Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has appointed a 11-member Advisory Committee under the provisions of the Tourism Act No. 38 of 2005 section 32 (b) which comprises private sector stakeholders. The members of the advisory committee are Jetwing Symphony Chairman Hiran…
SLTDA streamlines the tourism investment approval process with one common application collaborating 18 line agencies
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has made the tourism investment process easy by streamlining the project approval process and the facilitation services provided by the Investor Relations Unit (IRU) – the unit established within SLTDA as the centralized facilitation…
FITUR 2021 will be held from the 19 to 23 May
The next edition of the International Tourism Fair, FITUR 2021, will be held from the 19 to 23 May next year, as agreed by IFEMA and the FITUR Organising Committee. This comes after a meditated decision that, exceptionally, makes this…
Buyers can seal deals with contacts around the world at WTM Virtual
The virtual event will focus on restoring and developing buyers’ business connections, growing network, and learning how to make a comeback in the travel industry Nearly 50% of registered buyers interested in the Middle East region Over 100 exhibitors from…
Emirates honoured with Best Airline Worldwide award, tops four other categories at Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2020
Emirates has earned top spot at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2020, sweeping four awards including the coveted ‘Best Airline Worldwide’ award for the seventh consecutive year. The airline also took home ‘Airline with the Best First Class’, ‘Airline…
SLTPB teams up foreign missions to upsurge Post COVID Tourism
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau (SLTPB) conducted a series of Webinars for key markets in collaboration with the Sri Lanka High Commissions overseas, main associations of Sri Lanka and the private sector to keep key tourism stakeholders updated on the…
Aitken Spence Hotels reopens Heritance Tea Factory on 1st October 2020
Sri Lanka’s premier hospitality group, Aitken Spence Hotels welcome back guests on 1st October 2020 to its unique hillside property Heritance Tea Factory, the only one of its kind in Nuwara Eliya. Promising panoramas from the highest elevation in Sri Lanka,…
Sri Lanka Tourism is set to celebrate World Tourism Day 2020 under the theme “Tourism and Rural Development” from 25th to 27th September in Kandy
Under the guidance of the Ministry of Tourism, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and the Department of Trade Commerce and Tourism of Central Provincial Council have organized a three-day special programme and several other events to celebrate the World Tourism…
CNBC to promote Sri Lanka Tourism in Goodwill gesture
CNBC, the world’s leading channel for consumer and business news, extended their support to Sri Lanka Tourism by providing USD 100,000 worth of advertising on CNBC, gratis. The complimentary advertising opportunity was offered in an effort to promote and uplift…
Connaissance de Ceylan for the upliftment of local chauffeur guides
A pioneer of French Tourism, Connaissance de Ceylan has always been an advocate of Empowering its stakeholders especially those working with them. In collaboration with Alliance Française de Kotte, Connaissance de Ceylan is proud to introduce a French language course…