Adding to the glitz and glamour of its legacy of 100 years showcasing the finest Sri Lankan gems and jewellery, Colombo Jewellery Stores steps into its dazzling next chapter with its first youth ambassador collaborating on its newest collection, ‘Sri Lanka - the Sapphire Island.’
Our resplendent isle needs all the positive publicity it can possibly get as we are portrayed on global networks as being a den of iniquity and suffering. We who live in Sri Lanka watch and wait hoping for the tide to change, and for the current image this country has, to change with it.
On the 18th of June 2022, over two-hundred regional and global business leaders and inspirational female icons from all walks of life attended the 12th edition of the Women in Management Top50 Global Conference and Awards in Dubai.
Jetwing Hotels announced that it has been recognized by TripAdvisor as a 2022 Travellers’ Choice award winner for seventeen of its hotels and villas across its portfolio, garnering the highest number of honours in Sri Lanka.
Covid brought with it a whole dictionary of new terms ranging from Delta to Bulto, new forms of greeting from fist bumps to elbow touching, the word positive was looked at negatively and negative looked at positively, and as for me personally, it turned my orderly predictable life into positively unpredictable chaos. The new normal was further away from normal as it could be in my case, as the thoughts and scenarios penned below will illustrate.
In the last 25 years, this small island has repeatedly re-emerged; it has suffered a brutal civil war, devastating tsunami, heinous terrorist attacks, inter-faith strife, political crises, global pandemic, economic collapse and now peaceful protests turned violent.
As we jump hurdles over what seems to be muddy, murky mire otherwise known as life in Sri Lanka, we have a set of involuntary comedians who are determined to behave in the most-base manner, showing blatant disregards for humanity in general. How long more must we watch this nonsense.
They don’t call this nation the ‘Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ for nothing; tourism has been a significant export sector for Sri Lanka for more than five decades. Even today, despite the difficult conditions we are currently experiencing, tourists from all over the world visit our country to enjoy its natural beauty while being treated with utmost hospitality! The Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo is a luxurious 5-star hotel that offers the best of bo
I have always been an absolutely positive person with the mindset of ‘the glass half full.’ This is a proudly inherited trait from my mother who worked tirelessly to promote travel and tourism even during the worst of times, including the 30 years of conflict.
TikTok is a phenomenon that swept the world giving everyone the opportunity to lip sync and twirl to the latest swirl while having an awesome fun filled time. Globally, we have actual ‘stars’ created through this medium with their magnificent mélange of rhythmic routines mesmerizing their multitudes of followers.
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