SIA signs first marketing collaboration memorandum with Tourism Malaysia

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Tourism Malaysia have agreed to work together to boost tourist arrivals into Malaysia through 

Award-winning travel bloggers to attend Cinnamon Travel Bloggers Conference and awards 2016

Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts together with the national carrier SriLankan Airlines is gearing up to host an

Qatar Airways announces 14 new global destinations

Qatar Airways’Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker announced a significant network expansion of 14 new destinations

Colombo Bike Week kicks off today

The ‘Colombo Bike Week’, a big motor cycle event covering about 800 km over a period of seven days around Sri Lanka, will take place 

The royal salute goes to The Kingsbury

The Kingsbury, Colombo’s grandest city hotel, has been highly honoured by the prestigious International 

Merchant Shipping Secretariat awarded ISO 9001:2008

The shipping administration of Sri Lanka, Merchant Shipping Secretariat, was recently awarded with the ISO 9001:2008 standard certification by Sri Lanka Standard Institution Director System

Kuwait Airways announces special holiday offer to Dubai

Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, is offering travellers from Colombo exclusive special offer with fascinating deals. 

Classic Travel celebrates three years of steady success in Ratnapura

Classic Travel celebrated its three-year milestone in Ratnapura with an event featuring a product presentation

Cinnamon Red receives ISO and OHSAS certifications

Just over a year into operation, South Asia’s first lean luxury property Cinnamon Red received the ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System,

SL-Thailand enter MoU on tourism

Sri Lanka and Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation and a joint action programme

Sri Lanka Tourism at ITB Berlin

ITB Berlin, the international travel trade show, is the largest travel industry event which happens annually in Berlin, Germany.  

Cricket fans can now fly to Kolkata to witness ICC World Twenty20 on Mihin

In June 2015 Mihin Lanka commenced direct flights to Kolkata 3 times a week. This offering is now allowing cricket –crazy fans access to affordable flights to Kolkata to take in the ICC World Twenty20 experience.

Emirates to unveil new Business Class seat at ITB Berlin

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline and a leader in developing innovative products to enhance its passenger comfort in air travel, is set to unveil its new Business Class seat for its Boeing 777 aircraft at ITB Berlin, the international travel trade show which takes place from 9-13 March.  The new seat is set to make its commercial debut on Emirates’ 170th Boeing 777 aircraft, a -300ER version which the airline ex

Oman Air and Cargolux extend Indian freighter network to Mumbai

Oman Air and Cargolux are to introduce a new destination in India with the introduction of two flights per week to Mumbai from 8th March 2016. 

Qatar Airways celebrates arrival of inaugural flight from Doha to Sydney

Qatar Airways recently celebrated the arrival of its first flight from Doha to Sydney, making this the airline’s third gateway into Australia. 

TUI CEO Joussen visits Heritance Negombo

TUI Group CEO Fritz Joussen accompanied by other TUI top-level executives visited Heritance Negombo recently. 

Anantaya Resort & Spa Chilaw dazzles Miss Tourism contestants

Anantaya Resort and Spa – Chilaw recently hosted the contestants of Miss Tourism Sri Lanka - International for two memorable nights as the pageant’s official Beach Resort. 

Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council to celebrate 50th anniversary this year

The Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council (SLSC), the first national shippers’ council to be set up in Asia in 1966, will celebrate the significant milestone of 50 years since its formation, on March 23, 2016. The SLSC

Trinco Port records Rs.9mn increased income by developing weight operation system

The Port of Trincomalee has recorded Rs.9 million of increased income during the last two months by re-establishing the weigh bridge system at port. The total income received by the port was reported as at Rs.71 

Sri Lanka makes high-speed boats for Indian Navy

Solar Marine Lanka Company of Wattala received an order for 80 high-speed boats - each valued at more than Rs.250 million - for the Indian Navy. The order has already been delivered to the Indian government

Ranatunga takes helm of CIMC 2016

T h e C o l o m b o International Maritime Conference (CIMC), which was held for the very first time in 2015, under the guidance of Minister Arjuna Ranatunga, was considered as one of the top maritime conferences held in the Indian subcontinent. Ranatunga initiated the idea in 2015 and got the Cabinet approval

GAC Sri Lanka celebrates 25 years with optimistic eye on future

GAC Sri Lanka, part of the global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, is celebrating 25 years of operations in the country. Made up of five companies - GAC Shipping Ltd, GAC

Singapore Airlines to launch A350-900 services to Amsterdam on May 9

Singapore Airlines will launch the inaugural long-haul flight of its new Airbus A350-900 fleet to Amsterdam on May 9. The A350 will serve the Airline’s daily flight to Amsterdam as SQ324, as well as its return flight SQ323.

Walkers Tours website surpasses 15 years of online presence

Walkers Tours Limited, Sri Lanka’s premier destination management company, has been introducing travelers from around the world to Sri Lanka for over 45 years. 

Indian hotel giants to invest in Maldives

Haveeru: Indian hotel giants Oberoi and Leela are set to develop tourist resorts in Maldives, Tourism Minister Moosa Zameer announced Saturday.

Anantaya Passikudah to be unveiled in April

Passikudah located in the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka is famed for its golden sand and the sparkling blue waters of the Indian Ocean and attracts a large number of tourists every year. 

Emirates says Hello to Yangon and Hanoi

Emirates will launch a daily service from Dubai to Yangon (RGN) in Myanmar and Hanoi (HAN) in Vietnam, starting August 3. 

Sustainable whale and dolphin watching tourism has positive economic impacts:IORA

The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Whale and Dolphin Watching Workshop was held in Colombo recently under the theme ‘Building Sustainable Whale and Dolphin Watching Tourism in the Indian Ocean Region’. 

Waters Edge on Rs.13bn expansion drive under Megapolis Master Plan

The Urban Development Authority (UDA)-owned resort Waters Edge in Battaramulla is gearing up for a Rs.13 billion expansion project under the Western Region Megapolis Master Plan, the resort officials said. 

Taking cultural and religious parades of Sri Lanka to the world

The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), in an effort to market the traditional Sri Lankan cultural parades and festivals to the world, as part of the events tourism initiatives this year, made arrangements for the winner of Ms.Tourism Sri Lanka International 2016 - Vera Branda Dukstra from Netherlands - to experience the Colombo Navam Perahera conducted by the Gangaramaya Temple, which took place on February 21 and 22.