After decades of destruction, Jaffna recovering fast from its wounds of war has much to offer to its visitors both local and foreign. Visiting the peninsula which is hot and sunny most of the year, the best place to cool yourself is the newly built Tilko Jaffna City Hotel.
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| Managing Director, Thilak T. Thilagaraj |
Hailed as the first star-class hotel in Jaffna, Tilko Jaffna City Hotel with its state of art facilities is located in the heart of Jaffna city, just a short walk to the famous Jaffna library, Jaffna Fort and Lagoon, City center, Central bus station, Main Post Office, Jaffna hospital and many more tourist attractions. In addition most of the banks, commercial and business centers are close by.
Celebrating its first anniversary this month, the hotel is to be expanded with more rooms, a swimming pool and many facilities like gymnasium, spa and beauty salon which we found in any other leading hotel. The various facilities comprise a mixture of basic hotel facilities as well as some luxury frills that the guests might expect from a hotel of its class. Currently there are no hotels with all the above facilities to cater the international tourists in Jaffna.
The hotel is also consists of 38 guest rooms and a number of pent house apartments to accommodate group tourists . Established in a 340 perch land with an overview of the lagoon and the beach, the enthusiastic Managing Director, Thilak T. Thilagaraj says that good hotel facilities are the key to improve an area and attract investors.
Working as a property developer in London, Thilagaraj says that his main aim of opening the hotel was to develop his hometown with whatever he earned from abroad. “The war is over and we must now develop this region and create jobs for youths,” said Thilagaraj who took a bold decision to build a hotel even when the war was going on in some of the northern parts of the country.
Compared to the shortage of decent rooms in Jaffna, the luxurious rooms in Tilkco are reasonable and it has variety of rooms including deluxe rooms, deluxe plus rooms and penthouses. The penthouse comprise of a bed room, a lounge and a bathroom, a 42” flat screen TV with DVD player and a jacuzzi bath.
Some of the latest addition to Tilko Jaffna City Hotel are the state of the art meeting and conference rooms with refreshments, snacks and meals and large pillar less banqueting hall which can accommode about 600 people and banqueting furnitures.
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