Cinnamon Life: City Of Dreams

Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka is Colombo’s newest and larger than life hospitality venture with incredible views of the Indian Ocean and the City of Colombo. Designed by world renowned architect Cecil Balmond, the main feature of the edifice captures natural light, which showcases the vibrant colours and hues of its surroundings from dawn to dusk. Cinnamon Life recreates luxury travel with its massive and luxurious spaces, and is geared to provide discerning travellers everything they can dream of in three key main travel segments; Leisure Travel, MICE Travel; Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions as well as Destination Weddings. Radiesha Daluwatte, Director Marketing for Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka talks to Lanka Woman about it’s journey in bringing a Dream to Life.

Words - Indika Madapatha Sellahewa 

Radiesha can you tell Lanka Woman about Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Sri Lanka? Can we know about the architecture and theme of the hotel?

Cinnamon Life is the largest private investment in the history of the country at over 1.2 billion dollars. The vision for Cinnamon Life began over 10 years ago . The Board approached Cecil Balmond, the British, Sri Lankan internationally renowned architect to create an iconic landmark. He then developed a quick sketch of his vision on a tissue. He talks about the design of the building being a metaphoric representation of a guard stone, to stand as an entry point to the future city of Colombo. This ambitious project acts as a catalyst to raise the bar in Sri Lanka. This land used to be home to the Ceylon Cold Stores, the Fountain Cafe, and the Head Office of John Keells Holdings, so there’s a lot of history to this beautiful address. If you’re looking at it from the outside it’s completely a bold and progressive design statement against the colonial design backdrop Colombo is quite used to. This is a very edgy building and it adds further character to our charming Colombo. Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams encompasses 687 rooms, two pools, five ballrooms, one stunning outdoor venue and fifteen restaurants and bars. The views are pretty stunning, and arguably some of the best views of the City. The two floating cantilevers have 270 degrees views of the Indian Ocean, never failing to take our breath away every time we walk into those spaces.  

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