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McQuire Rens & Jones (Pvt) Ltd. together with Hotel Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo yet again organised one of their flagship events, ‘The Breakfast Meeting’. This is the fourth in the series where such breakfast meetings are held every other month for chairmen, managing directors and CEOs. Attendance at these events is by invitation. The past breakfast ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside-McQuire breakfast meeting a success (Category: Business)
- Insights to enhancing biz performance over breakfast (Category: Business)
- Experience the first-ever Christmas breakfast table (Category: Business)
- HSBC Power Breakfast (Category: Business)
Switch-Asia ‘Greening Sri Lanka Hotels’ project makes progressBy Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka Tourism will soon introduce a ‘Green Accreditation Scheme’ for hotels which would classify hotels under its green initiatives, Switch Asia Project Director Srilal Miththapala said. The scheme
- Switch-Asia to host tourism sustainability seminar (Category: Business)
- Srilal speaks on Sri Lanka and sustainable tourism in London (Category: Business)
- EU-SWITCH Asia teams up with ICEI to promote edible landscaping in hotels (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka launches tourism think tank (Category: Business)
Laugfs Leisure Ltd., a fully own subsidiary of the Laugfs Gas Plc in its strive to become one of the dominant players in the hospitality industry has acquired Mag Consultants and Agents Pvt Ltd., (MCAPL) and its assets, comprising 1 5 acres of prime sea front beach property at Waskaduwa Kalutara with an investment of ...
- LAUGFS Supermarkets launch loyalty card (Category: Business)
- LAUGFS partners Chartis for unique insurance deal (Category: Business)
- Veteran hotelier Srilal appointed to LAUGFS Leisure Board (Category: Business)
- LAUGFS opens foreign money exchange facility at Kohuwala (Category: Business)
Yala is the undisputed home of the Sri Lankan leopard, the star attraction of the Yala National Park. With Sri Lanka claiming the highest density of leopard in Yala within 140 kilometres, the newest phenomenon in these illusive cats is the rapidly growing population, which has naturally seen them venture out of the park and ...
- Sri Lankans urged to diversify leopard trail (Category: Business)
- Chitral’s take on Chaaya Wild and the wild (Category: Business)
- Leisure laughs! (Category: Business)
- JKH revamps leisure footprint with Chaaya Tranz, Chaaya Wild (Category: Business)
The Daily FT spoke to the Immediate Past President of Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and Chairman and Managing Director of Conniassance de Ceylan Ltd., on the state of post-war Sri Lanka tourism industry, the progress and key challenges as well as future prospects
- Future of Sri Lanka Tourism: Former SLAITO Chief sheds key insights (Category: Business)
- Strategic policy needed for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
- SLAITO on expectations and challenges facing tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Prema joins Alhambra Hotels Board (Category: Business)
Following is the address delivered by The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) President Anura Lokuhetty at the National Conference on ‘The Role of the Business Community in Reconciliation’ organised by Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS): Ladies and gentlemen, throughout the history of mankind, humankind has searched for ...
- Young Sri Lankan Diaspora and UK Parliamentarians visit Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
- Community tourism to be developed to differentiate country from the region (Category: Business)
- Economic management and the way forward (Category: Business)
Following are excerpts of an interview with Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) Secretary T.M.F. Packeer, who is also Managing Director and CEO of Asian Exotica Ltd. Q: Sri Lanka Tourism has a very clear future standing as articulated by the President, of 2.5 million visitors
- Future of Sri Lanka Tourism: Former SLAITO Chief sheds key insights (Category: Business)
- Strategic policy needed for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Can joint promotions with other export industries work for Sri Lanka Tourism? (Category: Business)
Reuters: South Africa’s Sun City resort will invest $ 800 million in a tourism project in Sri Lanka, the Gead of the State-run Tourism Board said on Friday. Sun City resort is run by South African gaming and hotels group Sun International Ltd. It will be the largest ever investment in the country’s leisure sector, ...
- South Africa's Sun City to invest $800 mln in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africas Sun City to invest $800m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sun City to invest $800 million in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Caring for new investments for a better tomorrow (Category: Business)
Range of sectors discussed for investments during meeting between Qatar Premier and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa Range of sectors discussed for investments during meeting between Qatar Premier and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa (strap) Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Qatar together with Yousf K...
- Basil woos for more from Japanese investors in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Peaceful Sri Lanka: Emerging investment destination for France, UK (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to strengthen bilateral ties with Qatar during Premier’s visit (Category: Business)
- Qatar Prime Minister to arrive in the country tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
IN 2010, the boost for Sri Lanka tourism was being named the top travel destination by the New York Times. As the dawn of 2012 emerges the plus point is being among the top six of National Geographic’s best global destinations. Upbeat on tourism, the Government is considering a target
- Israel tourism slips 2.4% to 3.36 m in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Chamber of Tourism and Industry Chief meets UNWTO Regional Director (Category: Business)
- Increased tourism numbers expected (Category: Western Australia)
- Sri Lanka discussed to get UNWTO help (Category: Breaking News)
The best way to make the benefits of ICT to reach all the people, especially the disadvantaged as envisaged by the President is to develop local e-content talent, said President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga. The Presidential Secretary said so while participating as the Guest of Honour at the e-Swabhimani Awards 2011 held in Colombo recently. Speaking ...
- AVIVA NDB produces highest number of IQA winners again (Category: Business)
- Winners galore in Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw (Category: Business)
- Hemas rewards winners of ‘Fems Ran Million’ (Category: Business)
- Award winners at prize giving of Trinity College London (Category: Business)
Famed star class hotel located on the Golden Mile of Beruwela, Eden Resort and Spa (LOLC Leisure Group Hotel), made history when it created the Signature Cocktail for Sri Lanka Tourism for the Year 2012 at a ceremony held in Mount Lavinia Hotel earlier this month. This event was held
- Eden Resort & Spa receives Certificate of Excellence 2012 by Trip Advisor (Category: Business)
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Eden Resort and Spa celebrates World Tourism Day (Category: Business)
- Hotel Serendib Bentota rebrands as ‘Avani’ (Category: Business)
By Ranee Mohommed For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival(SLDF) showcases Sri Lanka’s award winning apparel industry to a specifically invited global audience of buyers, retailers, sourcing specialists and backward integration supply chain partners -a key event of this apparel industry agenda at the festival is its Apparel Industry Fashion Show. The ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
By Sanath Weerasuriya in London The curtain rises at the World Travel Mart in London yesterday with a new hope for Sri Lanka Tourism to go beyond its target of 800,000 tourist arrivals to the country by the end of this year. The business for the Sri Lanka Tourism at the modern architecturally
- Kimarli Fernando resigns as chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sports Draw (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Marks First Anniversary of Civil War End (Category: Breaking News)
Assistant Barman at the Cinnamon Lodge, Habarana Harsha Dilhan Fernando has won second place in the all-island Signature cocktail for Sri Lanka Tourism competition, conducted under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Tourist Board. The event was held at the Galle Face Hotel. He had already been placed
- Melbourne bartender takes out top cocktail prize (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Young cocktail competition winner from Galle Face Hotel (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Grabs Highest Number Of Awards At Cocktail Competition Finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Highest number of All Island Cocktail Competition qualifiers from Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
Programme by world famous celebrity chef for industry personnelAs an additional event in the World Spice Food Festival, this year Sri Lanka Tourism together with the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates Association (CHSGA) and the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) is bringing
- Chef named Victorian of the Year (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Restaurateurs rally around Golinksi (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Fried chicken concept Fuku launching Baltimore ghost kitchen (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Fried chicken concept Fuku launching Baltimore ghost kitchen (Category: USA, Maryland)
Following the success of the World Spice Food Festival since 2005, Sri Lanka Tourism is once again staging the World Spice Food Festival 2011 with the aim of showcasing culinary expertise from around the world with added Sri Lankan flavour. The festival will be held from 28 October to 9 November
- Sri Lanka Launches Spice Festival (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to hold World Spice Food Festival 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
- World Spice Food Festival in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka boosts tourism via street spice food festival (Category: Breaking News)
The last week was an eventful week indeed. We barely recovered from the news of the death of the maverick inventor Steve Jobs. Although I am a loyal Microsoft right-brain person, I admired the ‘left-brain innovative spirit’ of Apple and the ingenuity of the man. He had not gone to university and had what some ...
- Prince Charles pays tribute to “mama” (Category: Business)
- Video: Podi Mama 22 - 13th October 2014 - www.LankaChannel.lk (Category: Video)
- Video: Podi Mama 19 07th October 2014 www LankaChannel lk (Category: Video)
- Video: Podi Mama 21 10th October 2014 www LankaChannel lk (Category: Video)
Colombo: Newbie Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha has flown down to Sri Lanka on a four-day visit to film a documentary and do a magazine photoshoot. The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau said that the 24-year-old actress will do a photoshoot at the world heritage site Sigiriya for the European
- Resident Mission (Category: Business)
- Fiscal Expectations (Category: Business)
- Resident Mission (Category: Business)
- Trade Gap (Category: Business)
Bollywood cinema’s latest female sensation Ms.Sonakshi Sinha arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday via Sri Lankan Airlines UL 142 at 5.44 a.m. from Mumbai –India for a four- day special promotional assignment in the country. The Bollywood beauty was given a very warm reception on arrival at the BIA, with a traditional welcome dance and greeted ...
- Udit Narayan, live at CH&FC tonight (Category: Business)
- SUN FM presents Arash live in concert this December (Category: Business)
- Weary Brett Lee quits international cricket (Category: Business)
Last week I received an invite for an ‘Inventors Day Celebration’ in one of the leading schools in the country and the master in charge shared a thought that I felt was a cutting edge idea. Apparently, every one of us is an inventor in some part of our daily life. The issue is that ...
- Wimbledon 2012 pick-ups for Lanka (Category: Business)
- Global Commerce Excellence awards next week (Category: Business)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority is positive about the China Aviation Technology Import-Export Corporation's (CATIC) five star hotel project which is expected to be launch by the end of thi .....
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka ’s exotic southeast coastline, is set to welcome 96 top world surfers from 19 countries spanning Argentina , Peru , USA across the globe to New Zealand , to compete in SriLankan Airlines Pro Surfing contest held in association with Australasia ’s Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) from 30th August – ...
- Aha Arugam bay! (Category: Business)
- Surf’s up! - Arugam Bay gears up for world title championship (Category: Business)
- Culture construction - Local surfing in the wake of SriLankan Airlines Pro 2011 (Category: Business)
- Etisalat official ring for Sri Lankan Airlines Pro Surfing competition 2011 (Category: Business)
A high level delegation from Russian oil and natural gas giant Gazprom led by its Director General Gulev Valeriy this week met Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at his office in order to discuss investment opportunities, especially in the oil exploration in the Mannar and Cauvery Basin, natural gas market as well as tourism ...
- Government in the dark on extent and volume of Mannar Basin gas deposits (Category: Business)
- Another Indian firm to explore oil in Mannar Basin (Category: Business)
- Russia’s oil giant Gazprom to send technical team to explore Mannar basin (Category: Business)
- Govt. not aware of extent of gas deposit (Category: Breaking News)
The attendees present at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2011 experienced history in the making as they witnessed Heritance Hotels and Resorts being crowned the most energy efficient hotel chain in Sri Lanka. Heritance Hotels made a clean sweep of the Large Scale Hotel Sector category, a feat that has never been achieved ...
- Heritance Hotels wins big at National Green Awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Tea Factory only Lankan hotel to win PATA Grand Award in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2010 organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism and the Ministry of Economic Development was held at the Waters Edge Hotel Battaramulla, last evening (27) with the participation of the Deputy Minster of Economic Development, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena as the chief guest.
The concept of providing lodging houses for tourists is being launched to facilitate tourists. Deputy Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that this programme would be instrumental in providing the economic benefits to the people. He said that the aim of the government is to make tourism a people’s industry. The number of rooms available for ...
- Sri Lanka Tourist Board to renovate island wide rest houses (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist boom in the south (Category: Breaking News)
- Houses for slum dwellers to make Colombo the beautiful City of the region (Category: Breaking News)
- BOOM IN TOURISM IN THE SOUTH (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka will soon get a Seven Star Hotel. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Board said the new hotel will be constructed in addition to the seven five star tourist hotels in the country. Chairman of the Tourism Board Nalaka Godahewa said that 2011 is a significant year for tourism in Sri Lanka. A ...
- Chinese military equipment producer to build hotel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Shangri-La in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- More seven star hotels in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven Stars (Category: Business)
M.R.’s goal of 2.5 mn. tourists by 2016 The country’s major hotel operators have planned to build hotel rooms meeting only 6 percent of President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s target of getting 2. 5 million tourists by 2016. Hiran Cooray, Chairman Jetwing Group, one of the country’s leading hotel investors, in response to a question, told participants ...
- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka aims for USD800 mln from tourism; India-led revival advised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prema Cooray appointed Chairman of Reefcomber (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism tells govt. not to put cart before horse (Category: Breaking News)
- 1.59 Billion US Dollars worth of hotel projects (Category: Breaking News)
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