Rohan Karr the General Manager of the Cinnamon Grand Hotel held a cocktail party in the Atrium lobby for the members of the Angsana City Club and Spa and the many friends of the hotel. There certainly was more cause for celebration as the hotel had won for the second year running the accolade of the best five star hotel in the city. Having got to the party somewhat late, there were still some who lingered and met friends and made new ones while enjoying the hospitality of the host. Also there to ensure that everyone was well looked after was Tharika Goonetilleke, the Public Relations Manager of the hotel and other members of the executive staff among them Sadhana Vickrantha and Ruchira Jayawardene. Tharika settled for a dress in a striped fabric, while Sadhana wore a white saree patterned in black dots and a coral like design in swirls of grey with a black blouse and a necklace of pearls and jet beads with little drop earrings to match. Ruchira had her black saree patterned in a border design and pallu in white, she wore with a sleeveless black blouse and an ethnic necklace in black beads and antique looking silver. The black dress Sajini wore was embroidered at the bare shouldered neckline in red and green and was held up by shoe string straps. Black was also the choice of Neluka Perera and of Sandra Nathanielsz. The former had her dress adorned with silver coin sequins at the neckline and the latter had a red and black stole draped over her black dress, and she carried a red handbag. A collar necklace and drop earrings in white stones and blue centres on drops made her glamourous accessories.