Amaya Resorts & Spas
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| Company type | Public |
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| CSE: CONN.N0000 | |
| ISIN | LK0281N00002 |
| Industry | |
| Predecessor | Connaissance de Ceylan Hotels |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Chandra Wickramasinghe of Connaissance de Ceylan Hotels[1] |
| Headquarters | , Sri Lanka |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  LKR1,531 million (2023) |
 LKR(892) million (2023) | |
| LKR(824) million (2023) | |
| Total assets |  LKR5,409 million (2023) |
| Total equity | LKR1,234 million (2023) |
| Owner |
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Number of employees | 699 (2023) |
| Parent | Hayleys |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
Amaya Resorts & Spas, trading as Hayleys Leisure PLC (formerly Amaya Leisure PLC), is a Sri Lankan hospitality company. The company is listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange on 11 March 1996 and Sri Lankan conglomerate, Hayleys owns a controlling stake of 61.66% of the company's stocks (40.32% directly and 21.34% via its subsidiary, Dean Foster (Pvt) Ltd).[3] In 2020, Amaya Resorts & Spas ranked 87th amongst the top 100 most valuable brands in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance.[4]
History
[edit]Amaya Leisure commenced operations in 1981 as Connaissance, a tour operator and then in 1994, built a chalet-type hotel adjacent to the Kandalama lake. The hotel has 106 rooms and has been upgraded to four-star class and rebranded as Amaya Lake in 2005.[5] Hayleys acquired Amaya Leisure PLC on September 1, 2011. Back then, the company consisted of only three resorts, Amaya Lake, Amaya Hills, and Amaya Langdale.[6] In 2012, Amaya acquired the Lake Lodge in Kandalama and was planning to add 400 rooms as expansion.[7] As part of Tripadvisor's travellers choice, Amaya Langdale, a luxury boutique hotel, was ranked amongst the Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Sri Lanka in 2014.[8]
In 2016, Amaya Leisure sold 84.3 per cent of shares of The Beach Resorts Limited to Dhammika Perera, the co-chairman and controlling shareholder of Hayleys, for LKR330.1 million in a related party transaction.[9] The Beach Resorts Limited is a freehold property located in Wadduwa. In the same year, Amaya Leisure ventured into the Maldives by acquiring a 51-villa luxury resort for US$23 million.[9] In 2017, Amuna Ayurveda Retreat won the Best Wellness Retreat at the World Spa Awards.[10] In September 2017, Amaya Hills celebrated its 20th anniversary and Yes FM sponsored the main event held at Le Garage, the hotel's nightclub.[11] In 2021, the long-term director/shareholder, Lalin Samarawickrama, who was the fourth-largest shareholder, quit the company and sold his stake of 9% to Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.[12]
Properties
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Currently, the company has a capacity of 439 rooms across its nine properties, while owning six of them and managing the other three properties on behalf of third-party owners.[3] Amuna Ayurveda Retreat is located in Kimbissa, Sigiriya. The retreat is built in a manner to represent a traditional village and built using recycled materials. The medicinal oil and food are grown in the village itself and the meals served to the guests are purely vegetarian.[10]
Amaya hotels and resorts
[edit]- Amaya Beach, Pasikudah
- Amaya Hills (formerly Le Kandyan), Kandy
- Amaya Lake (formerly Culture Club), Dambulla
- Kuda Rah, Alif Dhaal Atoll, Maldives (operated by Minor Hotels under the NH Hotels & Resorts brand as NH Kuda Rah[13])
Boutique collection by Amaya
[edit]- Langdale Boutique Hotel, Nuwara Eliya
- Oliphant Boutique Villa, Nuwara Eliya
- Hanthana Boutique Villa, Kandy
- Villa 700, Aluthgama
- Tri Koggala, Koggala
- The Villas, Wadduwa
- Amuna Ayurveda Retreat, Sigiriya
See also
[edit]- The Kingsbury, another hotel owned by Hayleys Group
- Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, a rival hotel chain in Sri Lanka
- List of companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange
References
[edit]- ^ Amarasinghe, Udeshi (February 2018). "Sri Lankanised Tourism". businesstoday.lk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Annual Report 2022/23" (PDF). cse.lk. Hayleys Leisure PLC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Annual Report 2019/20" (PDF). cse.lk. Amaya Leisure. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka 100 2020" (PDF). brandfinance.com. Brand Finance. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Amaya Leisure in US$100mn expansion". lankabusinessonline.com. Lanka Business Online. 10 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Hayleys acquires leading hotel chain Amaya Resorts & Spas". hayleys.com. Hayleys. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Operationally solid Amaya Leisure embarks on expansion". hayleys.com. Hayleys. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "'Langdale by Amaya' in the top 25 Luxury Hotels in Sri Lanka". dailymirror.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Amaya Leisure divests subsidiary to Dhammika Perera at huge premium". dailymirror.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Amaya Resorts and Spas". lmd.lk. Media Services Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Amaya Hills celebrates 20 years in hospitality". DailyFT. Wijeya Newspapers. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "SLIC buys 9% stake in Amaya Leisure". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 25 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Minor expands presence in Maldives with new NH Hotels resort at Kuda Rah". maldives-paradise.com. Enova Estates. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
