Step into the newly refurbished Southern Wing of Galle Face Hotel - The Regency and immediately you will experience how modern day luxuries have been tastefully incorporated into the Victorian design and architecture of years gone by. The 78 rooms, consisting of a multitude of suites, cater to both business and leisure travelers with a perfect combination with the ambience of the past with superior facilities and comforts of today.
The 80 rooms at The Regency at The Galle Face Hotel consist of a multitude of suites that can be combined to provide a variety of living spaces that fit the needs of all visitors. The super luxury suites include living and dining areas, and are equipped with Jacuzzis, either in-room or on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Rooms and Suites have been furnished in elegant Galle Face Hotel style offering international standard facilities. The rooms offer a range of additional luxuries including the services of a personal Butler.
Dining at The Regency at The Galle Face Hotel is an experience to be cherished. Wine and dine at the wide variety of restaurants and settings. Try the delicious sea-food just a few feet away from the Indian Ocean. Or try The Veranda Restaurant, where one can order from the a la carte menu & savor one of the most scintillating sunsets with a panoramic view of the Indian Ocean. A wonderful setting promising luxury and comfort at The 1864 Restaurant, one of the elegant restaurants serving a fine selection of gourmet specialties.
The Regency at The Galle Face Hotel’s spa embodies the age-old hospitality of the East in the elegant tranquility of a sophisticated spa. This luxuriously appointed spa is spread over a 20,000 sq ft area hidden gracefully by a lush beautifully sculpted garden overlooking the warm azure waters of the Indian Ocean. As you enter through its doors a warm sense of well-being will overwhelm you, and the graceful architecture, soothing surroundings, relaxing water elements, traditional timber floors and nature-friendly furnishings complemented by soft calming music will set the ambience for you to enjoy the ultimate in pampering.
The Regency at The Galle Face Hotel
2, Galle road
Colombo, 3
Sri Lanka
Amanwella is situated amidst a mature coconut grove fronting a crescent shaped beach close to the village of Tangalle in southern Sri Lanka. The resort derives its name by combining the words, Aman, or “peace” in Sanskrit, and “wella” in Sinhalese, the name for beach.
All 30 suites are identical in layout and design and fall into two categories based on their location and views. The pool and pool ocean suites are contemporary in design yet blending in local material and styles like the distinctive terracotta roof tiles and hand-hewn stone walls. The suites open on both sides letting in cooling sea breezes. Steps lead to the unique, rectangular 45-metre infinity swimming pool. Overlooking the pool are two large sun terraces with sun loungers. Located in the coconut grove meters from the sea, is the Beach Club, an open pavilion with a wooden deck ideal for lounging and light, informal dining.
Suites, linked by pathways, are interspersed along the hillside to the west of the public areas. Most are within comfortable walking distance and a small resort vehicle is available for transport to the more elevated levels. There are sweeping views of the ocean and the beach, flanked by two rocky headlands.
Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) is the sole international airport in Sri Lanka and is located about 30km north of the city. Travel time between the airport and the city centre varies between 45 and 60 minutes. Most international flights arrive in the late evening or early morning. Amanresorts recommends guests commence their Sri Lanka journey at Amangalla, transferring directly there on arrival, a drive of two and a half hours. Amanwella is a two-hour drive East of Amangalla.
Amanwella
Bodhi Mawatha,
Wella Wathuara
Godellawela,
Sri Lanka
Emerging from within a fabulous 200 year old Moorish mansion, CASA Colombo is a hotel of inspiration and design delights. CASA is based on the blend of edgy, elegant chic interiors housed within a charming older building, pioneering a new trend of a ‘hip fusion hotel’.
The hotels 12 unique suites, range from 500 to 1,000 square feet and are quite possibly the largest in the city. Fully Wifi and work desks with personal computers, Apple DVD, intelligent lighting and an eclectic selection of loungy in-room tunes are some of the modern conveniences. The bed linens are silver and black, hand woven in fine cotton yarn made specifically for CASA. Entertainment comes complete with the works from Nakamitchti, and a LCD TV that can be watched from the spacious living room or the bed. More unique however is the CASA music selector. Six genres of carefully selected music from around the world can be played in every room. Guests can choose their preference, which could be Lazy Jazz, Club, Lounge, Bossa Nova, Chill-out or Café Paris.
The eateries feature Tapas in the open air ZaZa Restaurant, trendy Asian Fusion, chilled-out tunes in the ICE Lounge Bar and high tea on the lawn at T Republic.
CASA Colombo
231 Galle Road
Colombo 04
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Plaza (pronounced /ˈplɑːzə/; Spanish: [ˈplaθa]) is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing of a governor's palace, and the audiencia or law court. The plaza might be large enough to serve as a military parade ground. At times of crisis or fiesta, it was the space where a large crowd might gather. Like the Italian piazza, the plaza remains a center of community life that is only equalled by the market-place.
Most colonial cities in Spanish America were planned around a square plaza de armas, where troops could be mustered, as the name implies, surrounded by the governor's palace and the main church.
A plaza de toros is a bullring.
In modern usage, a plaza can be any gathering place on a street or between buildings, a street intersection with a statue, etc.
The Italian cognate is Piazza, the Portuguese Praça, the French Place, the Romanian Piața, the German Platz and the Greek Πιάτσα
First World Plaza is a shopping centre located below First World Hotel, the biggest hotel in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It comprises the hotel lobby for First World Hotel.
It consists of shops, restaurants, an indoor theme park, a cineplex, a Watersplash Pool (an indoor water theme park for children), Genting Sky Venture (a skydiving simulator), a Starworld casino, bowling center, Genting International Convention Center, the Pavilion (for daily night performance show), Haunted Adventure and a Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum. Entertainment-related performances such as dances, acrobatic shows and magical shows are held in an area called timesquare.
Along with First World Hotel, First World Plaza is managed by First World Hotel and Resort Sdn Bhd, one of the companies in Genting Highlands Resort.
The Palazzo (pronounced /pəˈlɑːtsoʊ/) is a luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas. The Palazzo is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. The property's design is marketed as being reflective of a modern European ambiance and luxury living.
The Palazzo is currently the largest building in terms of available floor space in the Western Hemisphere.
Parts of the resort were opened to the general public on December 30, 2007. The official grand opening took place on January 17, 2008.
The $1.8 billion resort features a Lobby where guests from the street arrive beneath a 60-foot (18 m) glass dome with a two-story fountain. Those approaching from The Venetian make the transition through a towering octagonal structure and garden, itself topped by a glass-and-iron dome. Visitors to The Palazzo using the underground parking structure can take elevators or escalators from the underground garage and arrive in the center of the property's casino.
The Palazzo Casino, like some other casinos on the strip, operates under the license of a related casino—in this case The Venetian's license. The resort's 642-foot (196 m) high hotel tower features 3,068 all-suite rooms and 375 concierge-level suites.
The Palazzo is LEED Silver Certified—the largest LEED certified building in the nation.
Currently under construction, the 270-unit condominium tower addition The St. Regis Residences at The Palazzo will be the first residential offerings at The Venetian complex. The high-rise tower is being built on top of the 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) building that houses the Barneys New York apparel store. On September 4, 2008, Las Vegas Sands announced that it had come to an agreement with Starwood Hotels & Resorts to operate the condo tower as a signature branch of The St. Regis Residences with all hallmarks of the St. Regis brand offered to residents
First World Hotel is the second largest hotel in the world by rooms. It comprises Tower 1 and Tower 2, each with 28 floors, and has a total of 6,118 rooms. It is one of the five hotels located in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, along with Genting Hotel, Theme Park Hotel, Highlands Hotel and Resort Hotel. It was the largest hotel in the world until The Palazzo, an expansion of The Venetian in Las Vegas was opened in January of 2008.
The hotel is managed by First World Hotel and Resorts Sdn. Bhd, one of two major companies operating at Genting Highlands resort (the other is Resorts World Bhd). The resort can be reached by the Genting Skyway, which is the world's fastest (and Southeast Asia's longest) cable car, which travels at 6 metres per second.
This is a list of the 100 tallest buildings in the world whose occupiable height is devoted at least 90% to hotel use.
Rose Tower, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the world's tallest hotel; its construction was completed in 2007. The Rose Tower surpassed the Burj Al Arab Hotel, which is also in Dubai, as the world's tallest hotel. Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa, which is currently under construction, is expected to claim the title of tallest hotel in the world in 2009.
The Abraj Al Bait Towers is a huge hotel complex currently under construction in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When completed in 2010, it will be the tallest and largest hotel in the world. It will also be second tallest building in the World with a planned height of 595 m (1,952 ft) and largest building in the World with a floor area of 1,500,000 m2.