Rates for hotels

Minimum rates for Colombo city hotels are likely to stay even after protests by certain sectors of the industry wanting to see an end to it. And, from next year officials will strictly enforce effective penalties for those found violating rates in the city.

It is believed that the minimum rates on hotels needs to stay since the city hotels would be challenged with competition intensifying - with the January 2017 entry of new properties like Movenpick Colombo and the November 17,