21/03/2026
Shower views don’t get much better than this 🌴
Our Deluxe Garden Room Shower views.
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To understand the motivation behind the vision of this brand, one has to go back to its creator’s origin and appreciate the relentless determination involved in a project of this nature.
Paul Harding, the visionary and founder of Harding Boutique Hotels, was born in Melbourne, Australia, to a Sri Lankan mother and Australian father. His first solid foods were dahl and rice and so a lifelong appreciation and love of his Sri Lankan heritage was born.
Gem Milhuisen, Paul’s great uncle, was one of the premier hoteliers of Sri Lanka and an innovative pioneer who opened the country’s first Geoffrey Bawa designed hotel, The Blue Lagoon, Negombo. Gem then partnered with good friend Herbert Cooray of Jetwing Hotels and purchased St. Andrews, Nuwara Eliya as well as many more luxurious hotels throughout the country.
At the age of 13, Paul took his dear grandfather, Denis Milhuisen, for his final visit to the homeland. It was on this poignant and moving trip that Paul fully understood the depths of his connection to both the culture and people of Sri Lanka. It was at this time that Paul made the commitment to himself to one day make this country his home, in honour of his grandfather.