Aitken Spence Travels surpasses 100,000 visitor handlings to Sri Lanka

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Aitken Spence Travels, a leading destination management company in the country has surpassed the one hundred thousand milestone of handling visitors to Sri Lanka for the financial year of 2014/2015.
This is a significant milestone in the company’s 38-year history.
“We have continued to grow our business year-on-year and we are delighted with our results,” Aitken Spence Travels Managing Director Nalin Jayasundera noted.
“We have shown significant capacity to adjust to the changing market conditions and fuel growth in spite of the lingering economic and geopolitical challenges. With these results, we are confident we will continue to have a major impact on the country’s tourism sector. Based on our numbers, Aitken Spence Travels continues to be the highest contributor to the government’s Tourism Development Levy from amongst all travel companies” he added.
Furthermore, Aitken Spence Travels is a significant contributor to our partner hotels by providing 248,000 room nights annually, being the biggest supplier of inventory to the hotels sector.
This achievement further reinforces the company’s number one position in the destination management business and is another feather in the cap of achievements which includes Aitken Spence Travels being awarded the Presidential award for three consecutive years and being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Aitken Spence was the winner of the Presidential Award for best Professional Conference Organizer (PCO) in Sri Lanka for 3 consecutive years and entered the Hall of Fame as well as being the recipient of Sri Lanka Tourism Award for Professional Conference Organizer. The company was also the recipient of PATA Gold Award in 2014 under the Environment - Ecotourism Project category for an innovative excursion program developed together with the Elpitiya plantations.
Aitken Spence Travels is fully diversified in to every aspect of tourism related activities namely; leisure, eco, adventure, MICE, shore excursions for cruise liners and luxury. It is considered as the leader in destination management in Sri Lanka with its creative and innovative tours and services. Partnered with the world’s largest tourism integrated company, TUI group, with over three decades of experience, the company is backed by a reputation of being the most professional in the business.
Commenting further on this significant achievement Jayasundera stated “I would like to thank our staff and the management team for their commitment, dedication and hard work in serving more than one hundred thousand clients. I am glad that the creative culture encouraged at Aitken Spence has enabled our staff to be innovative in creating tours to the ever demanding needs of the modern traveler and taking risks in exploring new markets whilst being responsible in all their efforts. I would like to thank our tour operator partners for the continued trust and confidence in us by promoting Sri Lanka as a destination. The support of our hotel partners, airline partners, other suppliers and Sri Lanka Tourism need to be acknowledged for helping us reach this milestone”.
Looking further, Aitken Spence Travels hopes to continue to strengthen and build its international market position. We will continue to shape the tourism industry, by pioneering in terms of innovation in products and exploring markets, quality of the services offered and exceeding customer expectations.

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