List of hotels in Sri Lanka

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Jetwing Vil Uyana, Sigiriya is an eco hotel built on an abandoned paddy field

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, including 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[edit]

Kandy District[edit]

Matale District[edit]

Nuwara Eliya District[edit]

Hotel Location Opened Chain Proprietor Class Number of rooms Notes
Alpine Hotel Nuwara Eliya — Alpine Hotel (Pvt) Ltd — 30 Dates back to 1914 built Planter’s Home[12]
The Grand Hotel

Nuwara Eliya 1891 Tangerine Hotels The Nuwara Eliya Hotels Company PLC Four-star 154 The Nuwara Eliya Hotels Company purchased Barnes Hall in 1891.[13]
The Hill Club

Nuwara Eliya — — 45 Founded as a Gentlemen’s club in 1876, did not admit locals or women until 1967.[14]
St. Andrew’s Hotel

Nuwara Eliya 1891 Jetwing Hotels Jetwing Hotels Three-star 56 Built in 1875. Acquired by Jetwing Hotels in 1986.[15]

Northern Province[edit]

Jaffna District[edit]

Southern Province[edit]

Galle District[edit]

Uva Province[edit]

Badulla District[edit]

Western Province[edit]

Colombo District[edit]

Hotel Location Opened Chain Proprietor Class Number of rooms Notes
Cinnamon Grand Colombo

Colombo 1975 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Asian Hotels and Properties, a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings Five-star 475 Formerly known as the Lanka Oberoi Hotel.[28]
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo

Colombo 1981 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Trans Asia Hotels, a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings Five-star 346 Previously known as the Ramada Renaissance Hotel.[29] During the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013, some of the heads of State stayed at the hotel.[30]
Cinnamon Life Colombo

Colombo 2023 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Waterfront Properties, a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings — 800 The first integrated resort in Sri Lanka[31] and the largest private investment in the country. It is planned to open in the first half of 2023.[32]
Cinnamon Red Colombo

Colombo 2014 Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts Capitol Hotel Holdings, a joint venture of Sanken, John Keells Holdings, and a Singaporean firm Three-star 242 Sri Lanka’s first ‘lean luxury’ hotel.[33]
Galadari Hotel Colombo 1984 — Galadari Hotels Lanka, a subsidiary of Galadari Brothers Five-star 450 The hotel was previously managed by Le Méridien and JW Marriott Hotels.[34]
Galle Face Hotel

Colombo 1864 — Galle Face Hotel Company Ltd 156 One of the oldest hotels east of Suez Canal.[35]
Grand Oriental Hotel

Colombo 1875 — Bank of Ceylon 80
Hilton Colombo

Colombo 1987 Hilton Hotels & Resorts Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd, a state-owned enterprise of the Government of Sri Lanka Five-star 382 Delisted from the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2020. Owned by Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd, a wholly owned state-owned enterprise.[36]
Hilton Colombo Residences

Colombo 1998 Hilton Hotels & Resorts Hirdaramani Group Five-star 165 apartments One of the tallest buildings in Sri Lanka.[37]
The Kingsbury

Colombo 1973 — Hayleys Five-star 229
Mount Lavinia Hotel

Mount Lavinia 1877 — Mount Lavinia Hotel Group 275
Mövenpick Hotel Colombo

Colombo 2017 Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Softlogic Holdings Five-star 219 It is the first star-class hotel to be launched in Colombo in 25 years.[38]
Shangri-La Colombo

Colombo 2017 Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Five-star 500
Taj Samudra

Colombo 1980 Taj Hotels TAL Lanka Hotels Five-star 300 One of the oldest five-star hotels in Colombo.[39]
Tintagel Colombo

Colombo 2005 Paradise Road Hotels Bandaranaike family — 10 suites 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.[40]

Kalutara District[edit]

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