JKH to sign US $ 640mn hotel deal next week

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Sri Lanka’s top conglomerate, John Keells Holdings (JKH), will sign a US $ 640 million deal to establish an integrated hotel complex in the capital of Colombo, three sources told Reuters yesterday.

JKH, the heavyweight of the US $ 18.5 billion Colombo Stock Exchange with a US $ 1.77 billion market cap, will sign the deal with a company from outside the country, the sources who have the direct knowledge on the deal told Reuters.

“This will be the biggest deal by a local company.

John Keells will bring US $ 640 million as foreign direct investment. The deal will be signed next week,” one source said.

Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, without naming the company, said the government will sign a US $ 640 million agreement next week with a local company for a 500-room hotel complex with apartments, supermarkets and restaurants.

John Keells Holdings Deputy Chairman Ajith Gunawardena told Reuters that the project is in progress but declined to comment on the size of the project and if the company would sign the deal next week.

(REUTERS)

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JKH to sign US $ 640mn hotel deal next week

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