At the halfway point between Kandy and Sigiriya, banked by winding roads that lead to the city of Alawatugoda, lies the idyll retreat ‘Aarunya’, which is one of the latest additions to the emerging collection of high-end Sri Lankan boutique properties. Launched in June 2018, theretreat directly faces the beautiful Knuckles range, lending an immediate …
Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) in collaboration with SecurMatic.comorganised a GDPR awareness summit to all its members and the hotel community (THASL) on 11 July at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute in Colombo. amantha Simms – Founder of The information collective SLAITO President Harith Perera This summit is part of the ongoing exercise …
Denagena giyoth kataragama – Nodena giyoth ataramaga The saying that if one knows the right track he will end up at Kataragama – otherwise he will get stranded, has been in our vocabulary from the time we were children. Now as oldies we keep repeating it, not about going to Kataragama but as a common …
The launching ceremony of MIC Tourism (Mannar Improving Competitiveness) held on July 25 from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. at BMICHCINEMA Hall in the presence of distinguished guests, VIPS, ministers and prominent personalities. The programme is co-hosted by the National Chamber of Commerce and the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) with the support of …
The Sri Lanka pavilion at the International Tourism Exhibition in the India International Travel Mart, India’s premier travel and tourism exhibition in Bangalore, was inaugurated on 27 July. Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga visited the Sri Lanka pavilion on 28 July and launched the Ramayana Yathra official website. The Minister also had the opportunity to …
Nepal will re look at launching direct flights to Colombo once again said the Ambassador of Nepal, Professor Bishwambher Pyakurya. Speaking to Daily News Business at the Sri Lanka-Nepal Friendship and Business Council networking event under the title, “Foreign Investment Opportunities in Nepal,” in Colombo he said that this matter is discussed once again. “The …
Sri Lanka’s first ever dedicated performing arts theatre for cultural entertainment for tourists, gears up to kick-start an exquisite musical and dance celebration of Sri Lanka’s rich cultural heritage commencing from 1 August. Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka reached an all-time high of 2.1 million visitors in 2017 according to the latest data released by …
Edirisinghe Homes, one of the leading construction companies in the Central Province have diversified to the leisure sector and opened their first boutique hotel, Royal Mansions Luxury Villa Arangala Kandy last Saturday. Chairman Edirisinghe Construction Company Samith Edirisinghe said that they have been building apartments and hotels for others for nearly three decades. “Our constructions …
Fairway Colombo brought about yet another impressive addition to their series of street events with the introduction of Street Latin Night, the first of which took place on Tuesday 12th June at Hospital Street, Colombo 01. Leading the inaugural event was Sri Lanka’s own Kasun Dias – founder and principal teacher of Star Latino’s Dance …
The 5- star ITC One hotel and Sapphire Residences now under construction and coming up adjoining the Shangri- La Colombo at Galle Face, is due to be completed by 2021, it was officially stated on Wednesday. Making this announcement, Sri Lanka Sotheby’s International Realty said it has been appointed as global marketing agents for the …
