Jetwing Hotels Explained
| Jetwing Hotels Limited |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Hospitality |
| Foundation: |
Negombo, Sri Lanka |
| Founder: | Herbert Cooray |
| Location City: | Colombo |
| Location Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Locations: | 30+ (2020)[1] |
| Area Served: | Sri Lanka |
| Products: | Hotels, resorts |
| Parent: | Jetwing Hotels Management Services (Private) Limited |
Jetwing Hotels Limited is a Sri Lankan hotel chain. Jetwing was founded in the 1970s by Herbert Cooray when he purchased the Blue Oceanic Hotel in Negombo from its Swedish owner Vingressor and renamed it Jetwing.[2] Cooray founded Jetwing Travels in 1981.[3] Jetwing Hotels' current chairman, Hiran Cooray, is the son of Herbert Cooray.[4] Jetwing Symphony acts as the holding company for the new hotel of the Jetwing Group.[5]
Properties
Jetwing Hotels operates several hotels and villas across Sri Lanka:
- Hotels[6]
- Jetwing Saman Villas, Bentota
- Jetwing Colombo Seven, Colombo
- Jetwing Lake, Dambulla
- Jetwing Lighthouse, Galle
- Jetwing Jaffna, Jaffna
- Mermaid Hotel & Club, Kalutara
- Jetwing Kandy Gallery, Kandy
- Jetwing Ayurveda Pavilions, Negombo
- Jetwing Beach, Negombo
- Jetwing Blue, Negombo
- Jetwing Sea, Negombo
- Jetwing Lagoon, Negombo
- Jetwing St. Andrew's, Nuwara Eliya
- Jie Jie Beach by Jetwing, Panadura
- Jetwing Surf, Pottuvil
- Jetwing Vil Uyana, Sigiriya
- Jetwing Kaduruketha, Wellawaya
- Jetwing Jungle Lodge, Yala
- Jetwing Yala, Yala
- Off Broadway Motel, Auckland, New Zealand
- Villas[7]
- Jetwing Galle Heritage Home, Galle
- Jetwing Mahesa Bhawan, Jaffna
- Jetwing Thalahena Villas, Negombo
- Jetwing Warwick Gardens, Nuwara Eliya
- Broomfield by Jetwing
- The Cottage by Jetwing, Nuwara Eliya
- Oatlands by Jetwing, Nuwara Eliya
- Meena Amma's Tea Experience, Nuwara Eliya
- Kottukal Beach House by Jetwing, Pottuvil
- Jetwing Uva Ben Head Villa, Welimada
- Jetwing Welimada Villa, Welimada
Notes and References
- Web site: Jetwing Hotels Annual Report 2019 . . Jetwing Hotels . 11 June 2020 .
- News: Jetwing hotels is the story of Herbert Cooray, one of Sri Lanka's pioneers in tourism. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 3 July 2011.
- News: Tourism industry honours veterans. Sunday Observer. 27 July 2003. 17 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20080414041950/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2003/07/27/bus12.html. 14 April 2008. live.
- News: Wright. Martin. Sustainability at a Sri Lankan hotel. The Guardian. 9 January 2014.
- News: Sri Lanka's Jetwing Symphony posts profits for first time in March . 2 December 2022 . Economy Next . Echelon Media (Pvt) Ltd. . 13 May 2019.
- Web site: Hotels. Jetwing Hotels.
- Web site: Villas. Jetwing Hotels.
