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By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka’s biggest ICT events of 2012, the ASOCIO international conference and the country’s national IT expo INFOTEL, will be held consecutively portraying the country’s persistent ICT development and the significance of the rapidly expanding industry. Hosted by the Federation of Information Technology Industry (FITIS), the Asian-Oceanian Computi...
- Nominations called for ICT Lifetime Achiever 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka re-elected as Chair of UNESCAP ICT Committee third time (Category: Business)
- Microsoft Sri Lanka Partners ICTA for FutureGov SAARC Summit 2012 (Category: Business)
The SAFA-CMA Management Accounting Summit 2012 held in June this year revolved around the theme ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Practices,’ of which the highlight was the final session of the two-day summit, the CEO and CFO Forum. The panel featured Dialog PLC Group CEO and Managing Director Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, John Keells Holdings Finance ...
- Aitken Spence Hotels observe Earth Hour 2012 (Category: Business)
- SAFA-CMA Management Accounting Summit 2012 (Category: Business)
- Leading corporates commit to embedding ‘Global Compact and Sustainability’ (Category: Business)
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa recently hailed the substantial support for socio-economic development in Sri Lanka from Finland. This was emphasised when Finland’s outgoing Ambassador to Sri Lanka Terhi Hakala paid a courtesy call on Minister Rajapaksa. “Finland has generously assisted Sri Lanka over the years in country’s economic and social development drive. It ...
- Finland explores investment opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister suggests exporting Sri Lanka`s surplus rice and vegetables (Category: Breaking News)
- New era in bilateral relations between Norway and Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- New Thailand Ambassador and Basil discuss economic ties (Category: Business)
The Graduation Ceremony and Membership Investiture of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), Sri Lanka Region was held on Friday 20 July at Waters Edge, Battaramulla. University of Moratuwa Senior Professor Civil Engineering, Malik Ranasinghe was the Chief Guest, while CIM UK Director of Education Anita Stubbs graced the occasion as Guest of Honour. CIM ...
- CIM presents Centenary Walk on Saturday (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka - CIM launches Introductory Certificate in Marketing (Category: Education)
- Dushan wins prestigious CIM Top Student Worldwide Award (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Tourism wins CIM award (Category: Breaking News)
This is the second edition of the ‘Company Called Sri Lanka’ article range in store and finds it is the most appropriate time to express the marketing strategy for tourism in the backdrop of the Sri Lanka Economic Forum, where they will be arguing about positioning Sri Lanka in the world market. Sri Lanka as ...
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- The Treasure Hunt (Category: Business)
- Etisalat’s ‘Really Really Fast Internet Campaign’ wins a Silver Effie (Category: Business)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera The private sector of Sri Lanka and Singapore yesterday in Colombo spearheaded a fresh deal to boost bilateral business on the sidelines of a visit by the city-state’s Foreign Minister. The Singapore Business Federation (SBF), which has brought down a delegation, and the Sri Lanka Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) affiliated to the ...
- Lying in the lap of luxury – the Corporate Lounge (Category: Business)
- Singapore’s envoy meets Basil (Category: Business)
The Foreign Minister of Singapore will be visiting Sri Lanka from 26 May to 2 June 2012 accompanied by a high-powered delegation from the Singapore Business Federation (SBF). One of the key expectations of the delegation is to establish mutually-beneficial relationships with key Government officials as well as the Sri Lankan business community during ...
- Sri Lanka – Singapore signs MOU to strengthen business relationships (Category: Breaking News)
- Mutual lessons (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, Singapore to ink first-ever B2B MoU in Colombo today (Category: Business)
- Singapore business delegation to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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
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At a ceremony on January 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) helped launch Sri Lanka’s first “Tourism Roadside Signage Guidelines.” USAID, the U.S. Government’s development arm, simultaneously released a manual, “Start Your Tourism Business,” designed to assist hospitality sector entrepreneurs. Both publications, develo...
- US govt. supports Lanka’s tourism development (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID support generates jobs and investments (Category: Business)
- US Government grant to support five local organisations’ work with the disabled (Category: Business)
- US Embassy supports further development in Batticaloa (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka says, currently 197 hotel projects are underway in the country which once completed will add 12,579 hotel rooms to the local tourism industry. According to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Shangri-La, Sheraton, Hyatt and Sun City are among the international hotel chains that have entered the local tourism industry to start tourism ventures. The ...
- Leisure Stock (Category: Business)
- Tourist arrivals up by 46% (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka gets World Bank loans to support Small and Medium Enterprises and tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Hotel Hopes (Category: Business)
Cabraal says that reserves were built to weather demanding situation, calls on the non-banking sector to seek funds from capital markets and wants it to target 70% of GDP by 2016 By Uditha Jayasinghe Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday defended declining reserves, insisting that they were built up to be used in times ...
- Govt. keen to support private sector: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka stocks may slump more on rates – HSBC Private (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Govt. goes for fresh $ 1 b Sovereign Bond issue (Category: Business)
Stock Broking firm Capital Alliance suggests that the 2.6 million tourist arrivals target isn’t a pipedream but achievable though it will be only by 2020, which is 4 years later than the Government and industry set timeline of 2016. “The Government projects 2.5m arrivals in 2016, but the industry will lack the rooms and trained ...
- Think tourism (Category: Business)
- ETA examined (Category: Business)
- September tourist arrivals up 27% (Category: Business)
- South Africa’s Sun City to invest $ 800 m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Business)
By Srilal Miththapala Just over a year ago, I penned an article entitled “Sri Lanka Tourism — Quo Vadis” where I raised the issues and challenges Sri Lanka was facing in developing its tourism industry. Of course, that was during the latter stages of the war, and now after the ending of the war, there ...
- How tourism yield can be suitably incorporated into the sustainability paradigm (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tourism: Fast growth or slow burn? (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Tourism (S.L.T.) plans to market its annual spice festival overseas, an official told reporters on Friday. The war may probably have had been a constraining factor in the past to market the same abroad, S.L.T. Director Upali de Silva said. This festival, sponsored by HSBC, will be held
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