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.
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British Ceylon: Sri Lanka Law College, Sri Lanka College of Technology, GalleFaceHotel and the Royal College Main Building. In the United States, 'Victorian'...
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challenge medal still contested at the club. The club was maintained at GalleFace Green until June 1896, when the club was told by the Colonial Secretary...
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union, and athletics. The stadium holds 25,000 people and has an on-site hotel. The concept of an outdoor sporting stadium was initially raised by V. A...
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government of Sri Lanka agreed to lease out this location to be developed as a hotel [1] The colonial style two story bungalow was built as the Officer's mess...
public, with youths playing a major part by carrying out protests at GalleFace Green. The government reacted to the protests with authoritarian methods...
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stage for the first time on May 25, 1966, at the Coconut Grove inside GalleFaceHotel. It didn't go as well as they wished, however, as they were booed and...
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