Club Hotel Dolphin Wins ITS Red Star Award. The First Time a Sri Lankan Hotel Nominated for the Prestigious Award

06th January 2010, www.thebottomline.lk

Club Hotel Dolphin, managed by Serendib Leisure Management, a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings Plc, brought honor to Sri Lanka by winning the ITS Red Star Award under the ITS program managed by the REWE Group, Germany. This is the first time a Sri Lankan hotel had been nominated for this prestigious award.

The ITS brand has the largest selection of hotels amongst the Tour Operators of the travel and tourism division of REWE Group. The focus of the ITS program is on three-to-four star hotels. The ITS Red Star Award is awarded to the best and most popular 60 hotels worldwide. The selection for the award mainly focuses on three key factors - referrals from their guests, consistent high standards of service delivery, and high levels of guest satisfaction. By winning this award, Club Hotel Dolphin has been recognised as the very best in the country.

This club-concept hotel is located in the seaside hamlet of Waikkal and is just a half hour’s drive from the international airport and 90 minutes north of Colombo. This sprawling hotel boasts a total of 150 rooms - 98 deluxe main rooms that are equipped with AC, cable TV, DVD player, Tea/Coffee making facilities, hair dryer, piped music and telephone, and 50 individual cottages that are additionally equipped with a mini bar, and 2 suites.

The hotel has two pools – one of which is the largest pool in Sri Lanka. This is the hub of all the action and animation at the hotel. Guests are offered a wide choice of activities such as tennis, squash, volleyball, badminton, darts, archery, croquette and mini golf. The animation team keeps guests occupied with activities such as water aerobics, a club dance, bingo nights, karaoke evenings, fire limbos and animation shows. For those who prefer something more tranquil, a relaxing spa treatment or a lazy afternoon by the ‘quiet pool’ is available. Guests can also take an interesting tour of the Negombo churches that were built during the colonial period, or opt to visit Colombo on a shopping spree.

REWE Group is a multi-national company. The travel arm – REWE Touristik - is one of the largest German Tour Operators and is an important partner of the Serendib Leisure Group.

Image: S. Anandaraj, Chief Operations Officer of Serendib Leisure Management presenting the ITS Red Star Award to the General Manager of Club Hotel Dolphin, Chamin Wickremasinghe. Also in the picture is the Assistant Manager of the Hotel, Jude Silva.