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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. ...
Sri Lanka and China inked 16 agreements yesterday in a move that will solidify already strong relations. Xinhua News reported that China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo together with his 150-strong delegation singed the agreements when they met with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. However no details were given of what the agreements contained ...
At the recently held Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, The International Hotel School affiliated with the Mount Lavinia Hotel Group won the award for small scale enterprise in the discipline of tourism education and training efforts.
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority greatly honoured Prasanna W. Jayewardene with the Pioneer in Tourism Award.
The need of the hour is for the countryandrsquo;s tourism industry to come up with a joint plan for promotion which has the support of all stakeholders, says Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLITO) President, Mahen Kariyawasan.
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s premier resort brand, Heritance Hotels and Resorts swept the green and individual awards at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards.
Former top civil servant Dr. Prathap Ramanujam has been appointed to the Board of Senkadagala Finance Plc as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 September 2012. Dr. Ramanujam retired after 38 years of distinguished service in the public sector. He was the Permanent Secretary to several key Ministries including Tourism, Livestock Development and ...
The fifth edition of andlsquo;Sri Lanka tourism awardsandrsquo; ceremony was held last Thursday (August 31) at the Waterandrsquo;s Edge with the participation of a large number of hoteliers and other stakeholders of the tourism industry.
Eden Resort and Spa General Manager Eksath Wijeratne in an interview withandnbsp; Ceylon FTandrsquo;s Hiyal Biyagamage, opines that hospitality is in the blood of all Sri Lankans but cautions andnbsp;that the country has to be aggressively marketed asandnbsp; a discerning tourist destination.
Eden Resort and Spa General Manager Eksath Wijeratne in an interview with Ceylon FT, opines that tourism stakeholders should seriously look at aggressively marketing Sri Lanka as a much sought-after tourist destination and should have a more investor-friendly bureaucracy, as far as the sector is concerned.
Etisalat, a leading global mobile telecommunication service provider, opened its state-of-the-art store at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) recently. As the country experiences an influx of tourists and expects a further growth in the tourism industry, Etisalat, having an over 167 million global customer base across 17 countries, is currently the most skilled and ...
Seychelles, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s largest investment partner in 2011, is looking for cooperation with Sri Lanka in fisheries and in other sectors which have much potential, and an air andamp; maritime cooperation between the two countries could substantially boost tourism, trade and investment at both ends, the visiting Seychelles President, said on Wednesday.
As a Hilton Colomboandrsquo;s Blue Energy Community initiative, 20 scholarships were awarded to The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism andamp; Hotel Management re-entry students for four Basic Level courses during the International Youth Week - 12 to 18 August.
In the first six months of this year, 120 prisoners have escaped. The reason, according to news reports, is that there are inadequate prison guards to keep watch, resulting in more escapes. The authorities have attempted to explain away this state of events by insisting that the escapees were serving sentences for petty crimes. ...
andldquo;Sri Lanka tourism has entered a new era where not only is the country competing with destinations in the region, but we are catering to an extremely savvy traveller with diverse travel needs.
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting Hermawan Kartajaya, one of the top 50 gurus who has shaped the world of marketing. His perspective to the changing landscape of marketing and what business must do sure opened my mind set to a new way of thinking business and Sri Lanka’s policy decision making. Hermawan ...
The 11thandnbsp;Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka andndash; China Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held recently. The Council, which functions under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce focuses on the objectives of andlsquo;trade, investment, services and tourism between Sri Lanka and China.andrsquo;
The online visa approval system introduced at the beginning of this year has brought in record revenue to the government to the tune of billions of rupees, the government has said. In the first seven months of the year the government has earned over Rs. 1.2 billion through the on line visa approval system, the ...
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 ...
Cantaloupe Aqua, a private hotel and beach club, was recently featured in the UK’s Sunday Times Travel Magazine as one of the top 50 ‘Unbelievable Hotels Under £100’. Named among some of the top hotels around the world, Cantaloupe Aqua was the only Sri Lankan hotel to make it into the top 50. The Sunday ...
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 ...
“Did you really have to tell the whole world you were in a bad mood?” Kuraishini Navaratne, a friend, e-mailed from Turkey. “It’s the Olympics, man, cheer up!” she admonished. Can the Olympics cheer me up? Tuned into the games to find out. Watching Queenie jump off a helicopter was too much to handle but ...
Presently Sri Lankan software has been exported to regions such as North America, EU, Australasia and East Asia. With the recent global financial slow down, most of the matured software markets are not as vibrant as earlier for the software products and services. Considering this fact, EDB has identified developing regions of the world as ...
The famous explorer Marco Poloandnbsp;of the 12thandnbsp;Century wrote that Sri Lanka is the finest island in the whole world. For centuries it had been a great tourism destination particularly for European travellers. However, the 30 year long internal conflict and terrorism had a negative impact of tourism and the growth of the industry got stagnated.
Sri Lanka andndash; Indonesia Business Council (SLIBC) which functions under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce held its 19thandnbsp;Annual General Meeting recently. SLIBC was established in 1991 with a view to promote trade, investment, tourism and services between the two countries.
The Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC), the leading sports club representing the travel industry in Sri Lanka has teamed up with 3CS to develop its official website. Travel Trade Sports Club President Dushy Jayaweera signed the agreement with 3CS Managing Director Sandaruwan Maddumabandara at an event held at the Ramada Hotel recently. The Travel Trade ...
There were some interesting bits of news in the papers about a week back, with some stories having a certain thread running through them. The US Ambassador Patricia Butenis visited the Coca Cola plant in Biyagama. The British High Commissioner John Rankin visited Unilever Sri Lanka’s newly built factory in Horana and the new Chinese ...
By Shanuka Tissera Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo last week announced its latest accomplishment as the recipient of the ‘Best Luxury Hotel, Sri Lanka’ award at the Business Destinations 2012 travel awards. The hotel has now entered the ring to do battle with the likes of the Trump Hotel Chicago, Fair Mont Hotel Vancouver and Marina Bay ...
As investments in tourism sector continue to rise, a leading global player in gifts and souvenir sector who is known for items with cultural identities is looking to partner in a joint venture in Sri Lanka.
The need of policy framework and regulations for Sustainable Tourism (Economic wealth distribution, protecting environment, promoting social values) was the focal point of Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Dr Nalaka Godahewa at the evening public lecture organised by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and held at the CBSL training centre auditorium last evening.