The Fortress voted best hotel in SL by Trip Advisor

The acclaimed Fortress Resort and Spa in Koggala continues to shine on the international scene bagging a host of new awards including affirmation as Sri Lanka's best hotel.

Trip Advisor, the world's most influential travel portal in its annual awards crowned the plush Fortress as the 1st of the best 25 hotels in Sri Lanka, in a race that sees the southern jewel outshining a host of renowned names.

Trip Advisor prides itself as the world's largest travel community with more than 32 million members and over 75 million reviews and opinions of hotels, resorts and tourist attractions. Founded in year 2000, Trip Advisor thrives on user-generated content and offers travellers around the world information that would shape their travel decisions.

"The Fortress is fairly new on the travel scene but the continuous accolades are testimony the passion and pride of the Fortress team in propelling the hotel to the top of the leader board.

The Trip Advisor awards make us very proud of our contribution to the emergence of luxury tourism in Sri Lanka", says an elated Mr. Sumith Adhihetty, the Managing Director of The Fortress.

The Fortress' packed trophy cabinet includes previous awards as the world's best luxury coastal hotel and the luxury coastal hotel in Sri Lanka, both at the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

The Fortress also continues to attract the attention of the World Travel Awards with multiple nominations in the recent past.

Inspired by colonial architecture the Fortress decorates the famous beaches of Koggala as one of its best landmarks with its iconic walls, architecture, verdant gardens and water features that have made the resort into a modern-day fortress of unsurpassed glamour and luxury. The Fortress is the flagship resort of the respected Vallibel Group and its impressive showing on the global scene has the group's founder and mentor paying a glowing tribute. "The Fortress is a bright star that brings glory to the whole country and we are quite naturally, delighted to be part of Sri Lanka's forays in the world of tourism. My group will continue in its mantle as a path-breaker as Sri Lanka seeks to emerge as a global hotspot for luxury tourism", says Dhammika Perera, Chairman of Vallibel Group.

The World Luxury Hotel Awards accounts for all categories in the Luxury Hotel industry.

Award winners set the benchmark for luxury hotels in achieving recognition for their world class facilities and service excellence.