Hilton Colombo Chef Buddika Samarasekera and his apprentice Rashen John have made Sri Lanka proud by winning the prestigious award at Bocuse d’Or Asia thereby qualifying for the global event. “This is the first time Sri Lanka participates in this global event and we as Sri Lankans are proud to represent ourselves in this event,” ...

Reuters: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced in Britain on Tuesday that she was prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people, the strongest signal yet she saw herself as someone who could lead her country one day. Myanmar’s then-ruling junta freed the Oxford-educated Nobel Peace Prize laureate from house ...

The world’s most awarded airline Emirates Airlines’ tour operating arm, Emirates Holidays hand-picked Cinnamon Grand Colombo as the Best Five Star City Hotel in Sri Lanka for an unprecedented second year. The rankings gave Cinnamon Grand top billing with a rating of five which is denoted as ‘First class standard of accommodation, providing an excellent ...

Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa over the weekend declared opened the newly-built Amagi Lagoon Resort & Spa in Negombo The Amagi Lagoon Resort & spa is located in Negombo, just 5 minutes away from the Katunayake International Airport. This three star luxury hotel have 22 luxury rooms including three water bungalows, two high restaurants, swimming ...

Club Palm Bay Marawila has unveiled a new look state-of-the-art Banquet Hall following an investment of Rs. 60 million. “The new Banquet Hall has been remodelled with opulence and modern facilities for weddings and conferences with up to date audiovisual equipment and comfortable furniture,” a spokesman said. The latest upgrade at Club Palm Bay comes ...

All newspapers carried headlines a few days ago stating that May 2012 tourist arrivals have increased by 17.5% from last year. It is reported that the May arrivals of 57,506, was higher than even that of April, which showed only a 9% increase YOY. So far, total arrivals for 2012 up to end May is ...

Popular Indian playback singer Udit Narayan arrived in  Colombo yesterday along with a troupe of dancers, singers and musicians and is scheduled to make his first live public performance in Colombo tonight at the CH&FC grounds from 7p.m. Speaking to the media at a briefing held at the Taj Samudra Colombo yesterday, the Bollywood star ...

Microsoft Sri Lanka came another step closer to their mission of being an organisation of value to the nation when they joined hands with Tharunyata Hetak to provide IT and Leadership Training to 200 youth from the Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Thunukkai areas, in the North of Sri Lanka. In line with the Mahinda Chintanaya vision ...

Many people question if a dream to win awards for a passion they pursue really does exist. For Geethma, and Damith, two youth from the Youth Trainee Programme in MLH, “the winner in bartendering” dream was just hearsay, they felt it was unattainable since both came to the hotel straight after school into a programme ...

With highest-ever top and bottom line performance premier blue chip JKH says knowing exactly who were are, what we stand for and where we are headed makes all the differenceI am pleased to present the Integrated Annual Report, and the Statement of Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2012. The Report encapsulates the ...

‘The Business of Sports,’ the fortnightly column that appears every other Thursday returns after a festive break. This is Feature #22, continuing to seek a greater public engagement in our national sports and a sporting surveillance on what goes on away from the arenas and behind the scenes. Readers are invited to share their views ...

The Commander of Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral D.W.A.S. Dissanayake along with a delegation of four members is currently on an official visit to Pakistan. The visit of the Sri Lankan Navy Commander will be from 11 to 16 June which is undertaken on the invitation extended by Chief of Naval Staff Pakistan Admiral Mohammad Asif ...

Fresh push to woo Chinese tourists and tap greater share of two-way traffic, including to Maldives Upgrade brings total flights to four cities in China including Hong Kong to 21 per week By Nisthar Cassim in Beijing, China In a fresh push to woo more Chinese tourists as well as cater to growing two-way traffic, ...

Around 200 Sri Lankans from all parts of Sri Lanka came together in Singapore recently at a fun-filled four-day family holiday courtesy of Ceylinco Life, the country’s leading life insurer. The all-expenses-paid excursion was the conclusion of the fifth edition of Ceylinco Life’s ‘Family Savari’ programme, which rewards policyholders and Ceylinco Life Retirement Plan holder...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka’s star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012. The cricketing icon is renowned and admired for his unique cricketing style and vibrancy and is one of the world’s best Twenty20 players. Malinga, was selected as the Event ...

Following are excerpts of an interview with SLAITO Executive Committee Member and Walkers Tours Limited Chief Executive Officer Michael Elias: Q: Is Sri Lanka becoming too expensive? Why must Sri Lanka be competitive in order to attract tourists? Surely we offer the visitor a unique mix that is not repeated anywhere else in the world! ...

The Carlton 7’s rugby tournament is taking Colombo by storm and Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is proud to be hosting the North Western Blacks. The eagerly anticipated rugby tournament welcomes a number of local players and selected international players to take part in this championship. The North Western Blacks currently ranked on top of the Carlton ...

Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel site, has awarded the prestigious Certificate of Excellence 2012 to Eden Resort and Spa. This award honours hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on their website. By winning this accolade, Eden Resort and Spa has entered into the prestigious category in ...

The pioneers of tented camp safaris, Eco Team has once again set a precedent in Sri Lanka’s tourism sector with its innovative new concept of ‘mobile hotels’. In a record-breaking move, Big Game Camps & Lodges – a venture of Eco Team (Pvt) Ltd. – set up ‘camp’ for a total of 270 tourists on ...

Sri Lanka’s geographical setting attracts many networks of shipping companies which can service the other countries with the pendulum services. Generally, per day about 200 ships pass Sri Lankan waters while on average 10 ships call at Sri Lankan ports. However, the ‘circum equatorial route,’ which is the shortest path to circumnavigate the world, is ...

Based on the previous display of Science, I had indicated that the Pathana/Science game would be close with an indication of a slight supremacy by Pathana. Last Friday Pathana played their hearts out and virtually ran circles round Science. From the outset the game plan of Pathana was clear and that was to run the ...

Overview Entrepreneurship is the big thing, not the next big thing as it has always been the sustainable and profitable way of adding market and economic value to the society and country. Have no attitude or a dream of becoming another Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Steve Jobs, Otto Beisheim or a Richard Branson in that ...

KIK Cola, the Lankan to the last drop Cola which was launched 18 months ago by Ceylon Cold Stores PLC as the latest edition to its range recently won the prestigious Gold Award at the Lanka Star Awards 2012 for its unique bottle shape. This unique shape is a result of in depth consumer research ...

Minister Bathiudeen was addressing the gala Star Awards 2011, the international scale packaging awards event in Sri Lanka held at the Cinnamon Grand on the night of 27 May to felicitate top innovators in the $ 1 billion packaging industry of Sri Lanka.