⚑ The chapter on this country is at /chapters/sri-lanka/ — the argument and its sources; this page is the dated record it rests on.
1864
The Galle Face opens at Colombo — among the oldest hotels east of Suez
1966
The Ceylon Tourist Board framework is established; a ten-year master plan follows in 1967 with USAID support, and Bentota is designated the first National Holiday Resort Heritance Hotels & Resorts
1988
Galle Fort is inscribed by UNESCO — a fortified town, not a set of hotel interiors
2007
Aitken Spence launches Heritance in Sri Lanka Heritance Hotels & Resorts
2016
Santani opens near Kandy, built into a Sri Lankan hillside with minimal earthworks