- Full Time Employees
- 3,040
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines
- Address
- Colombo Sri Lanka
- IPO Date
- Sep 17, 2004
- Business
- John Keells Hotels PLC is a Sri Lanka-based hospitality and leisure company that owns, develops, and operates a portfolio of resort hotels across Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives under the Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts brand. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the company operates as a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka's largest diversified conglomerate. John Keells Hotels PLC provides comprehensive hospitality and tourism services catering to international leisure travelers, corporate clients, and domestic vacationers across major coastal, cultural, and wildlife destinations. The company's core products and services encompass luxury, upscale, and resort accommodation, including beachfront villas, overwater bungalows, deluxe guestrooms, suites, and eco-lodges; food and beverage operations, including fine-dining restaurants, multi-cuisine buffets, specialty seafood venues, poolside cafes, beach bars, and bespoke private dining; meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) facilities, featuring banquet halls, conference rooms, outdoor event spaces, and wedding coordination services; wellness and recreation offerings, comprising full-service spas, Ayurvedic wellness therapies, fitness centers, and swimming pools; and guided destination excursions and recreation, including marine conservation tours, scuba diving, snorkeling, motorized water sports, whale watching, and wildlife safari expeditions. The company's operational portfolio in Sri Lanka includes Cinnamon Bentota Beach, Cinnamon Bey Beruwala, Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon, Cinnamon Wild Yala, Cinnamon Lodge Habarana, Habarana Village by Cinnamon, Cinnamon Citadel Kandy, and Trinco Blu by Cinnamon; its Maldivian portfolio includes Cinnamon Dhonveli Maldives, Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon, Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives, and Cinnamon Velifushi Maldives. In recent operational developments, John Keells Hotels PLC has implemented comprehensive phased refurbishment and property repositioning programs across its Sri Lankan and Maldivian resorts to capture the post-crisis recovery in international tourist arrivals. The company has expanded its experiential travel and specialized culinary offerings, upgraded its digital distribution platforms and direct-booking engines with enhanced guest personalization tools, and accelerated company-wide sustainability programs, including rooftop solar photovoltaic installations, advanced wastewater recycling, and single-use plastic reduction initiatives across all resort operations.