Shangri-La show: Opening 2015
Perhaps squashing rumours that its project is off, Shangri-La Hotel this week put up a large hoarding at its site in Galle Face announcing that it will be opened for business by 2015. Shangri-La is the biggest and initial breakthrough for post-war Sri Lanka’s tourism sector with an estimated $ 600 million investment in a luxury five star cum shopping complex in the city and a resort in Hambantota – Pic by Upul Abayasekara