Key officials of the Miss World Organization, including the reigning Miss World, arrived in Sri Lanka on 30 September on an exploration visit of the island. The high-profile delegation is looking at the possibility of selecting Sri Lanka as the host nation for the world-renowned pageant in 2020 or 2021. The delegation made a courtesy …
The first booking for Fairway Sunset by Fairway Holdings Chairman/Managing Director Hemaka de Alwis being accepted by Fairway Sunset staff as Fairway Sunset Resident Manager Rajith Gooneratne looks on The Fairway leisure arm is ready to launch Fairway Sunset in Galle, in addition to its already successful launch of Fairway Colombo Hotel which just celebrated …
Travelling a distance of 115km into the interior of the island from the capital of Colombo, through the iconic city of Kandy, and from there along the Kandy-Mahiyangana Road, is Digana, home to the renowned Victoria Golf Course, a 517-acre property set in the lush hills of the Knuckles Range on the shores of the …
The European Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (ECCSL) will be hosting a European Street Food Festival on 30 September at the Colombo Racecourse premises. Currently, The Galle Face Hotel, The Kingsbury, Mount Lavinia Hotel, Hilton Colombo, Harpo’s Pizza, Park Street Gourmet, Apero, Bread.lk, Wine.lk, GLO Juices, Isle of Gelato, Paan Paan, Foodies Goodies, MA’S Foods, Dutch …
http://www.traveller.com.au: It was the crab curry that got me. The rich, spicy sauce that ended up covering my hands and splattering my clothes. The sweet, salty crab meat that I had to work for, wrenching from the shell, twisting and snapping and slurping. The rice, piled high, mixed through with that fiery red sauce, shovelled …
Minister wants expert committee report on Digana Airport The Civil Aviation Authority and the Tourist Board had agreed to provide funds to develop the Palaly airport runway with the landing facilities for large aircraft such as A 320 Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said he had requested an expert committee report …
Sri Lanka Tourism will participate in the International France Travel Mart at Paris Porte De Versailles this week. It is aimed at attracting French travellers to the island which has seen an increase of nearly 11% last year. This year it is envisaged that the numbers would go up to 111,000 of which the IFTM …
Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s premier domestic airline, is gearing up to meet the demand for domestic air travel this Winter (Northern Hemisphere) by introducing their newest daily scheduled flight route from the cultural city of Sigiriya to Sri Lanka’s Southern coastal cities, Hambantota and Koggala. Effective from the 1st of December 2018, these daily scheduled …
Colombo City Centre Mall by Abans and NextStory Group was ceremoniously opened by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe september 19th at Colombo 2. Conveniently situated by the scenic Beira Lake at the heart of the city, this ultra-modern lifestyle destination has been billed as Sri Lanka’s first international fashion mall. The Mall will offer a world-class …
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau completed a week-long road show through some of the leading economic cities in Germany: Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/main and Munich. The delegation was led by Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Berlin Karunasena Hettiarachchi. In all four cities, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Director Marketing Madubhani Perera, gave a comprehensive and …
