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Sri Lanka’s first-ever food certification firm took off on 28 March with the signing of MoU between Ind-Expo Certification Ltd. and Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).The $ 1.33 m initiative was inaugurated by Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen at Taj Samudra
- UNIDO’s Deputy DG in town (Category: Business)
- Ind-Expo seminar on ‘New Food Hygiene Regulations’ (Category: Business)
- Ind-Expo helps industries and hotels meet new food hygiene regulations (Category: Business)
- Indexpo gets accreditation from SLAB (Category: Business)
Addition from the success of Expo 2012, Sri Lanka Tourism witnessed the one to one meetings between the Sri Lankan and Foreign Tour operators achieving the expected goals. These meetings provided an excellent opportunity for local travel agents to cooperate with their international counterparts
One of the key aspects of the ongoing EU SWITCH-Asia Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project is to publicise the good work done by Sri Lankan hotels towards energy and environment conservation. As a part of this program, Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project together with two selected SME hotels; Hotel Clarion, Colombo and The Swiss Residence, ...
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- Leisure Plan (Category: Business)
The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in Rome has announced that as a result of the promotional drive launched few months back, it has been able to organise a 48-member delegation from Italy and Cyprus to visit Sri Lanka for EXPO 2012 from 28 to 30 March 2012. The delegation consists ...
- Indo Italian Chamber to strengthen business ties with Italy (Category: Business)
- SL Delegation To Visit Vietnam (Category: Breaking News)
- US trade delegation to explore investment opportunities (Category: Business)
- Expo 2012 garners $ 66,000 worth global orders (Category: Business)
. and Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) on ...
- Ind-Expo seminar on ‘New Food Hygiene Regulations’ (Category: Business)
- Food Standards (Category: Business)
- Indexpo gets accreditation from SLAB (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first-ever food certification firm set up with $ 1.3 m (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Expo 2012 will kick off from 28 to 31 March at Sirimavo Bandaranayke Memorial Exhibition Centre of BMICH, under the theme ‘Partnering with the Hub of Asia.’ This event will be organised by the Export Development Board. Having foreseen the importance of Expo 2012 to promote Sri Lanka as a destination, Sri Lanka ...
- Indian business supports Sri Lanka Expo 2012 (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Expo 2012’ promoted in Dubai (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Expo 2012 to be held from March 28-30 in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Expo 2012: A huge success for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
Intelo Networks (Pvt) Ltd., has developed the first ever digital Tourist Information Kiosks (TIKs) launched recently by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau under the aegis of Ministry of Economic Development. To identify the locations of the Tourist Information Kiosks, Intelo has planned
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Travel trade fair ITB Berlin kicked off on Wednesday (07) in the German capital with another record participation of some 10,644 exhibitors from 187 countries. Some 170,000 delegates and visitors are expected to attend the five-day event.
With the vast growth in tourism, the need for technological advancement in the tourism industry has also increased immensely and to fulfil this present need, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Development has taken a step forward, together with Intelo Networks
- SL Tourism welcomes 750,000th tourist arrival (Category: Breaking News)
- 2012, another positive year for tourism – BMI (Category: Business)
- Tourism industry upbeat with influx (Category: Breaking News)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Tourism today launched the first tourism information kiosk at the Bandaranaike International airport. The kiosks will operate initially in eight languages and provides the tourist information on Sri Lanka at a click of a button. The kiosks have been developed by Intelo Networks (Pvt) Ltd
- FACETS 2010 (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankaenews Burning (Photos) (Category: Breaking News)
- Kahawatte tensed following violence (Category: Breaking News)
- Chilaw Funeral Held Under Tight Security (Category: Breaking News)
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 27% to 83,549 in February from a year earlier, continuing the growth momentum established in 2010. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority yesterday showed arrivals topping 169,423 during the first two months
- Tourist Arrivals (Category: Business)
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 27 percent in February over last year (Category: Breaking News)
My column today is an attempt to focus our attention on a few less spoken or untold developments that may have a profound influence on how we carve our way through in creating a desirable social, economic and political future for mankind on this only planet of ours. While I will not specifically touch on ...
- Development-led globalisation (Category: Business)
- The ‘Doha Mandate’ (Category: Business)
- UNCTAD should address challenges faced by developing world (Category: Business)
- Global trends in investment (Category: Business)
Ajantha Perera takes the position of Director of Sales and Marketing at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo of the John Keells Hotels Group. Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is currently ranked the Best Five Star City Hotel by Sri Lanka Tourism. Perera joins the hotel with a wealth of experience spanning
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Ronald new Front Office Manager at Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside first Green Globe re-certified Sri Lankan hotel (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Almost three years after a stubborn insurgency was brought to a bloody but conclusive end, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is booming as international leisure travelers and hospitality industry operators alike take a new look at this enchanting island nation.
Almost three years after a stubborn insurgency was brought to a bloody but conclusive end, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry is booming as international leisure travelers and hospitality industry operators alike take a new look at this enchanting island nation.
Veteran hotelier Prema Cooray was inducted to the Hall of Fame of the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) last week on the sidelines of the ITB 2012 in Berlin. The induction of Cooray was done during the annual international awards ceremony of PATWA held at the ITB, the world’s biggest travel fair and is ...
- Prema joins Alhambra Hotels Board (Category: Business)
- Prema Cooray appointed Chairman of Reefcomber (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka to push for 800,000 + arrivals mark at WTM (Category: Business)
- Keells tops Tourism awards with tally of 12; Spence takes 7 (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka is putting on a better show at this year’s edition of the annual International Tourism Bourse (ITB) in Berlin. Considered to be the largest global event of the travel industry, ITB 2012 has on show 53 travel/hotel companies including hoteliers, travel agents and other organisations that provide tourism related services. The Sri Lankan ...
- SWITCH-Asia sponsors SME hoteliers to visit ITB Berlin (Category: Business)
- 10,644 exhibitors from 187 countries at ITB Berlin 2012 (Category: Business)
- Prema enters the Hall of Fame at PATWA (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo said this week it will now on host special events at 8° On The Lake, providing discerning diners the opportunity to enjoy the hotel’s newest experience. The floating venue was officially opened on 19 December 2011 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. During its first stage of operations, 8° On The Lake functioned ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo innovates again with first star class floating venue (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside celebrates our heroes on Father’s Day (Category: Business)
- Love is in the air at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- ‘Brunch on a Boat’ for the first time in Sri Lanka at CLC (Category: Business)
Safety and food hygiene of Colombo eating houses quite poor, says CMC’s Chief Medical Officer By Cheranka Mendis Even though Colombo has over 750 eating houses (from five-star hotels to roadside ‘bath kades’), only 290 obtained trade licenses last year, CMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam said. Speaking at the Indexpo food and management ...
- Typhoid: Public Urged To Take Precautions (Category: Breaking News)
- CMC on kitchen cleaning spree (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s first-ever food certification firm set up with $ 1.3 m (Category: Business)
- Ind-Expo helps industries and hotels meet new food hygiene regulations (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)
In tandem with the private sector rush to harness the post-war tourism rebound, the Government this week joined the trend by kicking off its own Rs. 300 million resort in Anuradhapura, though targeting domestic tourists. Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa on the sidelines of Deyata Kirula laid the foundation stone for a tourist resort ...
- EARNINGS FROM TOURISM TO REACH ONE BILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR (Category: Breaking News)
- Where Is Sri Lanka Tourism Going? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President emphasizes progress in tourism sector, ready to provide required facilities (Category: Breaking News)
Following is the ‘Zheng He’ oration delivered by Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa last Tuesday at the Auditorium of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management ( Hotel School) 78 Galle Road, Colombo 3 The tourism industry in Sri Lanka has reached a stage
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- Why does Sri Lanka need more tourists from China? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka wants Chinese to follow the Great Admiral (Category: Breaking News)
At a ceremony on January 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) helped launch Sri Lanka’s first “Tourism Roadside Signage Guidelines.” USAID, the U.S. Government’s development arm, simultaneously released a manual, “Start Your Tourism Business,” designed to assist hospitality sector entrepreneurs. Both publications, develo...
- US govt. supports Lanka’s tourism development (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID support generates jobs and investments (Category: Business)
- US Government grant to support five local organisations’ work with the disabled (Category: Business)
- US Embassy supports further development in Batticaloa (Category: Business)
Following are excerpts from an interview with former President of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and currently Managing Director Aitken Spence Travels Ltd. Gehan Perera Q: The private sector, line ministries and the regulatory bodies involved in tourism agree that the time is right for a long-term strategic plan for Sri ...
- Future of Sri Lanka Tourism: Former SLAITO Chief sheds key insights (Category: Business)
- Developing tourism in Sri Lanka and challenges (Daily News) (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka really experiencing a tourism boom? (Category: Business)
- Maximum benefit of travel fairs not reaped (Category: Business)
Business Monitor International (BMI) believes the outlook is still bright for Sri Lanka tourism and forecast a 55% rise in tourist arrivals to 1.42 million tourists over BMIs newly extended forecast period to 2016. The BMI, a London-based company, publishes specialist business information on global
- SRI LANKA – FASTEST GROWING IT MARKETS IN THE REGION (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Brahma Muhurthaya 64 - 03rd October 2014 - www.LankaChannel.lk (Category: Video)
- Sri Lanka’s domestic software market among fastest growing in the region – Report (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka expects 8.5 percent growth in 2011: bank (Category: Breaking News)
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)
Signifying another milestone of the Post-War development in Sri Lanka, the Jaffna International Trade Fair 2012 has been declared open yesterday by Douglas Devananda, the Minister of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development. The Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF), which is focused on marketing the opportunities in the virgin market of Jaffna peninsula to private ...
- International trade fair opens in Sri Lanka's Northern city of Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to hold 2nd annual International Trade Fair in Jaffna in January (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission to open an office in Jaffna to handle visa application (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission to open an office in Jaffna to handle visa application (Category: Breaking News)
How the key industry progressed last yearBy Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, which saw a 30.8% growth over the previous year in 2011, has been driven by key markets India, UK and Germany and is likely to be the foremost contributor in 2012 as well. Named as ‘Visit Sri Lanka year,’ 2011 saw the ...
- Tourist arrivals in Feb. up 27% (Category: Business)
- Tourism triumph! - Ends 2011 with record 855,975 arrivals (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
The new visa processing system implemented from January 1 this year has found that there were a ‘considerable’ number of visitors obtaining on-arrival visas. Immigration Controller Chulananda Perera told the Sunday Times that it had been observed that a considerable number of applicants preferred to obtain on-arrival visas. In this respect, there are currently three counters provided a...
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