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The Galle Face Hotel, founded in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1864, is the oldest hotel east of Suez.〔P Harris, Delightfully Imperfect: A Year in Sri Lanka at the Galle Face Hotel, Kennedy & Boyd, 2006〕 It is located at 2, Galle Road, Colombo 03. The Ceylon Hotels Corporation is now part of the Galle Face Hotel Group.〔http://www.ceylonhotels.lk〕 The hotel is a member of Select Hotels and Resorts International.〔http://www.selecthotels.com/other/galle_face_hotel/〕 The current chairman of the hotel is Sanjeev Gardiner, since the demise of his father Cyril Gardiner in 1997.〔Great Grand and Famous Hotels, Great Grand & Famous, 2008〕 It is listed as one of the "1000 Places to See Before You Die" in the book of the same name.〔Patricia Schultz, 1000 Places to See Before You Die,Workman Publishing, 2002〕 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,〔http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/business/127-local/13512.html〕 June 2011〔http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/06/10/fea36.asp〕 and September 2012.〔http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/09/09/fin34.asp〕 In addition it won the first-ever PATA award for Best International Heritage Hotel, in 2012.〔http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/09/09/fin34.asp〕 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.〔http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php/latest-news/general2/25788-four-stamps-on-heritage-buildings〕〔http://www.asianmirror.lk/english/index.php/main-news/10181-prideful-colonial-buildings-in-colombo-depicted-in-sri-lankan-stamps-〕 ==History== The hotel was originally built by four British entrepreneurs in 1864. Its name derives from the stretch of lawn which it faces, known as the Galle Face Green. It began as a Dutch villa called Galle Face House. Land for the hotel's expansion was purchased between 1870 and 1894. In 1894, architect Thomas Skinner completed its current classic wing, its facade being largely intact until the present day, though with many refurbishments.〔http://www.nation.lk/2010/01/17/eyefea5.htm〕 Mignonne Fernando and ''The Jetliners'' regularly entertained guests at the Coconut Grove, the night club attached to the hotel.〔http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/mignonne.htm〕〔http://www.lmd.lk/2005/November/public.htm〕 The venue was even popularised in a song. Radio Ceylon recorded music programmes from the Coconut Grove as well as the Galle Face Hotel itself, presented by some of the popular Radio Ceylon announcers in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Livy Wijemanne and Vernon Corea.〔http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/none/10-cantmiss-restored-colonial-hotels-799594〕 Thousands listened to the broadcasts, particularly 'New Year's Eve' dances from the Galle Face Hotel. D.G. William (known as 'Galle Face William'), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party trade union leader, first worked and organised workers here. The Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote the final chapters of ''3001 - The Final Odyssey'' in the hotel.〔http://www.gluckman.com/ArthurCClarke.html〕〔Preface to A.C. Clarke, 3001 - The Final Odyssey, Del Ray, 1998〕 The Regency, located in the restored southern wing of the hotel was completed in early 2006. It is marketed as the luxury wing of the hotel.〔http://www.gallefacehotel.com/html_regency/home_regency.htm〕 The hotel also employed the world's oldest hospitality industry veteran and doorman, Kottarapattu Chattu ("K.C.") Kuttan. Joining the hotel as a bell boy cum waiter in 1942, he continued to serve until his death on 18 November 2014.〔 In April 2013, the Classic wing of the hotel, began its refurbishment.〔http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130224/business-times/gardiner-group-gearing-to-refurbish-its-heritage-properties-33764.html〕 In November 2014, It was announced by its new General Manager, Antony G. Paton, that it would formally reopen on 1 March 2015.〔http://www.ft.lk/2014/11/13/new-gm-paton-to-turn-galle-face-hotel-into-best-hotel-in-colombo/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Galle Face Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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