Hilton Colombo came alive with festivity in honour of Vesak – a celebration of Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and attainment of Nirvana. With over 300 white lanterns and a host of lights illuminating the hotel, Hilton Colombo’s tasteful exterior was transformed into an exquisite display of Buddhist culture.

An ideal showcase of Sri Lankan tradition, guests and visitors at the Hilton Colombo were mesmerized by the eliminations and enjoyed the unique celebration. In addition, the hotel held an internal competition where departments took part in making Vesak lanterns. Battling it out were the teams from the sports centre, stewarding, engineering, kitchen, gardening and security departments.

(First place in the vesak competition - Sadun Seniviratna from the Kitchen team)

Displaying his creative talents coming in at first place was Sadun Seniviratna from the kitchen team, with second place awarded to R.A.G. Ranasinghe and his team from housekeeping and third place was taken by C. Mogan and his team from the gardening department.

(Third place in the Vesak competition - C. Mogan and his team from the Gardening department)

(More Vesak lanterns by the departments)

This is yet another special festivity for the hotel, as this year Hilton Colombo celebrates 25 years of service excellence, continuing to be the trendsetters in the industry and delivering on Conrad Hilton’s vision of spreading the light and warmth of hospitality, in Sri Lanka.