Sri Lanka’s first ever dedicated performance arts center for tourists is to open on the banks of the historic Diyawanna Oya on the outskirts of Colombo next month.

One of the world’s leading hospitality training institutions, the Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management in Salzburg, Austria has doubled its annual quota of scholarships for SLITHM students due to ‘high performance and commitment&rsqu

Following a series of global and local awards for Santani Resort and Spa, yet another international publication has selected the property to a prestigious list featuring just 25 hotels in the world.

Situated in the North Eastern suburbs of the Trincomalee district is a popular coastal resort village called Nilaveli, which is not a new name to Sri Lankans or foreigners.

Aitken Spence Hotels’ star chef, Dimuthu Kumarasinghe was recognised at the recently held Tourism Leaders’ Summit and International Research Symposium Sri Lanka 2017 for ‘the most outstanding contribution for industry leadership for

Roshan Fernando, who counts over 40 years in the hospitality sector, has been appointed General Manager of the Golden Crown Hotel, the latest addition to Kandy’s hotel portfolio.

Leading Sri Lankan travel solutions provider, Hayleys Tours will serve as Official Travel Partner to the internationally famed triathlon, Ironman 70.3, set to take place in Colombo on the 25th February 2018. Serving as the qualifying round for triath

Ramada Colombo together with SriLankan Airlines recently had the pleasure of hosting the delegates from the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) for cocktails and a lavish dinner at the Liberty Ballroom.

The world’s largest container shipping company Maersk Line, with a presence in Sri Lanka for more than 25 years, continues to invest in Sri Lanka and contribute to its economy by bringing some of the latest and largest ships to Colombo.

Oman Air recently facilitated a group of 78 pilgrims from Sri Lanka to fly to Madinah for Umrah in the New Islamic Year.

Etihad Airways has announced plans to launch scheduled flights between Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and Baku, the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan, effective 2nd March 2018.

Qatar Airways is pleased to announce that it has been named ‘Best Airline’ at the highly-respected 2017 Business Traveller Awards, held recently at London’s Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. In addition to being voted ‘Best Ai

Singapore Airlines has today committed to significantly enhancing sustainability practices in its in-flight food and beverage offerings.

 Etihad Airways is re-timing its daily Abu Dhabi – Medina flights to a daytime operation and will also introduce three additional weekly services during the peak winter period.

The Ayurvedic wellness resort, Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara, was accoladed with the internationally recommended Travelife for Hotels and Accommodations Gold Certification last week for the hotel’s commitment to sustainability and ethical busi

With the dawn of the Umrah season this year, SriLankan Airlines facilitated the first group of pilgrims that embarked on their journey to the Holy Land from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), recently.  The 68 passengers, including three

Sri Lanka’s largest photography event, PhotoMarathon 2017, organised by Metropolitan Photo Hub on behalf of Canon and endorsed by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau (SLTPB), will be held this Saturday with the participation of over 400 pho

The Golden Crown Hotel, a super luxury 5-star property located on 2 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens in Kandy and designed by renowned architect Dr.Upendra Rajapakse, will shortly open for the festive season.

oneworld has been named Best Airline Alliance for the fifth year in a row in the 2017 BusinessTraveller awards – confirming oneworld’s position as the most highly prized global airline alliance.

September 19th marked another important day in the Sri Lanka tourism calendar, since it took part in another international campaign related to the travel and tourism industry. 

Emirates has announced that it will introduce three additional flights per week to the Swedish capital, complementing Emirates’ existing schedule and providing more choice to travellers from 8th December 2017.

Due to popular demand, Singapore Airlines and SilkAir have decided to extend the promotional fares to South East Asia till end October 2017. 

“We need to understand that the demand for the carriage of goods is a derived demand and it is derived out of demand for trade.  Ports and shipping have to follow trade,” said Dr.Parakrama Dissanayake – Chairman of Sri Lanka Po

Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister presented the new income tax bill to parliament in September 2017. Accordingly, the corporate and income tax laws will come into effect from 1st April 2018.

Transparency Market Research (TMR), a market intelligence company, has found that the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) will be 5.70 percent during the period from 2017 to 2025.

Sri Lanka is driving towards establishing itself as a regional Maritime and Logistics hub. 

Vallibel Group Chairman Dhammika Perera spoke this week at the Tourism Leaders’Summit and International Research Symposium 2017 at the BMICH held to celebrate the World Tourism Day raised serious concerns about achieving the four million arriva

Sri Lanka Tourism clinched the best decorative stand - international awards at the Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF) fair, which was held recently in Ahmadabad, India. 

Oman Air’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) has been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification by Bureau Veritas under UKAS accreditation, with certificate number IND17.4532 U/Q. ISO 9001:2015 is the latest internationally recognised standard for qu

Vista Rooms, South Asia’s largest chain of affordable stays, is on track to onboard 1000 properties with over 10,000 rooms by the end of 2018.