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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 ...
- Choices (Category: Business)
- People want me to play till 2011 World Cup says Jayasuriya (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka Cricket crave for more matches against India (Category: Sports)
- France wants to be involved in development of Hambantota Port (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Top hotels sweep World Spice Food Festival awards (Category: Business)
- John Keells trendsetters win 12 key Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside rated ‘Best Luxury Hotel in Sri Lanka’ (Category: Business)
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
- Divyaa Lagoon Resort first luxury boutique hotel to open in Kalpitiya (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan government to lease out 10 more islands in Kalpitiya for tourism development (Category: Breaking News)
- Golden opportunity for tourism industry (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Cinnamon Lodge and Chaaya Wild reign supreme at Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- Wildlife parks generate Rs. 300 m revenue annually (Category: Business)
- Chaaya Wild Yala, an epic adventure begins (Category: Business)
- Leisure laughs! (Category: Business)
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
- Keells tops Tourism awards with tally of 12; Spence takes 7 (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lodge and Chaaya Wild reign supreme at Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- Pledges, innovation, spiritedness: Unique cornerstones at John Keells Leisure Awards (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside perfects staying on top (Category: Business)
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
- Heritance Hotels wins big at National Green Awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Ahungalla walks the talk on sustainability (Category: Business)
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
- Sri Lanka to celebrate World Tourism Day tomorrow (Category: Business)
- GFH Group goes for Rs. 2.5 b refurbishment (Category: Business)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
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
- Sri Lanka eyes tourism boom but challenges lie ahead (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tourism on the rise as peace persists (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism industry in new visa mess (Category: Breaking News)
- Cruises weather site storm (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
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
- John Keells trendsetters win 12 key Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
- The Fortress pampers guests with 5-star butler service concept (Category: Business)
- Veteran hotelier Srilal appointed to LAUGFS Leisure Board (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Hyatt pushes Asia expansion, cautious in short term (Category: Business)
- Global leisure hotel rates set new growth record in March (Category: Business)
- Hotel occupancy rates slump (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Rupee Pricing (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside first Green Globe re-certified Sri Lankan hotel (Category: Business)
- Bentota Beach Hotel is Green Globe certified (Category: Business)
- Green Globe Certification convenes fourth annual summit (Category: Business)
- ‘I will be Green’ ensures five Green Globe certifications for JKH Hotels (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Dy Minister Yapa Chief Guest at the Graduation Ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
- Applications called for Short Term Courses in the Hotel Sector. (Category: Breaking News)
- Authentic Sri Lanka Cookery and Culinary Arts to promote Tourism & Hotel Industry (Category: Breaking News)
- Bocuse dOr World Champion Chef Geir Skeie visits Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements. An introduction to the ...
- SLPL to be played in Colombo, Pallekele (Category: Sports)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to boost domestic cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket board assures integrity of SLPL (Category: Breaking News)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on 15 July. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani in the Classical category ...
- Highest number of All Island Cocktail Competition qualifiers from Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Grabs Highest Number Of Awards At Cocktail Competition Finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Lakeside CSO given bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Tie-up with East West Properties to see 200-room, 11-storey Weligama Marriott Resort and Space come up in mid 2014Marriott International has announced the signing of an agreement with Weligama Hotel Properties Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of East West Properties PLC, to open a hotel in Sri Lanka – the Weligama Marriott Resort & Spa in ...
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International announces its first hotel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Serene wins World Luxury Hotel Country Award again (Category: Business)
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 ...
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Fashion Forum begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo appoints New Director of Sales and Marketing (Category: Business)
Heritance Ahungalla, one of Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Group’s deluxe hotels, has employed scores of people and sources supplies from the neighbouring villages as part of the ongoing investment drive to embrace sustainability. More than 65 per cent of the hotel’s staff of 400 have been recruited from the local villages, many of them have ...
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Ahungalla unveils $35 million sapphire-studded cake (Category: Business)
‘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 ...
- Sports AGMs aka Annual General Meanderings! (Category: Business)
- Cleaning up sports: No end to it! (Category: Business)
- New resolutions for sports in 2012! (Category: Business)
- Is Sri Lanka Sports being waylaid by mercenaries? (Category: Business)
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, ...
- Sri Lankan to operate daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Business)
- oneworld CEO and team visit Colombo to welcome SriLankan on board (Category: Business)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Breaking News)
In its latest publication of ‘Sri Lanka’s Leading Brands,’ Brands Finance lists Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo as the ‘Highest Valued Hospitality Brand’ in Sri Lanka. The annual review has been published for eight consecutive years by Brand Finance, a leading independent consultancy founded in the UK. The review assesses the health of leading brands in Sri ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside perfects staying on top (Category: Business)
- Ronald new Front Office Manager at Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Highest number of All Island Cocktail Competition qualifiers from Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- John Keells trendsetters win 12 key Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo yesterday announced the arrival of a new Front Office Manager, Ronald David. David brings a considerable amount of management experience to the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo team, having spent the majority of his career managing and leading teams both in Sri Lanka and the UK. Beginning his career as a Tele-marketing Executive ...
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- New GM to keep Cinnamon Lakeside at forefront of deluxe hospitality industry (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts appoints Kamal Munasinghe as General Manager for Cinnamon Grand Colomb... (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts appoints Kamal Munasinghe as General Manager for Cinnamon Grand Colomb... (Category: Breaking News)
The 10 layer ‘Pirate’s Fantasy’ first shown to Sri Lankan and English cricketers Heritance Ahungalla, one of Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Group’s premier hotels, has unveiled a $35 million sapphire studded cake, which the hotel hopes will be a serious contender for the ‘World’s most expensive cake’ title this year. Created by their celebrity Chef ...
- Heritance Ahungalla walks the talk on sustainability (Category: Business)
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
Ajantha Perera takes the position of Director of Sales and Marketing at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo of the John Keells Hotels Group. Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is currently ranked the Best Five Star City Hotel by Sri Lanka Tourism. Perera joins the hotel with a wealth of experience spanning
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Ronald new Front Office Manager at Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside first Green Globe re-certified Sri Lankan hotel (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Rs. 185 million BOT project provides eco-friendly waste water treatment infrastructure for National Holiday Resort on east coastPlans to revive tourism in the picturesque Passikudah bay on Sri Lanka’s east coast reached a milestone on 6 March, with the commissioning of a hi-tech central sewage and waste water treatment plant for the proposed National Holiday ...
- Haycarb records Rs. 8.5 b sales (Category: Business)
- Haycarb’s 1H sales Rs. 3.8 billion, PBT Rs. 334 million (Category: Business)
- Basil opens Amethyst Resort in Passikudah (Category: Business)
- Minister Basil inaugurates water purification project for Trinco (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa addressed the members of The Council for Business with Britain (CBB) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently. He highlighted the vision of President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the tourism industry, the world’s largest service industry
- Tourism development strategy finalised (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourism to be top forex earner in 2016 (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI Lanka Tourism: A Step Forward in the Growth Story | By Inshita Wij (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks $2.7 bln post-war tourism investment (Category: Breaking News)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo said this week it will now on host special events at 8° On The Lake, providing discerning diners the opportunity to enjoy the hotel’s newest experience. The floating venue was officially opened on 19 December 2011 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. During its first stage of operations, 8° On The Lake functioned ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo innovates again with first star class floating venue (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside celebrates our heroes on Father’s Day (Category: Business)
- Love is in the air at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- ‘Brunch on a Boat’ for the first time in Sri Lanka at CLC (Category: Business)
Safety and food hygiene of Colombo eating houses quite poor, says CMC’s Chief Medical Officer By Cheranka Mendis Even though Colombo has over 750 eating houses (from five-star hotels to roadside ‘bath kades’), only 290 obtained trade licenses last year, CMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pradeep Kariyawasam said. Speaking at the Indexpo food and management ...
- Typhoid: Public Urged To Take Precautions (Category: Breaking News)
- CMC on kitchen cleaning spree (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s first-ever food certification firm set up with $ 1.3 m (Category: Business)
- Ind-Expo helps industries and hotels meet new food hygiene regulations (Category: Business)
McQuire Rens & Jones (Pvt) Ltd. together with Hotel Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo yet again organised one of their flagship events, ‘The Breakfast Meeting’. This is the fourth in the series where such breakfast meetings are held every other month for chairmen, managing directors and CEOs. Attendance at these events is by invitation. The past breakfast ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside-McQuire breakfast meeting a success (Category: Business)
- Insights to enhancing biz performance over breakfast (Category: Business)
- Experience the first-ever Christmas breakfast table (Category: Business)
- HSBC Power Breakfast (Category: Business)
Switch-Asia ‘Greening Sri Lanka Hotels’ project makes progressBy Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka Tourism will soon introduce a ‘Green Accreditation Scheme’ for hotels which would classify hotels under its green initiatives, Switch Asia Project Director Srilal Miththapala said. The scheme
- Switch-Asia to host tourism sustainability seminar (Category: Business)
- Srilal speaks on Sri Lanka and sustainable tourism in London (Category: Business)
- EU-SWITCH Asia teams up with ICEI to promote edible landscaping in hotels (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka launches tourism think tank (Category: Business)
Laugfs Leisure Ltd., a fully own subsidiary of the Laugfs Gas Plc in its strive to become one of the dominant players in the hospitality industry has acquired Mag Consultants and Agents Pvt Ltd., (MCAPL) and its assets, comprising 1 5 acres of prime sea front beach property at Waskaduwa Kalutara with an investment of ...
- LAUGFS Supermarkets launch loyalty card (Category: Business)
- LAUGFS partners Chartis for unique insurance deal (Category: Business)
- Veteran hotelier Srilal appointed to LAUGFS Leisure Board (Category: Business)
- LAUGFS opens foreign money exchange facility at Kohuwala (Category: Business)
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