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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. ...
- 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)
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 ...
- Cherishing China! (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, China sign 16 new agreements (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: China strengthens its grip on Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Top Chinese official arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
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.
- Masters and Postgraduate Diploma in Tourism and Hotel Management (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi launches Hotel Plus, Sri Lankas most comprehensive hotel insurance cover (Category: Breaking News)
- Onyx dives into Sri Lankan market (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal-Lanka tie-up for tourism promotion (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Etisalat official ring for Sri Lankan Airlines Pro Surfing competition 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first eBook store BookHUB officially launched (Category: Business)
- World Duty Free opens with glamour, luxury and high spirits at BIA (Category: Business)
Visa has taken its first steps towards entry into Myanmar (previously known as Burma) with a series of training workshops to prepare selected local banks for the introduction of electronic payments as the country continues its economic and social reforms. The workshops are aimed at upgrading the banking facilities to accept and issue international payment ...
- Visa introduces new mobile prepaid product for developing countries (Category: Business)
- Visa promotes tourism in Egypt (Category: Business)
- ICTA plays major role in Visa Online System (Category: Business)
- Electronic Travel Authorisation system in effect from today (Category: Business)
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.
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 ...
- Etihad gets first Boeing 747-400 freighter (Category: Business)
- Boeing sees more 787 cancellations, still upbeat (Category: Business)
- Spotlight turns to output as Boeing wins show (Category: Business)
- Emirates receives 1,000th Boeing 777 (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Cantaloupe Aqua earns Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence (Category: Business)
- TAJ GROUP POSITIVE ABOUT SRI LANKA (Category: Breaking News)
- Balance tourism demand (Category: Business)
- Best Western opens its largest and first hotel in Russia (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Robust exports to get boost via Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
- hSenid showcases innovative ICT solutions at GITEX 2011 (Category: Business)
- CNCI seminar on regional trade agreements (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)
Case study Middle East Sri Lanka is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia and has been an important stop on the silk route or the Silk Road. It has all requirements to be one ...
- Unified branding in the tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
WOKE up as usual to a nursery rhyme. The Bread Man, who blares the same old tune over a megaphone every day, runs two jobs; one of waking up Sri Lanka, a job coercively collared from the rooster and the other selling bread and buns. The ice cream man comes later on in the day, ...
- Ore. father accused of trying to give away the kids (Category: USA, Washington)
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bayliss feels for Marsh as Dilshan quits (Category: Business)
- Heshan comes second in heats but fails to qualify for next round (Category: Business)
The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) yesterday categorically rejected the statement allegedly made by an Opposition Member of Parliament as reported in several news papers on 15 May 2012, where the EPF has been accused of fraudulent transactions in the stock market. "Such statement, read in conjunction with several past statements of a similar nature made ...
- Harsha rebuffs CB’s rosy EPF story (Category: Business)
- CB says EPF investments are long-term and of value (Category: Business)
- EPF defends its investment strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP MP renews warning over fate of EPF’s questionable investments in stock market (Category: Business)
Boating industry thanks Industry Minister for strong support Sri Lanka enters prestigious International Boating Industry Magazine rankings Sri Lanka’s commercial boat sub-sector reporting stronger international orders from Asia, Africa and ME Introducing a much-sought-after measure of relief to Sri Lanka’s boating industry, the country will now introduce tax on boat imports that are la...
- Sri Lanka launches into the world of marinas (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s hidden marine potential is huge (Category: Business)
- 20,000 buyers expected at South Asia’s largest boat show (Category: Business)
The best hotels, hotel architecture, interiors, construction and design across the entire Asia Pacific region were celebrated at The J W Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 27 April. The leading companies behind these winning hotels and hospitality projects were invited to attend to receive the prestigious awards. The Asia Pacific Hotel Awards in association ...
- The Fortress pampers guests with 5-star butler service concept (Category: Business)
- The Fortress wins global title in World Luxury Hotel Awards (Category: Business)
- The Fortress scoops prestigious global luxury hotel award (Category: Business)
The highest oversubscription ever seen for a Sri Lankan international bond in April and KPMG’s latest positive Change Readiness Index ranking for Sri Lanka show the growing international investor confidence in the country, which prefers patient investments to hot money. “Sri Lanka has entered a new era of development thanks to the visionary leadership of ...
- Rishad to promote Lanka at Dubai AIM power forum (Category: Business)
- Indian interest - Sri Lanka readying for dedicated trade talks in March (Category: Business)
- UAE-Sri Lanka trade tops $ 1 b mark in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Robust exports to get boost via Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
Last Sunday when the unknown Ajinkya Rahane scored 103 runs off just 60 balls at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, which helped the Rajasthan Royals to score a massive 195 runs at IPL season five, my mind went to just one ethos the IPL is all about – highlighting performance. It is how IPL ...
- Developing cutting-edge brand strategies (Category: Business)
- The ‘real’ problem with brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- HR and London Olympics (Category: Business)
- Nation branding: A holistic perspective (Category: Business)
The challenges Sri Lanka has to face in its march towards development are manifold. Although the war has ended the wrong political ideologies, the proposals and timetables it created are still in operation. By Government Information Department Additional Director General Chandrapala Liyanage Similarly, various social activity groups and individuals and organisations operating under the advice ...
- President’s leadership led to great achievements in ICT: Weeratunga (Category: Business)
- Building resilience in Asia Pacific’s digital society (Category: Business)
- Namal on dynasties and democracies (Category: Business)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
Intelo Networks (Pvt) Ltd., has developed the first ever digital Tourist Information Kiosks (TIKs) launched recently by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau under the aegis of Ministry of Economic Development. To identify the locations of the Tourist Information Kiosks, Intelo has planned to up TIK directional signs at the discretion of the state regulations ...
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Unity is strength: Let us unite as a nation and a group of likeminded nations in the world Sri Lanka is a senior member Sri Lanka is a senior member of the world family, maintaining high standards of human rights on international standards, which is not an alien system to us. Our culture is based ...
- UN panel an unwarranted unnecessary interference on sovereignty - Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Banking industry joins Lankan chorus against UNHRC moves (Category: Business)
- Transparency and equality in human rights arena (Category: Business)
- Equality for all sovereign nations (Category: Business)
My column today is an attempt to focus our attention on a few less spoken or untold developments that may have a profound influence on how we carve our way through in creating a desirable social, economic and political future for mankind on this only planet of ours. While I will not specifically touch on ...
- Development-led globalisation (Category: Business)
- The ‘Doha Mandate’ (Category: Business)
- UNCTAD should address challenges faced by developing world (Category: Business)
- Global trends in investment (Category: Business)
As the world decides vote on Sri Lanka on the methods used on the eradication of terrorism in the country, my mind goes back to the December 2008 when three of us were organising the staging of the first Industrial Exhibition in Jaffna so that the north gets connected to south on an economic front. ...
- What’s next for Brand Sri Lanka? (Category: Business)
- Building ‘Brand Sri Lanka’: Expo 2012 (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)
The Sri Lanka – Vietnam Business Council (SLVBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will organise a Trade and Investment promotion mission to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from 4 to 8 March. At the networking session held recently at the Embassy of Vietnam in Colombo, Vietnam Ambassador in Sri Lanka Ton Sinh ...
- SL Delegation To Visit Vietnam (Category: Breaking News)
- Look East (Category: Breaking News)
- Business Forum to coincide with the visit of Vietnam President to Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka looks for more economic links with Greater Mekong region (Category: Breaking News)
International Consultants Chairman Ranjiv Goonawardena had kindly invited the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau to participate by showcasing the great opportunity that Sri Lanka has to offer, at the Islamic Real Estate Finance (IREF) Summit and Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony of which it was a sponsor. International Consultants sponsored for the second year the ninth ...
- EFC launches new guide to investors (Category: Business)
- Commercial Bank adjudged ‘Best Bank in Sri Lanka’ for record 14th year (Category: Business)
- CSE holds Investor Forum in Malaysia (Category: Business)
Last week my phone beeped and the text message read ‘The Chairperson of the Security and Exchange Commission Indrani Sugathadasa had resigned citing reasons of values and principles for her resignation’. My mind went back to the time when this lady when she was the Board Director at EDB. Whenever tough decisions had be taken ...
- 2011: Power achievements for Sri Lanka, but… (Category: Business)
- The changing face of brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Govt. to abolish duty-free vessel imports to boost $ 500 m boating industry (Category: Business)
By Ian The President in his speech at the opening of the Southern Expressway said that this could be the beginning of building a modern society. He also mentioned that had there been such an expressway linking the north with the south the extremists would not have succeeded in capitalising on the mistrust among communities. ...
- "I dont like to use the term 'student supppression' simply because there is no such thing" (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP accuses Govt. of crippling University system (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to open new universtities to improve higher education (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota urges educated youth to take country forward (Category: Business)
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) says there is no need for travel agents and tourists to change Thailand travel plans due to flooding to the north of Bangkok. PATA head office is located in Bangkok city centre which is operating normally. PATA Interim CEO Bill Calderwood said today: “As you are aware from TV ...
- PATA Awards Leading Travel Professionals (Category: Business)
- PATA Mart returns to the Philippines (Category: Business)
- Lankans advised to avoid Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankans advised to postpone Thai trips (Category: Breaking News)
DNH Financial shares some key insights to the upcoming earnings season and how to manage investments in the Colombo stock marketFIn the absence of any significant news, the Sri Lanka bourse continued to trade on a lacklustre note with the ASPI and MPI falling by 2.2% and 1.7%WoW to close the week at 6,550 and ...
- Corporate earnings impressive, time to start bottom fishing? (Category: Business)
- Bullish DNH forecasts ASI hitting 7,500 in 3Q; 9,000 by year-end (Category: Business)
- DNH Financial says market can be beaten (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s growth world’s fourth best! (Category: Business)
Justice and fair-play is paramount Justice and fair-play are of paramount importance to all members of the world family consisting of 193 nations expecting justice and fair-play equally. It is the principle on which the United Nations was established in place of the less-effective League of Nations, in order to settle differences among nations based ...
- Transparency and equality in human rights arena (Category: Business)
- Towards ‘Wonder of Asia’ with regional and world peace (Category: Business)
- MIGHT OF POWERFUL NATIONS CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINST JUSTICE AND FAIR PLAY – PRESIDENT AT UN SESSIONS (Category: Breaking News)
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