According to sources recently quit Rajapaksa Regime was supposed to sell major stake of Hilton Colombo to India's Delta Casino founders after a renovation drive where as present Hilton Colombo Chairman is T.Nadesan whose wife is Mahinda Rajapaksa's niece Nirupama Rajapaksa.
Hilton Colombo's major stake is owned by Government Treasury of Sri Lanka under the custody of the Treasury Secretary of Sri Lanka since then Hilton Colombo builder Cornel Perera the Ranasinghe Premdasa Regime's friend and largest money maker got Japanese government to offer over 1 billion Yen loan - almost Rs. 1 billion those days -with the Guarantee of Sri Lanka's Ranasinghe Premadasa Regime's signatory in which case it later escalated to over Rs.11 billion debt with interests after 22 years in 2012. However Rajapaksa Regime helped Hilton to set off the loan and reduce debt of Hilton under their government and took efforts to take over major stake of Hilton Colombo to government since Cornel Perera was forcefully holding the shares whilst Hilton Colombo accounts were never ever released to the market for 22 years under Cornel Perera's Chairmanship.