Jetwing Lighthouse or Lighthouse Hotel, is a five-star franchise hotel, operated by Jetwing Hotels, located in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is just north of the Galle Fort on the Indian Ocean coastline.
Geography
The hotel is situated in Galle, the capital of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka and is located on a rocky promontory 1.61 km to the north of Galle Harbour, on a site once occupied by a Circuit Magistrates' bungalow.
History
The hotel was commissioned by Herbert Cooray in 1995 for his travel company Jetwings and designed by Geoffrey Bawa.[1] The Lighthouse Hotel, as it was originally known, opened on 7 June 1997.[2] The hotel initially had 60 rooms and three suites, two restaurants, a swimming pool and recreational facilities.[2]