Local menswear brand to get global attention

Sri Lanka’s leading menswear brand Hameedia has been chosen to feature in an award winning television show, which highlights leading attractions from around the world.
The program “Exclusive Resorts and Day Spas” aired on the Cox Media Network in the USA primarily features leading Resorts and Hotels.
However, Alexander Shambly, the program’s celebrity host who was in [...]

GOH partner selection process on hold

The selection process to find a partner to invest and manage the Grand Oriental Hotel has been put on hold by the BOC following a Presidential Direction.

An official of the BOC said “The selection process is on hold, on the instructions of the President”.
He said at the time the process came into a halt; BOC [...]

A Chinese Conglomerate to build a multifunctional complex in Colombo

The Government has approved a proposal forwarded by a Chinese firm to purchase land in the Galle Face green area to build a multifunctional complex comprising a 5 star hotel.

Cabinet of Ministers has approved this proposal sent by the China National Aero Technology Import and Export Corporation which is also known as CATIC.
CATIC which is [...]

Sri Lanka to get multiple of 5 star hotels within few years

By  end  January, Sri Lanka will give approval to build a total of five to six, 5 star hotels, says Authorities.
Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Nalaka Godahewa said, “We have reached the approval stage of several of those projects”.
Sri Lanka Tourism has already given approval for two 5 Star hotels.
Accordingly, Shangri-La, the global hotel chain operator [...]

Visa application to go online

Sri Lanka is planning to introduce a web based visa approval system to help visitors to the country gain quick visa approvals.
Accordingly, Authorities are planning to introduce this system starting probably by next year.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed officials to initially carry out a 3 month pilot test before applying the system commercially.
The Department of [...]

Shangri-La reps meet President

Representatives of the World renowned Shangri-La hotel chain which is planning to build a 5 star hotel in Sri Lanka met President Mahinda Rajapaksa during this week.
The hotel chain already signed an agreement with the Government of Sri Lanka to invest US$ 500 million to build the proposed  star class hotel.
The hotel will come up [...]

5 star hotel in Hambantota by 2013

By: Prasanna C. Rodrigo
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation says, its proposed 5 star hotel in Hambantota will be operational by 2013.
The Managing Director of SLIC Mohan De Alwis said, “We will start constructing the hotel by mid 2011”.
According to him, the hotel will see an investment of Rs. 3 to 4 billion.
De Alwis added, “We are [...]

Buckingham Place Believe in Sri Lanka

While Hambantota Harbor, the new airport, plus a whole host of development initiatives progress rapidly, investors are keenly aware of associated benefits they will bring to the Hambantota District and Sri Lanka as a whole. High-end ‘designer’ tourism is yet another sector experiencing high investor confidence and with it, unparalleled growth.
British born entrepreneur Nick Buckingham [...]

British Female experience “Luck by chance” in Lanka

Layla Dayani a British female was into a surprise yesterday when she and her husband landed in Sri Lanka for a business visit.
Layla and her husband Nick Davis came under questioning by the Sri Lankan tourism authorities at the Immigration point of the BIA.
Authorities questioned the couple about the purpose of the visit and then [...]

Neeta Ambani shops for Antilla from Sri Lanka

Nita Ambani is now being touted as the quintessential Gujju bargain-hunting wife who’ll leave no stone unturned to get hold of the best piece at the best rate. At present, her to-do shopping list comprises of buying 25, 000 pieces of chinaware for her high-rise home Antilla. Her favourite choice for crockery is none other [...]