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Fourth edition of Lanka Challenge starts 31 Aug
Tue Aug 28 16:34:51 EDT 2012 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.13187888
By Cheranka Mendis Some 45 foreigners from 20 nationalities will be traversing the island in three-wheelers starting 31 August taking part in the 12 day Lanka Challenge organised by Large Minority for the fourth consecutive year. An innovative promotion model for Sri Lanka through adventure tourism, Lanka Challenge will take the participants to Jaffna for ...
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  • Mongoose Adventures local sponsor for Lanka Challenge 2012 (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside achieves longest running Green Globe certification record
Thu Aug 16 16:47:05 EDT 2012 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.07535936
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo leads the way in sustainable tourism with a record three consecutive year Green Globe certification.  The nationally and internationally awarded five star hotel is the only Sri Lankan hotel to be certified by the premier international sustainability body for a third year. Green Globe is the global travel and tourism industries’ certification ...
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  • Green Globe Certification convenes fourth annual summit (Category: Business)
  • ‘I will be Green’ ensures five Green Globe certifications for JKH Hotels (Category: Business)
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 ...
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  • Consular Corps of London laud govt’s hospitality (Category: Breaking News)
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  • Lankan diplomat elected to London Consular Corps Lankan diplomat elected to London Consular Corps (Category: Breaking News)
Preparing for winter sails
Thu May 03 16:47:05 EDT 2012 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.11303904
By Cheranka Mendis Come winter this year, Sri Lanka will be ready to welcome 4000 up-market tourists from Austria, Germany and Switzerland with the first ever regular cruise liner sailing in to the Colombo Port. The cruise liner, FTI Berlin will make its maiden voyage to this part of the world in December starting off ...
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Developing cutting-edge brand strategies
Tue May 01 16:03:32 EDT 2012 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.05651952
Sri Lanka spent Rs. 56 b on above-the-line advertising in 2011 Taking wing to India for meetings is a usual routine for any business leader attached to a multinational in Sri Lanka as most such organisations have their regional offices in India. During a recent visit to India, the hype surrounding IPL – 5th edition ...
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Over 55 tour agents, 50 international journalists for Expo 2012
Tue Mar 27 15:16:45 EDT 2012 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.29489014
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 ...
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Hellmann Worldwide highlights fashion logistics at South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum of SL De...
Mon Dec 19 00:41:46 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.15071872
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, one of the world’s largest logistics providers, became an integral part of the South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum 2011. The prestigious forum where global and local apparel heavyweights gathered to discuss the future of Sri Lanka’s apparel industry was organised as a part of SL design festival. Hellmann, an international logistics giant ...
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  • Red Cocoon, House of Lonali strengthen Sri Lanka’s ‘Ethical Fashion’ positioning - Eco-labels ge... (Category: Business)
Developing local e-content talent: Best way to make ICT benefits accrue to people: Secretary Wee...
Tue Nov 29 14:25:20 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.06593944
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 ...
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  • E Award (Category: Breaking News)
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Red Cocoon, House of Lonali strengthen Sri Lanka’s ‘Ethical Fashion’ positioning - Eco-labels ge...
Mon Nov 28 16:30:36 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.13187888
Eco-labels get special platform at SLDF 2011 Apparel showSri Lanka’s apparel industry has long been established as a visionary garment maker, through its responsible practices and campaigns like ‘Garments without Guilt’. A key point stressed at the recently concluded ‘South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum’ that affects the future of this influential industry, is the co...
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  • DHL partners HSBC Colombo Fashion Week for third consecutive year (Category: Business)
  • Tribute to Sri Lanka’s 1 m apparel workers at SLDF - SLDF invites industry leaders to host their... (Category: Business)
  • ‘The Fashion Circle.com’ launched in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
  • Hellmann Worldwide highlights fashion logistics at South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum of SL De... (Category: Business)
Looking inward to look outward
Wed Nov 23 13:43:45 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.07535936
This is the week of Budget bashing for some and for others it is the week for inventing cute ways to meet the bashes. As is usual for most, it is looking at this all in the ‘what’s in it for me?’ mode. For some, it is also about ‘who said what’ and not ‘what’s ...
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Historic Mount Lavinia Hotel dressed up for SL Design Fest 2011
Tue Nov 15 14:01:16 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.094199196
A leader in Sri Lanka’s hospitality trade, the Mount Lavinia Hotel (MLH) is known throughout the world for its scenic beauty and first-rate services. Although a historic hotel aged beyond two centuries, MLH moves parallel to the 21st century hospitality trade practices and innovations, and its values are very much in par with ethical practices ...
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  • SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
  • SL Design Festival 2011 set for ‘Close-up’ on fashion, apparel, design and craft sectors (Category: Business)
  • Sri Lanka’s craft heritage caters to hotel industry - SLDF invites hoteliers, architects and int... (Category: Business)
  • ‘Island Craft’: Inspiring fashion from rural Sri Lanka - Special Fashion Show at SLDF 2011 from ... (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Apparel Industry on Design Festival Catwalk
Sat Nov 12 14:13:46 EST 2011 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.13187888
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 ...
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World thread leader Coats Global Marketing Director at South Asian Apparel Forum of SL Design Fest
Thu Nov 10 18:17:46 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.094199196
Coats, which has raised the bar and set industry standards in the area of sewing solutions, has joined hands with Sri Lanka Design Festival to project the many capabilities of the local apparel and fashion industry to the world. In order to share Coats’ global expertise in the apparel vertical integration sector, the company has ...
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International fashion, interior, graphics, advertising and photography industry reps at Design F...
Tue Nov 08 15:39:35 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.094199196
Range of exhibitions, forums and workshops for students and general public For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival is preparing to provide South-Asian region with a rare opportunity to witness and learn from the creative talent and expertise of globally renowned creative industry professionals. SLDF 2011 has invited a group of elite ...
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  • Famous designers, industry specialists in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
SriLankan Airlines in a new design era
Mon Nov 07 15:03:16 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.11303904
nSriLankan Airlines partners with Sri Lanka Design Festival: launches luxuriously designed flatbed at SLDF this November SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka’s national airline, in a bold attempt to enhance its products and services to drive the country’s ongoing boom in tourism and economic development will launch its latest addition: The luxury flatbed on Business Class. Partnering ...
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  • World thread leader Coats Global Marketing Director at South Asian Apparel Forum of SL Design Fest (Category: Business)
  • Apparel supply chain invited on board for seminal South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum (Category: Business)
South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum – a networking opportunity across the supply chain from th...
Sun Nov 06 14:19:13 EST 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.13187888
The forum will be held on 18 NovemberThe South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) as one of its main highlights of 2011, is already participated by apparel manufacturing leaders and their key partners promising to be a great platform and networking opportunity for apparel industry’s backward integration sector and ...
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Apparel supply chain invited on board for seminal South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum
Thu Nov 03 17:50:19 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.11303904
The South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by SLDF as one of its main highlights of 2011, is to be held on 18 November and will see many key apparel experts and high profile international press gather to provide their insights on topics that are crucial for Sri Lanka’s campaign to lead South Asian apparel ...
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Belgian tourist arrivals grow 114.5% up to September
Sun Oct 30 16:09:19 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.11303904
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 ...
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Bollywood`s fresh face Sonakshi on Lanka tour
Tue Oct 18 12:14:51 EDT 2011 - news360.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.50254786
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
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Bollywood’s new sensation Sonakshi Sinha arrives
Mon Oct 17 15:28:27 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.13187888
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 ...
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Austere ways to avoid crisis
Wed Oct 05 14:21:23 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.07535936
I like to be an optimist. No matter what may happen around us, I would like to retain feelings of hope I have for all human-kind and on a more intimate level for you, for me, the newborn and the to-be-born. Yet, what has already happened around me, happening now and may happen in the ...
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‘Lanka Challenge 2011’ trishaw race starts off in grand style
Sun Aug 21 15:44:38 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.50254786
The ‘Lanka Challenge 2011’ trishaw race started off in grand style on Saturday 20 August 2011 at 8:30 a.m. from the premises of Tangerine Tree Hotel, Minuwangoda. The competitors kicked off to a solid start, with the official flag-off given by the Acting Director General of Sri Lanka
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Russian oil, tourism giant to set up shop in SL next month
Wed Aug 17 16:51:28 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.11303904
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 ...
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Meaningful adventure - Lanka Challenge 2011: The 12-day rickshaw challenge continues; adds east ...
Wed Aug 17 14:50:16 EDT 2011 - www.ft.lk - Category : Business - Relavancy : 0.50254786
Lanka Challenge 2011: The 12-day rickshaw challenge continues; adds east coast territoryAfter officially captivating the world in 2009 and 2010 through the first and second editions of the Lanka Challenge, Large Minority in partnership with the Sri Lanka Tourism plans to continue their meaningful
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Budget Tourism Promo
Sat Jun 05 07:45:47 EDT 2010 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.11303904
I.I.F.A. awards will create the credibility and believability factor,” Dileep Mudadeniya tells Benchmark. “The challenge (to deliver) is much greater than before. We actually anticipated and made preparations for this mini boom. I feel that it’s important when you are running an organisation to anticipate and work on scenario planning so that you have your structure, ...
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Full Steam Ahead For The International Indian Film Festival
Fri May 28 20:52:43 EDT 2010 - thesundayleader.lk - Category : Breaking News - Relavancy : 0.07535936
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Preparations for the 11th International Indian Film Academy Awards that are to be held in Colombo just next week are going full steam ahead despite all the issues it has faced so far. Protests and picketing by a large number of the Indian Tamil community in India, several celebrities refusing to attend the [...]
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