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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. ...
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 ...
By Cheranka Mendis The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) is offering 2717.243 acres of land and 415.7 acres of water body in six selected areas for eco-friendly beach, wildlife and waterfront developments. Located in Kalpitiya, Kuchc-haveli, Bentota, Pasikudah, Dedduwa and Yala, all land offered will be given on a long-term 99-year lease upon payment ...
Chandrasena Sudusinghe, one of Sri Lanka’s greatest culinary success stories and the only Lankan to become an approved judge by the World Association of Chefs Societies joined Cinnamon Grand, Colombo’s premier city hotel, as Executive Chef recently. Cinnamon Grand, which prides itself on inducting exceptional individuals into its hospitality team, is aiming high with the ...
Sri Lanka proud hosts of popular and shorter form of most entertaining tournament played in Asia for the first time; 20-teams, 20-day cricket fiesta ICC World T20 kicks off tomorrow Mega boost for tourism as 500 players and officials alone to take up 9,000 room-nights; hundreds of overseas fans, global sponsor officials and media to ...
Dusit International celebrated the grand opening of its flagship resort, the Dusit Thani Maldives, in a ceremony that saw the Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik and First Lady Madam Illham Hussain as the guests of honour. Also in attendance was the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor. Dusit International ...
In conjunction with Malaysia’s 55th National Day, the Taj Samudra hotel in partnership with the Malaysian High Commission in Colombo, Tourism Malaysia, Malaysian Airlines and Rebak Island Resort, Langkawi – A Taj Hotel, will launch a Food Festival. A truly Malaysian Indulgence celebrating its glorious cuisine and magnificent culture will be held at the Latitude ...
A goat’s best friend is Mervyn! The populace has been cruel to him. Ok, to the goat too, but I am talking about a man willing to be incarcerated just to liberate a hapless animal. Thankfully, the President interceded and saved the day for both. The Minister had promised to defy a Court order and ...
Owned and operated by Sri Lanka’s largest blue chip conglomerate, John Keells Holdings PLC and positioned as a star value addition at John Keells Hotels Group, ‘Nature Trails’, the dedicated Wildlife and Adventure Tourism division of Chaaya and Cinnamon Resorts, bagged the award for the ‘Best Nature and Wildlife Service Provider’ at the Sri Lanka ...
John Keells Leisure Group emerged at the forefront of the annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards held on the 30th of August 2012 by winning 12 key awards across its three Sectors: City Hotels, Resort Hotels, and Destination Management Companies. Once again Walkers Tours Limited won the most prestigious award in the Inbound Category for the ...
Sri Lanka’s premier resort brand, Heritance Hotels & Resorts, swept the green and individual awards at the recently-concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards. Sri Lanka’s most internationally awarded hotel, Heritance Kandalama won the awards for ‘Best Practices in Green Architecture’ and ‘Best Green Practices in Accommodation’. Chef Lalith Gunasekera of Herita...
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) honoured Prasanna W. Jayewardene with the ‘Pioneer in Tourism’ award at the recently-concluded Tourism Awards 2011. Hotelier Jayewardene has 45 years of experience in the tourism industry both locally and internationally and was recognised for his services as a pioneer in the field. Having received his education at ...
Reinforcing its supremacy John Keells Holdings Group bagged most of the major titles in an impressive haul of 12 in the fifth annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards presented last week. JKH Group’s Cinnamon Lakeside won the best five star city hotel whilst its Cinnamon Lodge Habrana bagged the best five star resort award. Group entity ...
John Keells Resorts bagged three coveted awards at the recently-concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011. The Sri Lanka Tourism Awards pays tribute to organisations and individuals for their excellence and inspired achievements whilst contributing towards the strengthening and empowering of our nation’s tourism industry. Winning the award for the ‘Best Five Star Resort’ was Cinnam...
By Cheranka Mendis Given the anticipated growth in tourism, the country is likely to see an 85% average occupancy rate and 35% revenue growth in Colombo city hotels in 2012. Colombo City Hotels Chairman M. Shanthikumar yesterday told the Daily FT that the occupancy level so far has recorded a growth of 65-70%, which is ...
Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara emerged the most energy efficient hotel in Sri Lanka by winning the highest accolade awarded in the large scale hotel sector at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2012 which concluded recently. This is the second consecutive year that Aitken Spence Hotels has been recognised at the awards. Last year ...
BANGKOK, THAILAND: Myanmar could follow Asia’s fast growing economies and expand at 7% to 8% a year, become a middle income nation, and triple per capita income by 2030 if it can surmount substantial development challenges by further implementing across-the-board reforms, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study says. ”Myanmar’s strategic location, rich natural resources ...
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 ...
After a steady even par opening round yesterday, local Sri Lankan star Mithun Perera came roaring up the score-board in the second round of The Standard Chartered Open 2012 with an eight under par ‘bogey free’ 63. He lies two shots off the lead which is jointly held by Abhijit Chadha, the overnight leader who ...
For travellers who wish to taste the exotic without relinquishing the comforts of home, the UAE is a melting pot of the old and the new; an incongruous blend of towering real estate projects and the gentle sway of camel rides under star-spangled skies. The discerning traveller has a mind boggling range of experiences to ...
Sino Lanka, Kandy Hotels and ONYX partnership to boost hill capital’s leisure landscapeSino Lanka Hotels Holdings (Pvt.) Limited, Kandy Hotels Co. (1938) PLC, together with ONYX Hospitality Group, yesterday celebrated the launch of OZO Kandy, the second OZO property to be built in Sri Lanka. Minister for Economic Development and Tourism Basil Rajapaksa, Chief Minister ...
Vinodh Ramawickrama Jayawardene is the entrepreneurial Managing Director of Orcas Technology Limited in New Zealand and also the co-founder of the social networking site SnapStarLive (http://snapstarlive.com). A photography plate Gallery Company, Snap Star is responsible for the full coverage of New Zealand’s, Australia and USA hottest events including concerts, nightlife, festivals, life st...
Ever since the first aircraft was conceptualised by Leonardo Da Vinci, the dream of flight is still continuously evolving. The latest aircraft is known as the dream liner Boeing 787. There has been no end to the technological advances in aviation. The global aviation industry has since been enlarged into a multibillion dollar business and ...
Whilst tracking the key moments of the London Olympics, I realised how reliant I was on the text updates that beeped on my Blackberry and then when time permits go to YouTube or the official websites to experience this key happening as it unfolds to the world. But, then I realised that my friends had ...
Biggest contingent of top Indian corporate leaders in town for the first ever bilateral CEOs Forum and other events as mega India Show kicks off today with Commerce Minister Sharma as Chief Guest By Nisthar Cassim Indian business leaders are rushing to Sri Lanka as the giant neighbour kicks off today what can be described ...
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles of India Anand Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 2-5 August 2012, coinciding with the prestigious ‘India Show – Land of Limitless Opportunities’ being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 3-5 August 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo. ‘India Show’ ...
Thailand-based Centara Hotels and Resorts currently has 55 hotels and resorts in its portfolio, with a mixture of owned and managed properties. In the next five years the company has a target to acquire more than 45 hotel and resort properties with the intention of reaching 100 in 2017. Centara believes its ambitious target to ...
I must thank the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Chandra Mohotti and the Director General Senaka Wijewardena for inviting me to be the Chief Guest at this graduation ceremony of Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management for 2011. It is a great pleasure for me for four reasons to ...