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Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority resigns

Fri Sep 28 23:58:49 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 4.5758953

Sept 29, Colombo: Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Authority Dr.Nalaka Godahewa resigned from the post yesterday.

Nalaka Godahewa resigns as SLTDA chairman

Fri Sep 28 09:11:35 EDT 2012 - adaderana.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.703567

Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has resigned from his post as Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, exactly one month after being appointed as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Sri Lanka Tourism to use “MID-WICKET” region to promote the country

Tue Sep 18 09:47:06 EDT 2012 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 3.8132458

The Twenty20 World Cup which will be kicked off from Hambantota this evening will provide Sri Lanka Tourism the opportunity to place its logo in the Mid wicket area of the ground, where the matches will be played. Sri Lanka Tourism says this is a massive opportunity for Sri Lanka Tourism

Sun Sep 16 16:15:37 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.703567

MasterCard signed a partnership agreement with Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) which would help to promote Indian tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka.

Lanka eyes Indian tourists

Fri Sep 14 11:04:05 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.60305744

MasterCard Worldwide, a global payments and technology company, and the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) on Friday signed an agreement to facilitate the development of cross border tourism, with a specific focus on attracting India’s tourists.

Projecting Sri Lanka as a tourist destination

Wed Sep 12 16:26:32 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

The Sri Lanka embassy in the Russian Federation received a special evaluation award at the Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011 ceremony held recently in recognition of the services it had rendered in promoting Sri Lanka as a tourist destination among Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan tourists.

Tue Sep 11 00:47:27 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.703567

Sept 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka tourism industry sources say that Sri Lanka and the Maldives have discussed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to market the two countries as one destination for tourism.

Golden opportunity for tourism industry

Sun Sep 02 22:49:50 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

The decision of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to offer Kalpitiya (Puttalam), Kuchchaveli (Eastern Coast), Passikuda (Batticaloa), Dedduwa Lake and land near the Yala National Park for development with the approval of the government is indeed a golden opportunity

Sri Lanka’s SEC gets a new Chairman

Tue Aug 28 14:25:34 EDT 2012 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

Sri Lanka has appointed Dr. Nalaka Godahewa as the new Chairman of the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission. This was confirmed to News360.lk by Deputy Secretary to the Treasury S. R. Attygalle. Apart from the latest position Godahewa is currently holding the Chairmanship of the Sri Lanka

Mon Aug 27 07:20:07 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 3.8132458

HVS published an article in June 2011, providing an overview of the tourism landscape in Sri Lanka and the various factors that could lead to robust tourism growth in the country after the war ended in 2009. The article also included the tourism vision for the country and its objective of achieving 2.5 million tourist arrivals by 2016. This article seeks to highlight how that vision of tourism ...

Wed Aug 22 14:29:36 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 3.8132458

Aug 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Economic Development has received applications tourism sector projects with investments worth over US$ 2 billion in the first seven months of this year, the deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Abeywardena said.

16,478 graduates to be recruited next month

Wed Aug 22 00:46:57 EDT 2012 - itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.22607808

Measures are in place to recruit 16,478 graduates to the Economic Development Ministry. A decision has been made to recruit 16,478 graduates who had completed their six months training to the Economic Development Ministry. They are to be recruited under the programme mooted by the Government to take in graduates to the Public Service. Minister ...

Wed Aug 15 05:29:00 EDT 2012 - itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 7.8 percent in July this year compared to the same period last year. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed that the month recorded 90,338 tourist arrivals compared to the 83,786 arrived in July last year. Tourist arrivals

Tue Aug 14 10:50:22 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.60305744

Aug 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 7.8 percent in July this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Tuesday showed.

India, a leading source market - TDA report

Sun Aug 12 00:25:36 EDT 2012 - yahoo.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.703567

The tourism industry in Sri Lanka is booming with a marked increase in tourist arrivals, the annual report of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority - 2011 stated.

Record number of tourists arrive in Kandy to witness “Perahera”

Mon Jul 30 04:47:28 EDT 2012 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

Sri Lanka’s historic Kandy Esala Perahera which is now ongoing, has seen record number of foreigners arriving in the hill capital to witness the cultural pageant. Sri Lanka Tourism says around 6000 tourists have visited the sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic and the visitors exceeding a figure

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Eleven Rent-a-car dealers want it clean

Sat Jul 28 16:28:26 EDT 2012 - lakbimanews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.15071872

Over 1000 classy motor cars vanish into thin air By Elmo Leonard Currently, over 1,000 high quality cars obtained on a monthly fee by mushrooming rent-a-car companies cannot be accounted for, insurance companies said. In a typical and recent case, a lady set up a rent-a-car company in Nawala. She carried paper advertisements for prestigious makes of motor cars for a monthly fee. The lady collect...

Sat Jul 28 14:41:28 EDT 2012 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.15071872

Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on the 15th of July 2012. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel Show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani ...

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Chinese couple weds in Sri Lanka

Wed Jul 25 13:26:30 EDT 2012 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.19578934

Zhang Yi Fin and Shen Yao, a Chinese couple yesterday got married in Sri Lanka and is currently spending their honeymoon enjoying mainly in the country’s beautiful beaches. Ironically both of them have not visited Sri Lanka before the trip they made to the country, to tie the knot. Both Zhang Yi and Shen Yao who respectively ...

Fri Jul 13 16:44:26 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.60305744

July 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 21.6 percent in June this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Friday showed.

Sri Lanka bans transport of tourists by three wheeler taxis not licensed by Tourism Authority

Thu Jul 12 00:27:20 EDT 2012 - lankanewspapers.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 1.0050957

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has banned the transportation of foreign tourists by three w..

Sri Lanka bans transport of tourists by three wheeler taxis not licensed by Tourism Authority

Wed Jul 11 01:52:06 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.8040766

July 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has banned the transportation of foreign tourists by three wheeler taxis that are not licensed for the purpose.

Marriott International announces its first hotel in Sri Lanka

Tue Jul 10 22:26:45 EDT 2012 - sundaytimes.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.15071872

US based Marriott International said in a statement that it has signed up with Sri Lanka's East West Properties Plc, to open a 200-room hotel in Weligma, in 2014.The 11-storey Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa, will be operated under Marriott's flagship Marriott Hotels & Resorts brand. "Sri Lanka is a destination that has great potential and opportunity and we hope to capitalise...

Fri Jun 22 11:33:01 EDT 2012 - itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.22607808

The first Tourist Hotel built within the Kuchchaveli Tourism Zone in Trincomalee has been opened. Jungle Beach, the new state of the art Holiday Resort was opened by Minister Basil Rajapaksa this morning. Many programmes are being launched in the Trincomalee District to uplift the tourism industry after the complete elimination of terrorism. Accordingly action ...

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Ministerial friends get 300 hotels

Wed Jun 20 08:10:19 EDT 2012 - lankanewsweb.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.703567

The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has been given permission to set up 300 new hotels. Sources from the Authority say that 200 out of the 300 hotels have not yet carried out an environmental impact assessment (EIA).

Consular Corps London officials witness the real situation in Sri Lanka

Fri Jun 15 05:01:02 EDT 2012 - itnnews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.18839839

Officials of the Consular Corps London are touring Sri Lanka to have a glimpse of the real situation prevailing in the island. A group of members of the Consular Corps London spread throughout the United Kingdom are on a visit to the island to see to themselves the present situation since the liberation of the ...

Tue Jun 12 14:07:35 EDT 2012 - colombopage.com - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.60305744

Jun 12, Colombo: Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 17.5 percent in May this year compared to the same period last year, the data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) Tuesday showed.

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau gets a new MD

Wed Jun 06 05:28:51 EDT 2012 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 4.5758953

Sri Lanka has appointed Bhashwara Senanka Gunarathna to take charge of the country’s Tourism Promotion Bureau, starting from today. Gunarathna is currently working as a Director General of the Ministry of Economic Development and also function as the Director of the National Zoological Gardens. His prior experience with the tourism sector has been in his capacity as ...

Sat Jun 02 22:46:34 EDT 2012 - lakbimanews.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786

– Yapa AbeywardaneBy Sulochana Ramiah MohanDeputy Minister of Economic Development Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane said he ‘does not know’ about the (three) new appointments of chairmen to Sri Lanka Tourism (SLT) and that he will ‘discuss’ with Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa

Time To Get The Act Together

Sat Jun 02 16:31:18 EDT 2012 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.22607808

By our Travel Correspondent Tourism industry, or rather the administration, in the paradise isle has gone back to the 2006 era, where the stakeholder associations and the authorities were pulling in different directions. The whole mechanism had fallen to such low levels that it had come to a stage where the chairman of the Tourist ...

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