Hotel Suisse (Kandy)
The Hotel Suisse is a star-class hotel situated in the ancient City of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the oldest hotels in Kandy. History During the Kandyan Period , the chief minister who was in charge of the royal granary used an old building where the present hotel is located (Abeyawardana, 2004). After the British occupation of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1815, the ownership of this property was taken over in 1818 by the British Army for their commanding officer (Abeyawardana, 2004). They renamed the building the "Haramby House" (Abeyawardana, 2004). Later this was bought by Burdayron, a Swiss lady who converted it into a residential hotel named "Hotel Suisse" (Abeyawardana, 2004). During the period of the Second World War (1943-1945), this became the residence of Louise Mountbatten (1900-1979), the Supreme Allied Commander who was operating from Sri Lanka as the chief of the Allied Operations in the South-East Asia Theatre (Abeyawardana, 2004). The present M…
