Galle Face Hotel | |
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General information | |
Type | Hotel |
Town or city | Colombo |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Opened | 1864 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 156 |
Number of restaurants | 5 |
Number of bars | 1 |
Website | |
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The Galle Face Hotel, founded in 1864, is one of the oldest hotels east of Suez.[1] It is located on Galle Road, Colombo. The Ceylon Hotels Corporation is now part of the Galle Face Hotel Group.[2] The hotel is a member of Select Hotels and Resorts International.[3] The current chairman of the hotel is Sanjeev Gardiner, since the demise of his father Cyril Gardiner in 1997.[4] It is listed as one of the "1000 Places to See Before You Die" in the book of the same name.[5] It received the "Best Heritage Hotel" title three years running at the Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism (of Sri Lanka), held in June 2010,[6] June 2011[7] and September 2012.[8] In addition it won the first-ever PATA award for Best International Heritage Hotel, in 2012.[8] In September 2012, it became the first hotel in Sri Lanka to be featured on a postage stamp, along with three other iconic buildings in Colombo.