Airline carriers from the Asia Pacific region are expected to contribute US$ 2 billion to global industry profits for the year 2012 as compared with US$ 4.9 billion in 2011, despite a previous US$ 0.3 billion downgrade in profits as a result of a weak first quarter, according to a report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Coral Sands Hotel, located in Hikkaduwa, has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. The prestigious award, which honours hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on TripAdvisor and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide.

For the first time in Sri Lanka the Ramada International chain signed with Ramada Katunayake with an investment of Rs 500 million to open a new hotel in Seeduwa.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a Record of Discussion (R/D) with the concerned authorities of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage (MCANH) and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) of the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) to initiate a 2.5 year technical cooperation project on "Project for Development of Culture-Oriented T...

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, on Friday began daily direct state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 flights from Colombo to Delhi and Mumbai. Jet Airways will provide a convenient early morning service to India’s national capital Delhi and a late night departure to the financial capital Mumbai. With this, the airline will offer seamless connectivity through the two strate...

Sri Lanka’s KumbukRiver has been included in a list of the world’s top 20 most unusual hotels, just announced by an international portal dedicated to the unusual and the audacious, a statement said.   The list includes Dubai’s landmark Burj al Arab and the Galactic, the first-ever hotel in space, the KumbukRiver statement said.   KumbukRiver is a 16-acre eco-resort in...