List of hotels in Sri Lanka
According to Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), there are 156 classified tourist hotels and 239 unclassified tourist hotels in Sri Lanka.[1] Additionally, there are 36 boutique hotels, 46 boutique villas and 493 bungalows in the country. The classified hotels collectively have a capacity of 14,232 rooms and include 25 five-star hotels and 24 four-star hotels.[1] SLTDA's grading is based on the criteria set by the World Tourism Organization. In 2011, the classified hotels accounted for 70% of the total room capacity in the industry.[2] A number of accommodation facilities that built during the British colonial era have been converted to high-class hotels later. These include the Galle Face Hotel, the Grand Oriental Hotel, the Mount Lavinia Hotel, the Queen's Hotel, Kandy, the Grand Hotel and St. Andrew's Hotel and the New Oriental Hotel.[3]
Central Province[]
Kandy District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
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Empire Hotel, Kandy
|
Kandy | 1898 | ||
Helga's Folly
|
Kandy | 1960s | Helga De Silva Blow Perera | An art nouveau boutique hotel.[4] Kelly Jones of Stereophonics wrote the song "Madame Helga" after staying at the hotel.[5] |
Hotel Suisse
|
Kandy | Ceylon Hotels Corporation | ||
The Kandy House | Gunnepana | 2005 | Dates back to 1804.[6] | |
The Manor House, Kandy | Nugawela | 1998 | ||
Queen's Hotel, Kandy
|
Kandy | 1869 | Ceylon Hotels Corporation |
Nuwara Eliya District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine Hotel | Nuwara Eliya | |||
The Grand Hotel
|
Nuwara Eliya | 1892 | Nuwara Eliya Hotels Company | |
The Hill Club
|
Nuwara Eliya | |||
St. Andrew's Hotel
|
Nuwara Eliya | 1891 | Jetwing Hotels |
Northern Province[]
Jaffna District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jetwing Jaffna | Jaffna | 2016 | Jetwing Hotels | The tallest building in Jaffna.[7] |
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel | Jaffna | 2010 | Tilko Jaffna City Hotel (Private) Limited | The first star-class hotel in Jaffna.[8] |
Southern Province[]
Galle District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amangalla
|
Galle | 1865 | Aman Resorts | Built in 1684. Formerly known as the New Oriental Hotel.[9] |
Closenberg Hotel
|
Galle | 1965 | ||
Galle Fort Hotel
|
Galle | 2001 | ||
The Lighthouse Hotel
|
Galle | 1997 | Jetwing Hotels | |
Nooit Gedacht Hotel | Unawatuna | 1991 | Built in 1735 as a Dutch colonial mansion.[10] | |
Saman Villas
|
Bentota | 1995 | The first luxury boutique hotel in the country.[11] |
Uva Province[]
Badulla District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bandarawela Hotel
|
Bandarawela | 1894 | Aitken Spence Hotels and Resorts | The hotel is declared as an archeological conserved building and a monument on 23rd of January 2009.[12] |
Western Province[]
Colombo District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
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Cinnamon Grand Colombo
|
Colombo | 1975 | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts | Formerly known as the Lanka Oberoi Hotel.[13] |
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo
|
Colombo | 1981 | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts | Previously known as the Ramada Renaissance Hotel.[14] During the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013, some of the heads of State stayed at the hotel.[15] |
Cinnamon Life Colombo | Colombo | 2021 | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts | The first integrated resort in Sri Lanka[16] and the largest private investment in the country. It is planned to open in the second quarter of 2021.[17] |
Cinnamon Red Colombo
|
Colombo | 2014 | Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts | Sri Lanka's first 'lean luxury' hotel.[18] |
Hilton Colombo
|
Colombo | 1987 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts | Delisted from the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2020. Owned by Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd, a wholly owned state-owned enterprise.[19] |
Galle Face Hotel
|
Colombo | 1864 | Galle Face Hotel Company Ltd | One of the oldest hotels east of Suez Canal.[20] |
Grand Oriental Hotel
|
Colombo | 1875 | Bank of Ceylon | |
The Kingsbury
|
Colombo | 1973 | Hayleys | |
Mount Lavinia Hotel
|
Mount Lavinia | 1877 | Mount Lavinia Hotel Group | |
Mövenpick Hotel Colombo
|
Colombo | 2017 | Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts | It is the first hotel to be launched in Colombo in 25 years.[21] |
Shangri-La Colombo
|
Colombo | 2017 | Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts | |
Taj Samudra
|
Colombo | 1980 | Taj Hotels | One of the oldest five-star hotels in Colombo.[22] |
Tintagel Colombo
|
Colombo | 2005 | Paradise Road Hotels | The former town residence of the Bandaranaike family. In 1959, Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was fatally shot on the verandah of the house.[23] |
Kalutara District[]
Hotel | Location | Opened | Proprietor/Chain | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue Water Hotel
|
Wadduwa | 1998 | Union Resorts |
References[]
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- ^ "Helgas Folly". reddottours.com. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Helga's Folly (Chalet Hotel)". yamu.lk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Kandy House". telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Jetwing Jaffna". telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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- ^ "Amangalla". yamu.lk. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "It's your kind of station with more than just music!". The Sunday Times. Wijeya Newspapers. 20 December 1998. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Saman Villas and Mermaid Hotel & Club join Jetwing family". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Herath, Hanshika; Munasinghe, Sarath (November 2016). "Domestic Tourist Satisfaction in a Colonial Hotel and Its Implications for Management: The Case of Bandarawela Hotel, Sri Lank". Managerial Strategies and Solutions for Business Success in Asia. IGI Global Publication. pp. 304–316. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Herdeck, Margaret; Piramal, Gita (1985). India's Industrialists (illustrated, revised ed.). Washington DC: Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 287. ISBN 9780894104152. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Annual Report 2018/19" (PDF). cse.lk. Trans Asia Hotels PLC. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Dias, Sunimalee (18 August 2013). "World leaders to stay at Hilton, Cinnamon Lakeside". The Sunday Times. Wijeya Newspapers. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Invest in Sri Lanka". cinnamonlife.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ O'Higgins, Sorcha (11 May 2020). "Project of the week: stunning Cinnamon Life Colombo". tophotel.news. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Cinnamon Red pioneers 'lean luxury' for contemporary travellers". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Hilton Colombo to delist from CSE". adaderana.lk. . 26 June 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's The Galle Face Hotel announces five new exec appointments". ehotelier.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "President declares open Movenpick Hotel Colombo". dailymirror.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Taj Samudra Colombo, Sri Lanka". telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Tintagel Colombo – A Unique and Private Hotel for the discerning tourist". The Times of Sri Lanka. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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