a plethora of plant and animal life make this beautiful getaway the place to be, especially if you are an avid nature lover or naturalist.