Royal Classic hotels Kandy has embarked on a major expansion drives to extend their foot print have taken over the management in two properties in Kandy and Sigiriya. General Manager of Royal Classic Resort, R. Jeyapradhap said that their chairman, Ammaippan Sivasubramaniam, a businessman in Kandy for over 30 years diversified to the leisure sector and invested in Royal Classic Resort (PVT) Ltd Arangala Natharampotha, Kandy in 2019. The Wisdom Boutique Resort situated close to Royal Classic offers 11 spacious and luxurious rooms that elegantly combine Kandyan tradition and modernity, outdoor swimming pool, garden, children’s games facilities with all modern facilities.
Jeyapradhap said one of the biggest draws is the former store’s underground room now converted to a club and bar which may be the only such facility in the country. “We are promoting this ‘private heaven’ to the local and foreign upmarket clientele who prefer a quiet holiday with priversy. This property was closed for some time we invested to refurbish the property and upgrade it to a super luxury retreat. Due to its smaller size it’s also sought by both local and foreign family get-togethers, cooperate and for special functions and also to host foreign weddings that usually buy the entire property.” Wisdom Nature Resort Dambulla is the third to be added to their inventory and the property offers 10 Super Deluxe and Deluxe rooms, outdoor swimming pool, a 100 capacity banquet facility and many outdoor sports activities in the adjoining Dambulu river.
The first luxury property, Royal Classic opened in 2019 features 30 spacious rooms with pool bar, coffee lounge bar, three banquet halls, restaurant, gym, conference hall, outdoor pool with mountain view and garden area with high end amenities. R. Jeyapradhap also said that during the C-19 pandemic Royal Classic never closed down and kept the staff and the hotel maintaining them and when the pandemic was over the hotel was fully functional and was among the first t to re-open. Meanwhile Mahesh Sivasubramaniam the son of the Chairman also joined the hotel as Trainee and has now being promoted as the Marketing Manager of Royal Classic. He said that Royal Classic Kandy, due to its superior service has made a huge impact in the wedding conference segment and became a much sought after hotel for functions. “Due to this the management is now looking at investing a further Rs. 350 million to build another banquet hall and this will be added by next year.” Due to the hotels occupancy rates also increasing the management decided to add more hotels to their portfolio and soon took over the management of both Wisdom Boutique Resort in Kandy and also Wisdom Nature Resort in sigiriya. “We have taken these properties on long lease and have invested around Rs. 200 million for refurbishment, leases and outer overheads.” He added.
