{"id":64019,"date":"2017-03-07T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=64019"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T23:57:00","slug":"dusit-tani-hotel-project-vs-hilton-sheraton-mandarin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/03\/07\/dusit-tani-hotel-project-vs-hilton-sheraton-mandarin\/","title":{"rendered":"DUSIT TANI HOTEL PROJECT Vs HILTON, SHERATON, MANDARIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>By M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The virtually bankrupt government of Maithreepala, Ranil and Chandrika trio&#8217;s new project negotiations include the establishment of\u00a0 a 5 Star Hotel\u00a0 and Luxury Apartments\u00a0 of famous Dusit Tani (famous for what?) in Balapitiya.<\/p>\n<p>Dusit Tani\u00a0 Hotel Group is well known for providing Thai Full Body Massages for all ages of men and women.\u00a0 To put it simply its target market\u00a0 may include customers in <strong>Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, known as LGBT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dusit Tani is not ranked in the same category of Hilton, Mandarin, Sheraton etc. worldwide hotel network.\u00a0\u00a0 Their market orientation is a money spinner, therefore, eagerly look for opportunities to expand their activities worldwide.\u00a0 Their revenue earning capacity is greater due to targeted niche market orientation as mainstream providers in the hotel industry prioritise customer friendly, low risk, prestigious clientele.\u00a0 As the mainstream players are not in the fray, the Dusit Tani take leadership to capitalise the flourishing market.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Their capital investment\u00a0 is generally low,\u00a0 provide employment for the local folks with or without educational skills.\u00a0 The poor girls and married women in Balapitiya region\u00a0 and followers of LGBT in Sri Lanka\u00a0 will earn extra dollars instantly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the proposed Casino Project of James Packer was labelled as anti-Buddhists and detrimental to the culture of Sri Lanka, the Dusit Tani will be far worse.\u00a0 <strong>The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe cancelled $450 million Casino project, saying &#8220;there was nothing in it for the country&#8221;.\u00a0 If Packer&#8217;s\u00a0 project did not have anything beneficial for the country, what is there for the country from Dusit Tani?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The current government of Sri Lanka has wasted two years, failed to continue the established revenue earning projects and failed to commission new project planning put in place by President Mahinda Rajapakse.<\/strong>\u00a0 It is simply trying to gain headlines, such as Volkswagen Project,\u00a0 to appease the masses.\u00a0\u00a0 In the process\u00a0 the government is now encouraging investments not conducive for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By M D P DISSANAYAKE The virtually bankrupt government of Maithreepala, Ranil and Chandrika trio&#8217;s new project negotiations include the establishment of\u00a0 a 5 Star Hotel\u00a0 and Luxury Apartments\u00a0 of famous Dusit Tani (famous for what?) in Balapitiya. Dusit Tani\u00a0 Hotel Group is well known for providing Thai Full Body Massages for all ages of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}