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Goldie Sand : 3 decades of success
By Sanath Weerasuriya
Sri Lanka recorded more than 500,000 tourists arrivals last year. The present success in tourism is mainly because of the its solid base laid during the early 70’s .

The hotels in Negombo, Hikkaduwa and Trinco was the main attraction centres of Sri Lanka. Negombo stands tall out of them. Goldie Sands Hotel was one of the pioneers in the trade and is now ready to celebrate the three decades of success.

The hotel celebrates its thirty years of operation on October 30 with grand bash. The hotel started its business with just 25 rooms in 1974 and now expanded into 75 roomed luxury hotel. All room are with all modern facilities including IDD, TV and pipped music.

October 30 will be another landmark celebration to E. Croos, the General Manager of the hotel. He has 25 years of service at the Goldie Sand Hotel.

‘I took over as GM in 1990 and from that day onwards we developed and refurbished annually. I realized, we had to compete with all new modern hotels and I started renovating the place gradually.’ he said
The hotel boasts of having a modern conference hall that can accommodate 150 pax.

‘I can say without any hesitation, Goldie Sands Hotel is the only hotel in Negombo, which has all multimedia conference facilities.’ He said
Next month will see anther up-to date conference hall, which can be accommodate 200 pax theatre style.

‘I am keen on this matter, as Negombo has no proper conference facilities. ’Croos said. Karaoke bar and a state of art bar are the other attractions of the Hotel.

“Cuisine is our best attraction. From the very inception of the Hotel, Goldie Sands was popular for good and classy dishes. We still maintained that class and all overseas visitors comment on this’ he added

Theme Nights are popular with the guests and the popular nights are Sri Lankan , Indian, BBQ, Chinese and Mongolian. Goldie Holidays, the travel arm of the hotel will be eyeing more and more Indian travellers , he said. The present Chairman of the Hotel is Mr. Eric Suriyasena.

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