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
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Cinnamon Citadel Kandy Kandy 1983 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts The hotel's main deck is decorated with Dumbara weaving designs, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, and an 18-foot handwoven wall hanging by Ena de Silva.[4]
Empire Hotel, Kandy

Kandy 1898
Helga's Folly

Kandy 1960s Helga De Silva Blow Perera An art nouveau boutique hotel.[5] Kelly Jones of Stereophonics wrote the song "Madame Helga" after staying at the hotel.[6]
Hotel Suisse

Kandy Ceylon Hotels Corporation
The Kandy House Gunnepana 2005 Dates back to 1804.[7]
The Manor House, Kandy Nugawela 1998
Queen's Hotel, Kandy

Kandy 1869 Ceylon Hotels Corporation

Nuwara Eliya District
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
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
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Jetwing Jaffna Jaffna 2016 Jetwing Hotels The tallest building in Jaffna.[8]
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel Jaffna 2010 Tilko Jaffna City Hotel (Private) Limited The first star-class hotel in Jaffna.[9]

Southern Province

Galle District
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Amangalla

Galle 1865 Aman Resorts Built in 1684. Formerly known as the New Oriental Hotel.[10]
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.[11]
Saman Villas

Bentota 1995 The first luxury boutique hotel in the country.[12]

Uva Province

Badulla District
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Bandarawela Hotel

Bandarawela 1894 Aitken Spence Hotels and Resorts The hotel is declared as an archeological conserved building and a monument on 23 January 2009.[13]

Western Province

Colombo District
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Cinnamon Grand Colombo

Colombo 1975 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Formerly known as the Lanka Oberoi Hotel.[14]
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo

Colombo 1981 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Previously known as the Ramada Renaissance Hotel.[15] During the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013, some of the heads of State stayed at the hotel.[16]
Cinnamon Life Colombo Colombo 2021 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts The first integrated resort in Sri Lanka[17] and the largest private investment in the country. It is planned to open in the second quarter of 2021.[18]
Cinnamon Red Colombo

Colombo 2014 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Sri Lanka's first 'lean luxury' hotel.[19]
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.[20]
Hilton Colombo Residences

Colombo 1998 Hilton Hotels & Resorts One of the tallest buildings in Sri Lanka.[21]
Galle Face Hotel

Colombo 1864 Galle Face Hotel Company Ltd One of the oldest hotels east of Suez Canal.[22]
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.[23]
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.[24]
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.[25]

Kalutara District
HotelLocationOpenedProprietor/ChainNotes
Blue Water Hotel

Wadduwa 1998 Union Resorts

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