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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)
of innovation and diversification in marketing tourism. Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa ad...
- Juggling tourism (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Nalaka’s move a fallout with Treasury Secy? (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)
Sri Lanka‘s tourist arrivals will reach unprecedented growth this year. The number of visitors is expected to reach the 800,000 mark. According to Sri Lanka Tourism the number of arrivals rose 27.2 percent in September from a year earlier and continued to rise every month on a year-on-year basis
Sri Lanka‘s tourist arrivals will reach unprecedented growth this year. The number of visitors is expected to reach the 800,000 mark. According to Sri Lanka Tourism the number of arrivals rose 27.2 percent in September from a year earlier and continued to rise every month
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has said “Belgian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grew by 114.5 per cent during the first nine months of 2011” and that “Sri Lanka has become one of the most preferred destinations in Asia for Belgian tourists”. The Ambassador added that: “The number of ...
- BELGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS SRI LANKA HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE (Category: Breaking News)
- Belgian, SL ties strong (Category: Breaking News)
- Belgian companies to invest in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka ‘s tourist arrivals will reach unprecedented growth this year with the number of visitors expected to touch the 800,000 mark according to Sri Lanka Tourism data.
The World Spice Food Festival was inaugurated at a cocktail held at the Mount Lavinia hotel recently with 18 chefs flown down from various parts of the world including Italy, Viet Nam, Egypt, USA, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan, Germany, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Spain to work towards development in Sri Lanka according to Sri ...
Coinciding with the Spice Festival and the special Hawkers’ Street in Green Path from 28 to 30 October, Sri Lanka Tourism together with Ebert Silva Holidays has organised exciting fun rides around the city of Colombo by night.
Sri Lanka Tourism took top honors in the 2011 United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) poster competition, becoming the winner for the Best Tourism Poster Award in the South Asia region.
- Sri Lanka Tourism ‘Wild’ poster wins top UNWTO award (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tourism ‘Wild’ poster wins top UNWTO award (Category: Business)
- PATA GRAND & GOLD AWARDS 2011 TO SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Banning posters for the wrong reason (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism took top honours in the 2011 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) poster competition, becoming the winner for the ‘Best Tourism Poster’ award in the South Asia region.
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- Even in tough economy, Seattle tourism continues to thrive (Category: USA, Washington)
Sri Lanka Tourism took top honours in the 2011 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) pos..
Sri Lanka Tourism took top honours in the 2011 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) poster competition, becoming the winner for the ‘Best Tourism Poster’ award in the South Asia region. The Vettor Giusti tourism poster competition is held every two years on the occasion
- Sri Lanka Tourism ‘Wild’ poster wins top UNWTO award (Category: Breaking News)
- Poster “Wild” wins at UNWTO Poster Competition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to celebrate World Tourism Day tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Promoting global understanding through travel (Category: Business)
Held as part of SLDF; organisers invite Sri Lanka’s apparel industry professionals to become a part of this milestone eventRenowned global opinion leaders and authorities in the spheres of fashion and apparel, including key personalities from the Sri Lanka Apparel industry will participate in an international gathering for the South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum focusing ...
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) partners the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AmCham) at its 12th Annual Amcham RCGC Golf Tournament 2011 organised together with the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) on October 29 at the RCGC. This tournament is organised as a charitable event
- 13th AmCham RCGC Golf Tournament 2012 on 25 Aug. (Category: Business)
- 125th Sri Lanka Amateur Golf C’ship commences today (Category: Breaking News)
- Polonowita wins AmCham Challenge trophy (Category: Business)
- UTE drives golf once again at the RCGC (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka was represented at the ‘Tour Salon 2011’, held in Poznan from 19 – 22 October 2011. Representative of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau along with 6 companies viz Hayleys Tours, Jetwing Travels, Aitken Spence Travels, Exotic Vacations (Pvt) Ltd, NKAR Travels & Tours (Pvt) Ltd
- Cricket: Australia begin Sri Lanka tour with T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Spotting blue whales in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- No sooner Indian Air Force chief leaves SL than Pakistan Army Commander is arriving here (Category: Breaking News)
- Security Concerns (Category: Business)
For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival 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 fashion show is to ...
Highlighting the importance of the City of Kandy as a hub of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism has made arrangements to conduct a Tourism Promotional and Trade Exhibition in Kandy with the ambition of further strengthening the Sri Lankan landmark in the global tourism sector
- Tourism Ministry spends Rs. 150 lakhs for Deyata Kirula stall (Category: Breaking News)
- Kandy kaleidoscope (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka - Yapahuwa Host City (Category: Travel)
- ‘A Return to Sri Lanka’ reaches final destination in Galle (Category: Business)
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 tourism industry is at the zenith in Sri Lanka today. So is cricket. We won the World Cup in 1996. Thereafter we became runners up twice, which is a rare distinction. There are ups and downs in any game. Cricket is no exception. But the fact that we are in the zenith of the ...
- Pakistan announce itinerary for Australia series in UAE (Category: Business)
- Dilshan’s future as captain looks uncertain (Category: Business)
- Pakistan to give own award to Ajmal after ICC omission (Category: Business)
- We can beat Pakistan: Dilshan (Category: Business)
Following is the speech delivered by Deputy Minister of Technology and Research Faizer Mustapha at the SLIM Brand Excellence awards held early this week What better time than this to discuss your theme, ‘Impossible is Nothing’? We’ve done it! You may ask what I mean by this statement. We fought the ruthless LTTE and defeated ...
- Brand Protection (Category: Business)
- Brand ‘Sri Lanka’ valued $ 23 b; ranks 76th globally (Category: Business)
- Taking SL-owned tea export brands from good to great (Category: Business)
- Brand Finance launches Nation Brands 100 (Category: Business)
Oct 21, Ella: Sri Lanka tourism industry sources said today that Ella and Bandarawela police stations were trying to save the lives of eight young men who were marooned in a cave in a waterfall Friday afternoon.
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)
Viet Nam President promises full support, encourages investment in tourism, textile, agriculture, says consistent policies key to FDI By Uditha Jayasinghe Sealing Sri Lankan and Viet Nam ties, the Presidents of the two countries yesterday witnessed the signing of eight agreements, including one on oil and gas exploration. Speaking at the Sri Lanka-Viet Nam Business ...
- National Chamber delegation meets Viet Nam President in Hanoi (Category: Business)
- Viet Nam President arrives on historic visit (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan delegation to visit top construction conference in Viet Nam (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis In the wake of high expectations in the tourism industry, the country should focus on product innovation to attract more tourists to the country in ways such as community tourism. With the emergence of what is known as ‘prosumer’ or professional consumer whose demands for tourism products include qualities such as spirituality, ...
- Sri Lanka opens up for a 4 million domestic tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Celebrating World Tourism Day by linking global cultures (Category: Business)
- Chamber of Tourism and Industry Chief meets UNWTO Regional Director (Category: Business)
- Linking cultures - World Tourism Day 2011 focuses on empowering youth (Category: Business)
By Devin Jayasundera The Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) in celebrating its 125th anniversary announced the launch of the SLMA 2012 International Conference and Exhibitions to professionals in the medical field and the media on 4 October. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Global Forum for Sri Lankan Doctors’. The SLMA, which is ...
- SLMA to celebrate 125th anniversary in 2012 with exhibition (Category: Business)
- Series of events to mark Sri Lanka Medical Association’s 125th anniversary (Category: Business)
- SLMA sends letter to MR (Category: Breaking News)
, Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Dr. Nalaka Godahewa stated that ...
- Sri Lanka draws 60,989 tourists in 16 days (Category: Business)
- Linking cultures - World Tourism Day 2011 focuses on empowering youth (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
Ministry of Economic Development in association with Sri Lanka Tourism and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan yesterday held an International Forum on Community Based Sustainable Tourism. Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa receiving a presentation from Japanese expert
- Sri Lanka holds international forum on Community Based Sustainable Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka opens up for a 4 million domestic tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Community based sustainable tourism drive in Oct. (Category: Business)
- Community tourism to be developed to differentiate country from the region (Category: Business)
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