Under Sri Lanka Tourism’s Travel Blogger & Influencer Program, Luke Martin and Sabrina Davidson of ‘Chopstick Travel’ – the popular food travel based YouTube channel – visited Sri Lanka recently to explore Sri Lanka’s culinary diversity filled with rich flavours. Chopstick Travel is one of the growing international culinary travel channels on You Tube and …
Uga Escapes, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated hospitality groups, emerged victorious when two of their properties – Jungle Beach and Ulagalla – were announced as winners at the 11th Annual Luxury Lifestyle Awards 2019 in the Best Luxury Hotel in Sri Lanka category. Uga Escapes prides itself in its five splendid properties (Ulagalla, Jungle …
SriLankan Airlines’ intensive efforts to drive the recovery of the island’s tourism industry in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attack were honoured with a global accolade – the ‘Best Marketing Innovation’ award from the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX). The airline also managed to secure four-star rating in the major airlines category, for the …
28 classified hotels including the first five-star hotel Anantaya Pasikuda and four-star Amaya Passikuda and Chaya Blue in Nilaveli are the four-star hotels in the Eastern Province and A grade guest houses who received awards at the ceremony organised to celebrate World Tourism Day at the Blue Way hotel in Arugambay on Sunday (29). Chamber …
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GOLDEN HOSPITALITY LTD. SEATED FROM LEFT: MANAGING DIRECTOR CHANUKA WIJEKOON, CHAIRMAN SRIYANANDA WIJEKOON, DIRECTOR CHAMALI WIJEKOON AND FINANCE DIRECTOR HANSANI WIJEKOON The Golden Hospitality Ltd, a brainchild of the group’s Chairman, needed an upgrade with an elegant five star property in its portfolio. Subsequent to making a name for …
Aitken Spence Hotels, a subsidiary of Sri Lankan blue-chip conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC, took its premier brand Heritance beyond the shores of Sri Lanka for the first time, with the introduction of Heritance Aarah earlier this year. Heritance Aarah embraces the brand promise of the Heritance chain of hotels, where tradition is alive. The property …
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will be welcoming the new Airbus A350-900 medium haul aircraft from Colombo to Singapore on October 2, 2019. Featuring new regional Business Class and Economy Class cabin products, the A350-900 medium haul Business Class cabin has 40 seats in a 1-2-1 arrangement that ensures direct aisle access for every customer, while the …
SriLankan Engineering, the aircraft Maintenance-Repair-Organisation (MRO) of SriLankan Airlines, recently welcomed a new airline customer – Air Seychelles – for which it carried out an ‘A-check’ on an Airbus A320 aircraft in its specialised A320/A321 hangar at the national carrier’s main hub at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). SriLankan Engineering has positioned itself as an emerging …
Colombo’s first integrated development to feature the One Galle Face Mall, Colombo’s largest mall, home to more than 200 exciting tenants One Galle Face Tower, the latest Grade A commercial tower in Colombo, also ready for occupancy Shangri-La Group is pleased to announce that the much-anticipated One Galle Face integrated development will open its doors …
Strengthening the Sri Lanka Tourism sector, LOT Polish Airlines will operate direct flights to Colombo from Warsaw from November 3. Poland’s flag carrier LOT will operate three flights per week between Colombo and Warsaw deploying a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight up to March 28.Colombo will be LOT’s 6th long-haul Asian destination for LOT and Heyleys …
