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Business Monitor International (BMI) believes the outlook is still bright for Sri Lanka tourism and forecast a 55% rise in tourist arrivals to 1.42 million tourists over BMIs newly extended forecast period to 2016. The BMI, a London-based company, publishes specialist business information on global
- SRI LANKA – FASTEST GROWING IT MARKETS IN THE REGION (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Brahma Muhurthaya 64 - 03rd October 2014 - www.LankaChannel.lk (Category: Video)
- Sri Lanka’s domestic software market among fastest growing in the region – Report (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka expects 8.5 percent growth in 2011: bank (Category: Breaking News)
Following is the address delivered by The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) President Anura Lokuhetty at the National Conference on ‘The Role of the Business Community in Reconciliation’ organised by Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS): Ladies and gentlemen, throughout the history of mankind, humankind has searched for ...
- Young Sri Lankan Diaspora and UK Parliamentarians visit Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
- Community tourism to be developed to differentiate country from the region (Category: Business)
- Economic management and the way forward (Category: Business)
Signifying another milestone of the Post-War development in Sri Lanka, the Jaffna International Trade Fair 2012 has been declared open yesterday by Douglas Devananda, the Minister of Traditional Industries & Small Enterprise Development. The Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF), which is focused on marketing the opportunities in the virgin market of Jaffna peninsula to private ...
- International trade fair opens in Sri Lanka's Northern city of Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to hold 2nd annual International Trade Fair in Jaffna in January (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission to open an office in Jaffna to handle visa application (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission to open an office in Jaffna to handle visa application (Category: Breaking News)
How the key industry progressed last yearBy Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, which saw a 30.8% growth over the previous year in 2011, has been driven by key markets India, UK and Germany and is likely to be the foremost contributor in 2012 as well. Named as ‘Visit Sri Lanka year,’ 2011 saw the ...
- Tourist arrivals in Feb. up 27% (Category: Business)
- Tourism triumph! - Ends 2011 with record 855,975 arrivals (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
The new visa processing system implemented from January 1 this year has found that there were a ‘considerable’ number of visitors obtaining on-arrival visas. Immigration Controller Chulananda Perera told the Sunday Times that it had been observed that a considerable number of applicants preferred to obtain on-arrival visas. In this respect, there are currently three counters provided a...
Ends 2011 with record 855,975 arrivalsBy Cheranka Mendis The high-flying tourism industry closed the year with a record 855,975 arrivals, marking a rise of 100,000 from the original target for the year. Statistics revealed by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) yesterday noted
- Sri Lanka opens up for a 4 million domestic tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka draws 60,989 tourists in 16 days (Category: Business)
- SL welcomes 800,000th tourist (Category: Breaking News)
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)
Reuters: South Africa’s Sun City resort will invest $ 800 million in a tourism project in Sri Lanka, the Gead of the State-run Tourism Board said on Friday. Sun City resort is run by South African gaming and hotels group Sun International Ltd. It will be the largest ever investment in the country’s leisure sector, ...
- South Africa's Sun City to invest $800 mln in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africas Sun City to invest $800m in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sun City to invest $800 million in Sri Lanka tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Caring for new investments for a better tomorrow (Category: Business)
COLOMBO (Reuters) - South Africa's Sun City resort will invest $800 million in a tourism project in Sri Lanka, the head of the island nation's state-run Tourism Board said on Friday. Sun City resort is run by South African gaming and hotels group Sun International Ltd. It will be the largest ever investment in the country's leisure sector, which is booming since the end of a 25-year war in May ...
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- Trump will spend Thanksgiving at White House, not Mar-a-Lago (Category: USA, Florida)
- How old is Mickey Mouse? He turns 92 today (Category: USA, Florida)
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SriLankan Airlines spreads its wings to the Swiss city of Zurich today, the latest destination in the continuous expansion of its global route network. Zurich would be the 58th destination in SriLankan’s global route network which would then span 33 countries. The airline has in the past 11 months launched services to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Kochi ...
- SriLankan resumes flights to Zurich after 6 yrs. (Category: Breaking News)
- Spreading Wings (Category: Business)
- SriLankan recommences flights to Zurich (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan start services to Zurich (Category: Breaking News)
Achieving another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of the record 800,000th tourist in 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport last evening. Sri Lanka Tourism Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa and Managing Director Rumy
- SL welcomes 800,000th tourist (Category: Breaking News)
- 800,000th tourist to arrive today (Category: Business)
- 800,000th tourist to arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday (Category: Breaking News)
- Linking cultures - World Tourism Day 2011 focuses on empowering youth (Category: Business)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a Record of Discussion (R/D) with the concerned authorities of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage (MCANH) and Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) of the Ministry of Tourism (MoT
- Space, Scotland's final frontier? (Category: Technology)
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- Even in tough economy, Seattle tourism continues to thrive (Category: USA, Washington)
(Srilankamirror) - Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of the 800,000th tourist in the year 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake today (Dec. 19). This is the first time ever the tourism industry has received number of arrivals exceeding 800,000
- Govt. turns to coco tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Body of Kurram Shaikh at Barney Raymond (Category: Breaking News)
- Plan to develop Dehiwala-Mt. Lavinia (Category: Breaking News)
- Onyx Hospitality Group dives into Sri Lankan market (Category: Breaking News)
Achieving another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of 800,000th tourist in year 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (19th Dec.) evening, Sri Lanka tourism said in a press statement. This is the first time
- Highest number of tourist arrivals in Dec. 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- India, a leading source market - TDA report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes 750,000th tourist for 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exceeds tourism goal for the year (Category: Breaking News)
Achieving another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of 800,000th tourist in year 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (19th Dec.) evening. This is the first time ever; the tourism industry has received
- Space, Scotland's final frontier? (Category: Technology)
- Dream property for sale (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Tourism awards for Hobart (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Even in tough economy, Seattle tourism continues to thrive (Category: USA, Washington)
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, one of the world’s largest logistics providers, became an integral part of the South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum 2011. The prestigious forum where global and local apparel heavyweights gathered to discuss the future of Sri Lanka’s apparel industry was organised as a part of SL design festival. Hellmann, an international logistics giant ...
- Hellmann partners Sri Lanka Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
A 15-month long US$ 2.4 million worth Sri Lankan tourism promotion campaign funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was kicked off in Tokyo last week. The Ministry of Economic Development, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo and the Nihon Keizai
- Sri Lanka tourism promotion in Tokyo (Category: Breaking News)
- Visit by JATA Chief and team big boost for tourism (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka on show at JATA (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka's beauty in the Land of the Rising Sun (Category: Breaking News)
International Consultants Chairman Ranjiv Goonawardena had kindly invited the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau to participate by showcasing the great opportunity that Sri Lanka has to offer, at the Islamic Real Estate Finance (IREF) Summit and Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony of which it was a sponsor
- EFC launches new guide to investors (Category: Business)
- Commercial Bank adjudged ‘Best Bank in Sri Lanka’ for record 14th year (Category: Business)
- CSE holds Investor Forum in Malaysia (Category: Business)
Winner of Miss Sri Lanka 2011 Pageant Pushpika Sandamali De Silva from Polonnaruwa who went on to represent the country at the Miss World pageant held in London earlier this year will now be participating in Miss Tourism Queen International 2011 which is scheduled to be held in Xi’an, China on 27 December 2011. The ...
- Pushpika through to the Top 20 (Category: Breaking News)
- VEET launches “I AM YOU” campaign – Wishes for Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2011 (Category: Business)
- Miss Sri Lanka given a warm send-off (Category: Breaking News)
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)
Eco-labels get special platform at SLDF 2011 Apparel showSri Lanka’s apparel industry has long been established as a visionary garment maker, through its responsible practices and campaigns like ‘Garments without Guilt’. A key point stressed at the recently concluded ‘South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum’ that affects the future of this influential industry, is the co...
- DHL partners HSBC Colombo Fashion Week for third consecutive year (Category: Business)
- ‘The Fashion Circle.com’ launched in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Corporate athletism programme to be launched to the private sector Each year globally the top four business professionals in a country who practice the values of Rotary, gets selected for a Group study exchange programmes(GSE) to different parts of the world by Rotary International. Some of the countries that Sri Lanka have partnered are Brazil, ...
- President of Rotary International arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rotary donates critical care equipment to ETU (Category: Breaking News)
- President’s focus on deceit and duplicity against Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Rotabats recognises public servants (Category: Business)
Achieving another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of 750,000th tourist in year 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport today (24th Nov.) evening.
Achieving yet another remarkable milestone in the country’s booming tourism industry, Sri Lanka Tourism welcomed the arrival of the 750,000th tourist in 2011 at the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday. This is the first-ever time that the tourism industry has received arrivals
- Highest number of tourist arrivals in Dec. 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- India, a leading source market - TDA report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka welcomes 750,000th tourist for 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exceeds tourism goal for the year (Category: Breaking News)
Institute of Hospitality – Sri Lanka Chapter, the association working towards professional development and networking amongst hospitality professionals, has organised the Chairman’s Annual Black Tie Dinner on 29 November 2011 at the Oak Room of Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo. This is an annual event in the hospitality events calendar of Sri Lanka and the only ...
- Institute of Hospitality SL chapter organises Chairman’s Annual Black Tie Dinner (Category: Business)
- Roshan re-elected Chairman, Institute of Hospitality, Sri Lanka Chapter (Category: Business)
- Institute of Hospitality – SL Chapter International Group elects new Ex-Co (Category: Business)
- Institute of Hospitality – Sri Lanka Chapter AGM (Category: Business)
Institute of Hospitality – Sri Lanka Chapter, the association working towards professional development and networking amongst hospitality professionals, has organised the Chairman’s Annual Black Tie Dinner on 29 November at the Oak Room of Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo. This is an annual event in the hospitality events calendar of Sri Lanka and the only hospitality ...
- Institute of Hospitality SL chapter Chairman’s Annual Black Tie Dinner on 29 Nov. (Category: Business)
- Roshan re-elected Chairman, Institute of Hospitality, Sri Lanka Chapter (Category: Business)
- Institute of Hospitality – SL Chapter International Group elects new Ex-Co (Category: Business)
- Institute of Hospitality – Sri Lanka Chapter AGM (Category: Business)
A leader in Sri Lanka’s hospitality trade, the Mount Lavinia Hotel (MLH) is known throughout the world for its scenic beauty and first-rate services. Although a historic hotel aged beyond two centuries, MLH moves parallel to the 21st century hospitality trade practices and innovations, and its values are very much in par with ethical practices ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Ministry of Economic Development along with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Sri Lanka Tourism pledged their support to the Sri Lanka Design Festival 2011, Sri Lanka’s biggest annual celebration of design and apparel, being held for the third consecutive
- Hellmann partners Sri Lanka Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
By Ranee Mohommed For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival(SLDF) showcases Sri Lanka’s award winning apparel industry to a specifically invited global audience of buyers, retailers, sourcing specialists and backward integration supply chain partners -a key event of this apparel industry agenda at the festival is its Apparel Industry Fashion Show. The ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
Coats, which has raised the bar and set industry standards in the area of sewing solutions, has joined hands with Sri Lanka Design Festival to project the many capabilities of the local apparel and fashion industry to the world. In order to share Coats’ global expertise in the apparel vertical integration sector, the company has ...
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread ties up with AOD (Category: Business)
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
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