Cinnamon and Colombo University Launch Specialised Hospitality & Leisure Management Degree – Broadening Horizons in the Hospitality Sector

In what is a unique collaboration, Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts along with the John Keells Foundation have teamed up with the University of Colombo to offer prospective students a chance to attain a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree which focuses on Hospitality and Leisure Management. Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts which features such well known Colombo hotels as Cinnamon Grand Colombo will take the responsibility of coming up with a comprehensive curriculum for the degree and will also get involved in sourcing relevant lecturers and resource personnel for the various modules. This is the first time such a partnership has been made between a hotel chain and a university to offer such a degree programme which will also include industrial training for three months at Cinnamon properties. The official agreement for this landmark degree was signed by Ajit Gunewardene who is the President of Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts and Professor Lakshman Dissanayake who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo.