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The premier world-wide sustainability merit ‘Green Globe Certification’ was achieved by Bentota Beach Hotel. The Green Globe certification requires conformity to 248 preset standards, some of which being energy efficient measures, emission reduction, effective water management and waste management systems with to emphasis on reduce, recycle and reuse. The team at Bentota Beach Hotel im...
- Bentota Beach Hotel Receives ‘Green Globale Re-Certification’ (Category: Business)
- ‘I will be Green’ ensures five Green Globe certifications for JKH Hotels (Category: Business)
- Bentota Beach Hotel opens ‘Eco House’ (Category: Business)
- Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo gets Green Globe recertification (Category: Business)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka ’s exotic southeast coastline, is set to welcome 96 top world surfers from 19 countries spanning Argentina , Peru , USA across the globe to New Zealand , to compete in SriLankan Airlines Pro Surfing contest held in association with Australasia ’s Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) from 30th August – ...
- Aha Arugam bay! (Category: Business)
- Surf’s up! - Arugam Bay gears up for world title championship (Category: Business)
- Culture construction - Local surfing in the wake of SriLankan Airlines Pro 2011 (Category: Business)
- Etisalat official ring for Sri Lankan Airlines Pro Surfing competition 2011 (Category: Business)
Cross Border Academy (CBA) is one of the primary hospitality education providers in Sri Lanka, with a highly-reputed team of lecturers who possess decades of hands-on experience in the hotel and tourism industry. The academy is partnered with Dimensions Education Group of Singapore, which was established in 1980 and Wissen Academy of Singapore, the subsidiary ...
- Swiss Hotel School Lucerne, Baur Asia to sign deal in April for Asian Campus (Category: Business)
- AME student wins prize in the May 2011 CIMA Exam (Category: Business)
- Rs. 90 Mn. For Training (Category: Breaking News)
With the tourism boom now experienced in Sri Lanka and projections to attract 2.5 million tourists per annum by the year 2016 seemingly going well according to plan, the country is currently positioning itself on the global tourism map as a star product. “But in order to do this, we need a long term marketing ...
- ‘Ceylon Experience 2011’ jeep rally to take off today (Category: Business)
- Another hub for Sri Lanka? (Category: Business)
- Eco Team creates tourism history yet again with ‘mobile hotels’! (Category: Business)
- KumbukRiver offers budget package for Sri Lankans (Category: Business)
The Heritance brand was once again in the spot light when Heritance Kandalama and Heritance Tea Factory emerged winners at the National Green Awards held last evening at the BMICH. Heritance Kandalama, no doubt the greenest hotel in Sri Lanka and one of the greenest hotels on the planet was awarded the Gold Award in ...
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Tea Factory only Lankan hotel to win PATA Grand Award in 2012 (Category: Business)
When Sanga was in free flow at Lords not on his customary turf but in the hollowed surroundings of intellectual banter, he displayed once again that silken smoothness that has made his game and his persona such a hot property. No wonder they said ‘you are a hard act to follow, Sir’. Typically, this smooth ...
- Roebuck – A Poignant Reminder Of Mortality Of Cricket And Cricketers (Category: Breaking News)
- The Cricketer’s Speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Let’s learn from Sanga (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Tour (Category: Business)
By Marianne David Warm, welcoming and exuding good cheer, the Cinnamon Lakeside’s newest General Manager Denis Gruhier perfectly fits into the best qualities the hospitable hotel is well-known for and his affirmation of Sri Lanka’s optimistic post-war outlook for tourism in particular and the country in general is welcoming news indeed. Having joined the Lakeside ...
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside perfects staying on top (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside rated ‘Best Luxury Hotel in Sri Lanka’ (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside to launch first-ever floating restaurant (Category: Business)
Qatar will invest $20 billion to $25 billion in tourism infrastructure development over the next 11 years as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup, the head of its state-run tourism authority said on Monday. Qatar’s copious natural gas reserves have turned it into an economic powerhouse and the world’s richest country per-capita, ...
- WTA honours global travel giants (Category: Business)
- Travel and tourism forecast to pass 100m jobs; $2 trillion GDP in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sharp fall in Qatar economic growth forecast (Category: Business)
- Celebrating World Tourism Day by linking global cultures (Category: Business)
Reuters: A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos – all are part of Russia’s vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry. Russian firms unveiled their plans at the country’s premiere air show this week at Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, saying the race was ...
- Capello vows to turn Russia’s fortunes around (Category: Business)
- Russia Davos party has unusual opposition flavour (Category: Business)
- Serena Williams storms to golden slam (Category: Business)
- Guide book on Sri Lanka in Russian language debuts (Category: Business)
After two decades, Hilton Colombo owning company Hotel Developers finally releases accounts Accumulated losses by end FY 2009/2010 top Rs. 10 billion Revaluation of hotel results in Rs. 4.7 b gain yet company beset with negative networth of Rs. 4.7 b as against Rs. 8.26 b in 2008/9 Total outstanding loans and borrowings near Rs ...
- Consultants 21 files civil litigation on revival of ailing Hotel Developers (Category: Business)
- End to HDL hangover hovering? (Category: Business)
- HDL saga: Hilton feasts as Govt. loses (Category: Business)
Having completed an immensely successful first quarter, Cinnamon Grand conducted its Associate Quarterly Meeting on 15 August in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom, with the participation of over 600 employees. The event is a platform to inform associates about the hotel’s performance as well as reward and recognise outstanding employees. The meeting also took on something ...
- Cinnamon Grand launches E-Waste campaign for staff on World Environment Day (Category: Business)
- Top hotels sweep World Spice Food Festival awards (Category: Business)
- Professional Edge launches new curriculum (Category: Business)
- Cinnamom Grand’s Chef Rodrigo in praise of all things sweet! (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Government in the dark on extent and volume of Mannar Basin gas deposits (Category: Business)
- Another Indian firm to explore oil in Mannar Basin (Category: Business)
- Russia’s oil giant Gazprom to send technical team to explore Mannar basin (Category: Business)
- Govt. not aware of extent of gas deposit (Category: Breaking News)
Bangkok: The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has published a 24-page analysis of the meetings, incentives, conference and exhibition (MICE) industry in Asia. The report, in the latest edition of PATA’s Issues & Trends, shows that Asia accounts for 16% of total meetings worldwide. Asian destinations are increasingly seeking to attract MICE visitors as they ...
- Malaysia to host PATA 2012 Annual Conference in April (Category: Business)
- Philippines to host PATA Travel Mart 2012 (Category: Business)
- PATA defines new events and advocacy agenda (Category: Business)
- Chengdu to host PATA Travel Mart 2013 (Category: Business)
The iconic Fortress Resort & Spa has scored another first by launching a butler service with a batch of 15 internationally-trained butlers. The hand-picked teams of butlers have graduated with honours following an intensive 4 week programme held by the Australian Butler School, whose philosophy is to train service professionals committed to the enhancement of ...
- The Fortress scoops prestigious global luxury hotel award (Category: Business)
- The Fortress wins global title in World Luxury Hotel Awards (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea Trails wins two Trip Advisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2012 (Category: Business)
The dream of most youth and the general public is a good education for the success of his or her future to become a fruitful citizen of their respective country. Sri Lankans too share the same view. At present there is a great increase of foreign educational institutions in Sri Lanka. On 24 June 2011 ...
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
The attendees present at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2011 experienced history in the making as they witnessed Heritance Hotels and Resorts being crowned the most energy efficient hotel chain in Sri Lanka. Heritance Hotels made a clean sweep of the Large Scale Hotel Sector category, a feat that has never been achieved ...
- Heritance Hotels wins big at National Green Awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Tea Factory only Lankan hotel to win PATA Grand Award in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
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