Cathay Pacific and Qantas customers are set to benefit from a new codeshare agreement that leverages the strengths of each carrier’s regional networks and provides more options for customers travelling between Asia and Australia. The codeshare agreement will see Cathay Pacific add its code to 13 routes on Qantas’ domestic network in Australia. In turn, …
FTI Touristik GmbH Germany travel product managers in charge of Indian Ocean region arrive on tour
FTI Touristik GmbH from Germany sent a group of travel product managers in charge of the Indian Ocean Region for a familiarisation tour. They arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday, 24 September and will be touring around the country for seven days. They will be visiting the cultural triangle, the trending East Coast Passikudah and …
Travel consultants of ‘AMONDO’ Germany arrive on familiarisation tour
15 travel consultants of ‘AMONDO’ Germany arrived in Sri Lanka on a familiarisation tour of the island. They were welcomed at the airport by the staff of H.O.T Tourism ‘The Destination Insider’
TRAINING FOR H.O.T. TOURISM STAFF MEMBERS, GUIDES AND RESORT REPRESENTATIVES
Training for Guides and Representatives The First Guide Training sponsored and organized by H.O.T Tourism and FTI Touristik, was held at Hotel Citrus Waskaduwa for Round Tour National Guides, Chauffeurs, Resort Representative and Transfer guides. There were 44 participants in total at the training was conducted by Mrs. Daniela Hofmann, owner of HKP Hofmann – …
Thambapanni Leisure Unawatuna opens Thaproban Pavilion Waves
Thambapanni Leisure Unawatuna added their fourth and largest property to their inventory by opening four star Thaproban Pavilion Waves in Unawatuna. Built with an investment of over Rs. 350 million the hotel has two suites and 24 rooms all facing the sea. A unique feature of the hotel is that they are using solar to …
Russia’s Aeroflot to resume direct Colombo flights
Russian airline, Aeroflot, will re-launch regular non-stop flights to Colombo from October 28, the Moscow-based airline announced this week.The airline stopped regular flights to Colombo around a decade ago. The flights will operate under the winter schedule effective through March 30, 2019. Flight SU 0286 will depart Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays …
SLTPB scales up tourist arrivals with roadshows
Indian tourist arrivals have gone up by 15% since the beginning of this year, with 237,369 arrivals recorded up to July. Sri Lanka Tourism now aims to scale up the number to nearly 400,000 visitors this year and substantially raise the percentage of Indian travellers by that time.As part of the strategic plan to boost …
Waters Edge develops Orchid Garden with Glass Box Dining
With an intention to provide an extravagant experience of deluxe scenery and an unforgettable divine culture of silver service dining to the high-end market of Sri Lanka, the Waters Edge team is developing an Orchid Garden with premium luxuries and floral expertise. Orchid Garden will bear glass cubes Developed with external expertise mainly on the front …
4th Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Tourism Research Conference from 4-5 Oct. at BMICH
The fourth consecutive Tourism Leaders’ Summit (TLS) and International Tourism Research Conference (ITRC) will be held on 4 and 5 October at the BMICH Colombo. Organised by the Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (AATHEM) and the students of the Tourism Study Program of the Department of Economics, University of Colombo, the event …
Floating cabanas of Bolagala
The structure, situated in Madampalla, Bolagala in Negombo is spread across a 15 acre block of land and is scheduled to complete construction by the year’s end. It is important to note that 13 of the 15 acres are under water. The private party is to construct 50 cabanas under three different categories. Each cabana …