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The world’s most awarded airline Emirates Airlines’ tour operating arm, Emirates Holidays hand-picked Cinnamon Grand Colombo as the Best Five Star City Hotel in Sri Lanka for an unprecedented second year. The rankings gave Cinnamon Grand top billing with a rating of five which is denoted as ‘First class standard of accommodation, providing an excellent ...
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa over the weekend declared opened the newly-built Amagi Lagoon Resort & Spa in Negombo The Amagi Lagoon Resort & spa is located in Negombo, just 5 minutes away from the Katunayake International Airport. This three star luxury hotel have 22 luxury rooms including three water bungalows, two high restaurants, swimming ...
Club Palm Bay Marawila has unveiled a new look state-of-the-art Banquet Hall following an investment of Rs. 60 million. “The new Banquet Hall has been remodelled with opulence and modern facilities for weddings and conferences with up to date audiovisual equipment and comfortable furniture,” a spokesman said. The latest upgrade at Club Palm Bay comes ...
eTN: Centara Hotels & Resorts is to open its first two properties in Sri Lanka during the second half of this year named Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka and Centara Ceysands Resort & Spa. Both of the resort hotels will be operated by Centara under a management contract and will be part of ...
All newspapers carried headlines a few days ago stating that May 2012 tourist arrivals have increased by 17.5% from last year. It is reported that the May arrivals of 57,506, was higher than even that of April, which showed only a 9% increase YOY. So far, total arrivals for 2012 up to end May is ...
With highest-ever top and bottom line performance premier blue chip JKH says knowing exactly who were are, what we stand for and where we are headed makes all the differenceI am pleased to present the Integrated Annual Report, and the Statement of Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2012. The Report encapsulates the ...
‘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 ...
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, ...
Eight young athletes sponsored by Janashakthi Insurance PLC under the insurer’s Annual Sponsorship program which aims to develop and nurture sporting talent in Sri Lanka are starring the ongoing 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Colombo, one of Asia’s biggest sporting events. Among the eight young talented youth are Nayomika Jayatilaka (19 years) and ...
Keynote on ‘Leveraging the Power of Asia’The highly useful and influential CIMA Business Leaders Summit will be inaugurated this evening at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, whilst the sessions proper will be held tomorrow. The event as an intellectual engagement seeks to educate Sri Lankan entrepreneurs on the projected global business trends and provide them the ...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka’s star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012. The cricketing icon is renowned and admired for his unique cricketing style and vibrancy and is one of the world’s best Twenty20 players. Malinga, was selected as the Event ...
Following are excerpts of an interview with SLAITO Executive Committee Member and Walkers Tours Limited Chief Executive Officer Michael Elias: Q: Is Sri Lanka becoming too expensive? Why must Sri Lanka be competitive in order to attract tourists? Surely we offer the visitor a unique mix that is not repeated anywhere else in the world! ...
The Carlton 7’s rugby tournament is taking Colombo by storm and Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is proud to be hosting the North Western Blacks. The eagerly anticipated rugby tournament welcomes a number of local players and selected international players to take part in this championship. The North Western Blacks currently ranked on top of the Carlton ...
Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel site, has awarded the prestigious Certificate of Excellence 2012 to Eden Resort and Spa. This award honours hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on their website. By winning this accolade, Eden Resort and Spa has entered into the prestigious category in ...
Based on the previous display of Science, I had indicated that the Pathana/Science game would be close with an indication of a slight supremacy by Pathana. Last Friday Pathana played their hearts out and virtually ran circles round Science. From the outset the game plan of Pathana was clear and that was to run the ...
Minister Bathiudeen was addressing the gala Star Awards 2011, the international scale packaging awards event in Sri Lanka held at the Cinnamon Grand on the night of 27 May to felicitate top innovators in the $ 1 billion packaging industry of Sri Lanka.
With a stellar performance from its tourism sector, Aitken Spence PLC has reported its highest-ever profit before tax of Rs. 5.5 billion for 2011/12. The company posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs. 4.7 billion for the year financial year ended 31 March 2012, Aitken Spence said in a statement. The blue chip showed ...
Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket’s Twenty20 competition the county’s managing director Angus Fraser announced on Monday. The 28-year-old paceman, whose unusual ‘slingshot’ action makes him difficult to face, has been told to rest after completing his Indian Premier League duties with the Mumbai Indians....
Expolanka Holdings Plc said yesterday it has sustained its consolidated net profit after tax for the FY 2011/12 at Rs. 1.23 billion with a consolidated net profit before tax at Rs. 1.68 billion. The Q4 recorded a year on year growth of 21% in top line, 33% growth in gross profit and 22% growth in ...
Club Palm Bay Marawila, is a four star resort hotel situated on the Western coast and is 35 kilometres from the Bandaranaike International Airport, centrally located with easy accessibility to tourist hot spots such as Kalpitiya (famous for sightings of Blue Whales, Sperm Whales and Dolphins), and to the well known wild life sanctuary Wilpattu. ...
By Ruzaik Farook The All Ceylon Muslim Women’s Association (ACMWA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) on 26 Saturday May 2012 at Hotel Ramada, Colombo. The ACMWA, one of the oldest and leading Muslim organisations in Sri Lanka focused on social development, was founded in 1952 by a group of Muslim ladies seeking to eliminate ...
Hot on the heels of the 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series, Sri Lanka begins its league version of the popular game of rugby the ‘Carlton Super Sevens’ taking after the concept of the world renowned IPL. The well known names of the Sevens World Series is all packed in on this exciting tournament which has ...
All Black stars feature in playing and coaching setup for the Sabaragamuwa Stallions at the 2012 Carlton Super 7’s Sabaragamuwa Stallions, one of the founding franchises of the Carlton Super 7’s, announces the signing of four All Black seven’s players to the team for the 2012 tournament to be held over 2 weekends in May ...
Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka walked free from jail yesterday with a pardon from President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who appears to have bowed to growing international demands that he release his highest-profile rival while erasing the image of him as a victim. Ex-General Sarath Fonseka kissed his hands and raised them to a group of 2,000 ...
The World Duty Free, managed by the pioneer operator, Autogrill Lanka Ltd., was opened yesterday at the Bandaranaike International Airport, offering a new experience and exciting luxury products for travellers. Chief Guest at the opening, Airport and Aviation Services Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya said: “This is certainly a proud moment in the Bandaranaike International Airport̵...
John Keells Hotels Group announced the certification of ‘Green Globe Awards’ to five of its resorts and hotels for sustainable tourism. The certifications were received by Chaaya Village Habarana, Chaaya Blu Trincomalee and Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo – Maldives, properties which fall under Chaaya Hotels and Resorts, Cinnamon Lodge Habarana of the Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts ...
News reports point to an important decision that the minister concerned has been requested to make on the above subject. If this is correct it is important that we recognise that it is more than a million dollar decision that has been called for. It is so important a decision because it could determine the ...
Business tycoon Harry Jayawardena-controlled Distilleries Company Plc is the biggest private sector shareholder in People’s Leasing Company Plc., after the latter went public via the biggest ever IPO in post-war Sri Lanka. With 24.5 million shares Distilleries account for 1.57% stake in People’s Leasing Plc. At the issue price of Rs. 18 per share, Distilleries ...
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 ...
At long last a renewed National Sports Policy (NSP) was presented to Parliament last week and will no doubt shortly transform into the latest legislation for sport in our sunny isle. No doubt this is a well-meaning initiative of the Ministry of Sports (MOS) and its front running Minister who only a few weeks ago ...