Jetwing Jaffna

Jetwing Jaffna (Jetwing Yarl) is a hotel in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The seven-storey 55 room star class hotel is located in the heart of the city on Mahatma Gandhi Road (former Clock Tower Road), next to Cargills Square.[1][2][3] The hotel was built on land purchased in 1975 by N. U. Jayawardena, former governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon.[4][5] Originally intended to be a fourteen-storey 76 room hotel, construction began in February 2012.[6][7] Owned by Yarl Hotels, a joint venture between Jetwing Hotels and MMBL Group (Mercantile Merchant Banking Limited), the Rs. 1 billion hotel opened in April 2016.[8][9]

Jetwing Jaffna
Location in central Jaffna
Alternative namesJetwing Yarl
General information
AddressMahatma Gandhi Road
Town or cityJaffna
CountrySri Lanka
Coordinates9°39′53.70″N 80°0′49.10″E
Construction startedFebruary 2012
OpenedApril 2016
OwnerYarl Hotels (Private) Limited
Technical details
Floor count7
Other information
Number of rooms55
Website
jetwinghotels.com

References
  1. "President declares open Jetwing Jaffna hotel". news.lk. 4 April 2016.
  2. "Jetwing Yarl to change Jaffna skyline". Asian Tribune. 5 February 2012.
  3. Coombe, Juliet (8 January 2016). "Jaffna's Punkudutivu Paradise". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  4. "President declares open Jetwing Jaffna hotel". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 4 April 2016.
  5. "President Sirisena declares open 'Jetwing Jaffna'". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 April 2016.
  6. "'Development means 14-storey tourist hotel in Jaffna'". TamilNet. 4 February 2012.
  7. "Jaffna gets 14 storey star-class hotel". The Island (Sri Lanka). 6 February 2012.
  8. Kotelawala, Himal (13 November 2015). "Jetwing Jaffna to jump-start northern economy". Daily FT.
  9. "Rs 1 bn 'Jetwing Jaffna' opens". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 5 April 2016.
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