Royal Oceanic : Heaven on beach
Colourful interior at Royal Oceanic Hotel |
Today we go
in to the third leg of the “Take Another Look at Negombo”
competition organised by TV Times in collaboration with Jetwing.
This week’s feature is Royal Oceanic Hotel, one of the popular
places in Negombo. All you have to do is to answer the two simple
questions on the Coupon No. 3 and post it on a post-card to Negombo
Travel Quiz No.3, C/o TV Times, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 2.
The entries
should reach the TV Times office on or before July 29 . The decisions
taken by the panel of judges on all matters pertaining to this contest
is final. Here are the two lucky winners of the Negombo Travel Quiz
No.1. Mrs Emma Massey of Barnes Place, Colombo 7 and P. Pathirana
of Lake Drive , Rajagiriya.
Pathirana and
Mrs. Massey will be the lucky winner of our very first Negombo Travel
Quiz and they will receive two gift vouchers to spend a weekend
at a Jetwing hotel. The Jetwing office will be in touch with you
soon. The corect answers to the questions are Seven Hotels and from
the Sinhala word Meewadaya (honeycomb).
The Royal Oceanic
Hotel , one of the popular Jetwing Hotels lies nestled among the
palm trees, along a beautiful sun-kissed beach in the coastal town
of Negombo.
The rooms take
one to an ultra marine world filled with colourful interiors where
each of the rooms opens up into a large private terrace, which looks
out on to the Indian Ocean. All rooms are air-conditioned and with
mini bar, channelled music and also if you want to relax in the
room you could watch your favourite TV programmes as all rooms consists
of TV.
If the guest
wants an excitement and an adventure, they could also go diving,
which is seasonal or sing your cares away at the karaoke bar or
may be even play tennis or squash. If neither of these appeal to
you, may be you could enjoy deep relaxation by visiting the Ayurveda
centre at Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel and experience a massage that
would soothe your senses.
Royal Oceanic
Hotel also has conferencing and banqueting facilities in order to
facilitate that all-important seminar or that dream wedding you
always dreamt of - which would be taken care of with personalized
attention. The hotel also has special events filled with entertainment
like the “Upcountry Night”, “Farmers Night”
and the “Street Food Festival” which go in line with
Sri Lankan tradition.
Like most of the beaches in Negombo, the hotel too has a wonderful
beach, which is clean and wide so that it enables the guest to go
for a stroll or maybe even play a bit of beach rugby, beach volleyball
or even beach football as it is an extensive stretch of land, which
also consists a swimming pool.
Thus, the hotel
is one of the finest in Negombo with its extraordinary level of
service which really sets the hotel apart with its second to none
facilities which is why its no surprise that the rate of holiday
makers that return are among the highest in the country.
Jetwing hotels
also manage 15 other properties, which range from the West coast
to the Hill country as well as the South: Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel
- Negombo, Seashells Hotel - Negombo, Hotel Sunset Beach - Negombo,
Tamarind Tree - Katunaayake, Ayurveda Pavilions - Negombo, Sea Garden-
Negombo, Lighthouse Hotel & Spa - Galle, The Blue Water - Wadduwa,
Mermaid Hotel & Club - Kalutara, Saman Villas - Bentota, The
Villa Riviera - Beruwela, Tropical Villas - Beruwela, Hunas Falls
- Kandy, St. Andrew’s - Nuwara Eliya, Yala Safari Game Lodge
- Yala are the other Jetwing hotels. |