Ceylon Hotels Corporation
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. 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.Ceylon Hotels signed an agreement with Cinnovation-CG Corp's Zinc Hospitality Lanka to set up a joint venture, Ceylon Holidays Holdings in 2014. Ceylon Holidays Holdings was a fully owned subsidiary of Ceylon Hotels, Zinc Hospitality Lanka agreed to invest LKR250 million for a 50% of stake in Ceylon Holidays Holdings. The two parties agreed to develop properties under CHC Rest Houses, a subsidiary of Ceylon Holidays Holdings. Ceylon Hotels through its subsidiary, United Hotels Company acquired Ceylon Hotels Maldives, a firm which was developing a resort in the Maldives. Ceylon Hotels Maldives entered into a joint venture with Zhen Hua Engineering Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Harbour Engineering Company. Through the joint venture, an 85-100 room resort was planned to be built in Anbaraa island of Vaavu Atoll of Maldives. However, in 2021, Ceylon Hotels decided to divest its 50% stake in the joint venture for US$4.49 million. The resort was planned to open in 2020 but instead reported losses in 2020 and 2021.