Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC, often called Ceylon Hotels, is a hospitality company in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated through an Act of the Parliament of Ceylon in 1966. The company was listed as a public company in the following year. Ceylon Hotel Holdings, a subsidiary of Galle Face Hotels Group is the holding company of Ceylon Hotels Corporation. Ceylon Hotels' subsidiary, Kandy Hotels Company owns and operates the Queen's Hotel and the Hotel Suisse heritage hotels.
History
Ceylon Hotels Corporation was incorporated through an Act of the Parliament of Ceylon, the Ceylon Hotels Corporation Act, No. 14 of 1966.[2] The company was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in the following year. The Gardiner family who owned a 26% stake in Galle Face Hotels Group, acquired a 35% stake in the Ceylon Hotels Corporation on 8 July 2005.[3]
Ceylon Hotels signed an agreement with Cinnovation-CG Corp's Zinc Hospitality Lanka to set up a joint venture, Ceylon Holidays Holdings in 2014.