The Thinni Hotel, Jaffna has now revealed its full senior management team, who will work together to position the hotel as one of the top luxury getaways in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
Janitha C. Madawala – General Manager
Janitha brings a wealth of international experience to this position with a career spanning close to 15 years, ranging from USA, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Under his leadership, The Thinnai continues to provide guests with memorable experiences and uphold the traditions while striving to further enhance service quality and brand value into the future.
Muthuraj Manishekaran – Executive Assistant Manager, i/c Food and Beverage
As a seasoned hotelier, Muthuraj has a proven record of being quick to embrace change and exudes qualities of an ideal mentor by managing his associates with compassion. Muthuraj is armed with an extensive understanding and knowledge of managerial experience in operations, guest relations, and revenue optimization.
Sajith Fernando – Executive Chef
Sajith is a graduate of Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management. He is convinced that food should bring the ultimate joy to the consumers, and he believes that the creative approach to cooking creates a viable excuse to get together at the table. He injects new concepts into hotel restaurants’ production and kitchen management with professional skills and craftsmanship and leads the culinary team to create memorable dining experiences for the guests.
Lanthusha Pavalachandran – Executive Secretary
Lanthusha Performs a variety of specialized and confidential administrative assistance duties for the hotel’s top management which is a complex and diverse administrative assistance. Her work assignments demands the incumbent to use a high degree of independence, discretion, and tact, and exercise sound judgement.
Anushman Ariyaratnam – Human Resources Manager
His key responsibilities are developing strategies for operations and coordinating human resource activities across the organization. He works closely with department heads to design and implement plans that will benefit all employees and enhance the organizational performance and capability.
Jagath Perera – Chief Engineer
Jagath is a detail-oriented problem solver capable of managing multiple programs from concept to fruition. He oversees a team of maintenance supervisors and technicians, manages all aspects of preventive maintenance programs such as developmental processes and new budget strategies, and ensures overall safety of the people and property.
Sanjaiyan Rajasingam – Infrmation Technology Manager
Sanjaiyan’ s experience in the field, along with his high-caliber track record as a visionary, results-driven leader, is invaluable to the hotel as we emerge from the pandemic and develop our business through innovative, customer-centric technology platforms and an ever-expanding digital footprint.
Premkumar Rasalingam – Guest Service Manager
As the GSM, Prem leads the front desk, guest relations, telephone operators, bell service and the transportation team. He also works to further develop the skills of the property’s front office employees to improve guest satisfaction and revenue generation.
Aravinth Sukumar – Residet Naturalist
His primary responsibility is to lead custom adventures and customized field excursions for individual guests and corporate groups. He also studies flora and fauna that can be found within the hotel premises and educate the staff on nature conservation and sustainability through trainings, and formal and informal feedback. He spearheads The Thinnai’s sustainable development initiatives and develop strategies to successfully implement them.