Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Group has re-opened its first-ever property, the 34-year old Neptune Hotel, as an exclusive Ayurveda treatment and wellness facility called Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara, the company said last week.
Aitken Spence, among the two biggest hotel groups in Sri Lanka alongside John Keells Hotels with Jetwing coming a close third, has a string of hotels in Sri Lanka under the Heritance brand and other properties in the Maldives, India and the Middle East.
Neptune, which opened in 1974 and situated on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, has been renovated and re-opened this month as a ayurveda resort where the traditional medicine and herbs of Sri Lanka would be practiced for health and wellness while food is also available based on one’s diet and illness, officials said. No one under 16 will be admitted as a guest at the hotel as the 64-room luxury facility is strictly for clients who seek ayurveda treatment facilities in luxurious comfort. It includes 12 suites.
Ayurveda tourism is a big draw in Sri Lanka with most hotels having special ‘Ayurvedic’ centres while a range of ayurveda hotels are also springing up. “Most of our clients for ayurveda treatment come from Germany and Holland,” a hotel official said. |
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