Chandana appointed to UK’s Teletext Holidays board

Island Leisure Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd Managing Director Chandana Amaradasa was appointed as a board member to Teletext Holidays, one of the UK’s largest travel companies. 

He is the first Sri Lankan to be appointed to a position of this nature in the British travel sector.

The company, established in 1992, was owned by Teletext Ltd and initially operated as a teletext service before transitioning to an online platform in the 2010s. Prior to 1992, Teletext services were available via television sets on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The company had around 2,700 employees prior to the COVID pandemic.

Teletext Holidays has received industry recognition, including the Best Online Travel Agent award at the British Travel Awards in 2018 and 2019. It was also recognised for Best All-Inclusive Holiday Company in 2019 and received an award for Best Use of TV at The Travel Marketing Awards the same year.

The company has studied promotions, destination campaigns and international events hosted by Amaradasa before appointing him to this board position. 

He was Manager at Taj Group of Hotels and graduated from the Hospitality Management at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management.

Amaradasa said, “I am honoured to be appointed as a board member to this prestigious Teletext Holidays board.”

Island Leisure is the first-ever accredited member of IAGTO for Sri Lanka, which is the largest Golf Tourism Association in the world and was also appointed as the official Hospitality Partner for Sri Lanka Cricket until end-2021.