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Watching the World T20 matches on TV – currently being played in Sri Lanka, I noticed a Tourist Board commercial on the theme ‘Refreshingly Sri Lanka – Wonder of Asia.’ Immediately I recalled last year’s stamp released to mark World Tourism Day. Sri Lanka issued ten stamps with an attractive souvenir sheet carrying all the ...
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka, which did not qualify to make it to the Future Brands Country Brand Index 2011-2012 due to the lack of awareness and familiarity among the global community about the country, has made a surprise appearance in the 2013 Country Brand Index at number 67. This was revealed by Future Brands ...
By Cheranka Mendis With the surge of tourism taking place in the country, particularly in the hotel sector, the industry must now focus on sustainable energy consumption not only for the environmental impact but also for reduced operational cost. Pursuing the ambitious target set by the Government of 2.5 million by 2015, some 90 new ...
‘SLT Intelligent Solutions’ connects the T20 to the world Sri Lanka Telecom, the nation’s number one integrated communications service provider and the leading backbone infrastructure services provider, is proud to empower the ICC World Twenty20 Championship 2012 through ‘SLT Intelligent Solutions’, providing dedicated internet through Ethernet connectivi...
Although the Asian region is better prepared for economic turmoil than it was a decade ago, high levels of financial, trade and investment integration with the Western economies ensure that no country is immune to the effects of the Eurozone debt crisis. While most of the European Union (EU) economies struggle to design new austerity measures to ...
Half my life I have been a guy who’s a sandwich shy of a picnic. The other half has been one big picnic. It mutates life into one phenomenal contradiction. An ad man of the Pimpernel mould, shy of the cocktail circuit, has to be a first in the showbiz of the biz world. But ...
World-famous Amanresorts Chairman Adrian Zecha has expressed his bullishness in post-war rebound in Sri Lanka’s tourism, which has encouraged him to explore fresh opportunities for expansion. “The post-conflict economic development process is visible everywhere in Sri Lanka. Our resorts in Sri Lanka were not economically viable during the pre-conflict period. But thanks to the peace, ....
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Xiaoyu Zhao has declared that Sri Lanka has big potential than any other country in Asia to become the most viable and attractive regional economic hub. “Strategic location, post conflict infrastructure development initiatives, peace and stability, high economic growth and able leadership are the main factors behind these potential,” ...
By Marianne David The head of the country’s best five star city hotel this week made a fresh case for effective and aggressive marketing of Sri Lanka as a holiday destination to maximise benefits from unique advantages and peaceful times. “Sometimes you can be the best, but if nobody knows about it, you’re not going ...
By Marianne David Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo won two coveted awards at the fifth annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards – the Best Five Star City Hotel Award and the Best Host Hotel Spa. Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011 awarded high performers across 11 categories and evaluated hotels in the industry based on their contribution towards tourism. ...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Seoul in association with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau initiated a number of activities in the hope of promoting Sri Lanka as a key tourist destination among Koreans. The Ambassador, accompanied by Counsellor (Commercial) of the Mission recently met with members of the Travel and Tourism Club (TNT ...
As Sri Lanka reels from a 30 year conflict and post-war development starts shining over its beautiful tropical shores, ‘World Tourism Day’ has more meaning than ever before. Celebrated on 27 September, World Tourism Day has its roots in the adoption of the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) statuses in 1970, which is considered ...
Reuters: Chinese university teacher Zhu Haibin wept softly as she and other Communist Party cadres stood in rows before a mass grave of Communist fighters in southern China. Ignoring light drizzle, the group listened to a party instructor tell the story of Zhang Longxiu, a “hero mother” from the early days of China’s Communist revolution ...
It started with the Barmy Army, and now travelling fans have become a staple with international cricket, especially during ICC-run tournaments The Barmy Army, with its England flags, ridiculous costumes and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for lager, is a common sight at cricket matches around the world. In recent years, a Bharat Army, styled along ...
The Centre for Research and Sustainability Studies in Tourism (CRST) will be inaugurated on the 26 September 2012, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo with the participation of industry professionals and associations, as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations.
Global giant Standard Chartered Bank tips Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rebound in 2013, after contracting this year from 2011. It is forecasting economy to grow by 7.5% in 2013 and by 7.7% in 2014 from 6.8% this year. However, forecasts for the next two years are lower in comparison to record 8.3% growth achieved ...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo organised a high profile “Sri Lanka Promotional Seminar” consisting of over 150 officials and personnel engaged in the sphere of tourism and travel trade, leaders of corporates and industry of Japan, senior bureaucrats and technocrats of the Government of Japan and select invitees. The said Seminar was held ...
Japan Association of Travel Agents, known as JATA, held their Annual Travel Show in Tokyo. The JATA is by far, the largest association of travel agents in Japan. About 12 travel agents and companies from Sri Lanka participated at the JATA. Ambassador Admiral Karannagoda and Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe along with the Deputy Minister of Disaster ...
World Tourism Day is celebrated worldwide on 27 day of September each year. This year will mark the 33rd Anniversary of the UNWTO World Tourism Day and UNWTO has declared ‘Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development’ as this year’s theme. The Ministry of Economic Development along with Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority organised ...
Sri Lanka participated at the annual IFTM Top Resa (International French Travel Market) that was held in Paris from 18 September to 21 September. Flagship fair for the tourism sector, IFTM Top Resa brings every year thousands of travel agents from across the world that come to present their products and services to the industry’s ...
A two-day training program for hiring vehicle drivers catering to the tourism industry commenced on Monday in Arugambay. The two-day program conducted by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority will provide vital information and training to hiring vehicle drivers catering to the Tourism Industry in the area. Over 50 hiring vehicle drivers who are taking part ...
A number of articles which appeared in print media in the recent past signify the volatility in the economy. High volatility leads to vulnerability. Volatility and vulnerability are reflections of the haphazard nature of the economic policies and poor economic governance in a country. What is volatility? Volatility is the severity and the frequency with ...
Anura Lokuhetty the President of The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka and also the Chairman of the Asia Council on Tourism has been requested to Chair the 26th CACCI Conference on Current Asian Tourism from October3 to 5, 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal. He will be presenting a paper on the Current State of Tourism in ...
Recording a year-on-year sales volume growth of 400% in the current financial year and targeting a further 100% growth in the year ahead, Carmart, the sole distributor in Sri Lanka for Peugeot, has created a strong niche in the market and is poised for aggressive expansion in the coming year with an extremely diversified product ...
The premier worldwide sustainability merit andlsquo;Green Globe Re-Certificationandrsquo; for 2012/2013 was achieved by Bentota Beach Hotel. Re-Certification requires conformity to 315 pre-set standards; the team at Bentota Beach Hotel continuously worked to improve the standards of sustainability thus highlighting the importance of sustainable tourism and achieved a compliance rating of 77%, a se...
Reuters: Formula One cars will continue to swerve around the skyscrapers of Singapore for the next five years after the government agreed on Saturday to help cover the S$150 millioncost of hosting the unique night race. There had been some doubt about the future of the event, the only night race on the calendar, as ...
$ 450 m mega project to be completed in 2014 By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has leased the iconic Transworks House land to India’s Krrish Group for 99 years at $ 49 million, whilst the $ 450 million mega project is slated to be completed by 2014. The land encompasses the Transworks House, a colonial ...
SriLankan Airlines established its presence in the most bustling district of the Southern Province, Hambantota, with the opening of a new sales office on Friday, 21 September. The branch office will facilitate travel formalities to a large clientele in the south-eastern coast area. The modern facility is equipped to handle reservations, ticketing, Prepaid Ticket Advices ...
Ind-Expo Certi-fication Limited is a public limited liability certification and training organisation established by Ceylon National Chamber of Industries and National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka with the support of United Nations Industrial Development Organi-sation (UNIDO) under its project of ‘Strengthening International Certific-ation Capacity in Sri Lanka’ with the assistanc...
Renowned as the best wayside pit stop in restaurant culture, Wayamba Café Forest in Kurunegala will go Vegas style in signage and in the services offered at the restaurant on the upper floor and pastry corner on the ground floor, with a the multi flavoured ice cream parlour as an added facility. Ever since their ...