A comprehensive study on promoting awareness on the role of Intellectual Property (IP) in promoting tourism-related economic activities and culture of the country is nearing finalization in consultation with the national steering committee chaired by

For unbeatable access to the world-renown Yala National Park, there is no better place to stay than Laya Safari, a true trail into the nature as well as the sand, sea, surf and sacred sites that borders Sri Lanka’s virtually untouched jungle he

Online outbound travel plan and management portal, www.MyFare.lk recently re-launched its website in a bid to add more value to customer experience and enhance service excellence. 

The national mobile service provider Mobitel empowers its customers yet again with a revolutionary mobile air ticketing facility, which enables them to book airline tickets through Mobitel itself, creating history as the first telco to achieve this a

Emirates will provide an all-A380 service from Melbourne when it upgrades its third daily flight from the Australian city, EK408 and EK409, from a Boeing 777-300ER to an A380 operation.

As Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, prepares to launch its dedicated holidays unit ‘Gulf Air Holidays’ this summer, the airline has appointed online travel booking company ‘Ezeego1.com’ as the Gulf Ai

The education and training arm of the national carrier, SriLankan Aviation College (SLAC), will be hosting the latest International Air Transport Association (IATA) Global Training Partner Conference beginning today.

SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, announced an upgrade to its inflight entertainment system, SilkAir Studio, which allows passengers travelling onboard SilkAir flights to enjoy a greater array of international movies, television shows

For unbeatable access to the world-renown Yala National Park, there is no better place to stay than Laya Safari, a true trail into the nature as well as the sand, sea, surf and sacred sites that borders Sri Lanka’s virtually untouched jungle he

 With the onset of the holiday season, JetEscapes Holidays from Jet Airways,  India’s full-service, premier international airline announced its latest line-up of brand new, all-inclusive holiday options for 2017 summer season.

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier has successfully completed the internationally recognized, biennial IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and has been renewed on the IOSA Safety Audit Registry until May 2019, a registry that

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) announced the appointment of Gavin Halliday as Managing Director of Hala Group, its destination management and global loyalty unit.

Emirates has announced that all of its flights to Spain will be operated by the iconic A380.  In addition to the existing double daily A380 service to Barcelona, the airline will operate a double daily A380 service to Madrid, significantly boost

Sri Lanka Tourism, in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Mission in Dubai, participated at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) which concluded recently on a highly successful note. 

Oman Air, the national carrier for the Sultanate of Oman, was proud to have been the co-lead partner of the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference 2017. 

Singapore Airlines together with SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines (SIA), is happy to offer attractive Business Class and Economy Class fares to selected destinations to give more reasons for customers to travel to their preferred dest

Condé Nast Traveler has announced the winners of its 2017 Hot List with Chena Huts by Uga Escapes recognized as one of the selected winners in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2017 Hot List. 

Sri Lanka’s national carrier and oneworld member airline, SriLankan Airlines won a Gold Award for its destination video ‘Epic Journey of Sri Lanka on SriLankan Airlines’ at the Golden City Gate Awards Ceremony at ITB Berlin recently

Tourism economist Dr. Damian Fernando has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of NKAR Travels & Tours (Pvt) Ltd to lead its Inbound Department, replacing the former COO- Ravi Subramaniam.

Emirates’ focus on meeting and exceeding customer expectations both in the air and on the ground were recognized recently with four accolades at the ‎Business Traveller Middle East 2017 Awards. At a ceremony attended by key travel industry

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, is gearing up for the arrival of the airline’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft which will be delivered to Gulf Air in April 2018 and will operate the airline’s long haul ro

Oman Air has recently published its annual report for 2016 that reflects the accomplishments achieved by the company, in addition to the outstanding efforts and the successful approach towards the development of all aspects of its operations in order

With the theme of ‘Disruption. Innovation. Transformation: The Future of Tourism’, the PATA Annual Summit will take place from May 18 to 21, 2017, at Jetwing Blue, Negombo. 

Qatar Airways has been named the ‘Airline with the Best Business Class’ and ‘Airline with the Best Cabin Crew’ at the prestigious Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2017, based on votes submitted by the readers of the regio

Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait will be introducing the complete customized programme of data transfers, testing and migration over to the industry-leading Amadeus Altéa Suite Reservations System.

Qatar Airways was named ‘Best Regional Middle East/Africa Airline’ in Money magazine’s 2017 ‘Best in Travel’ and was named runner-up for the title of ‘Best Overall International Airline.’ 

Etihad Aviation Group this week announced the appointment of Robin Kamark as Chief Executive Officer, Airline Equity Partners. 

Emirates has debuted its new A380 Onboard Lounge at the Infinite Possibilities stand in its home-base of Dubai at the 2017 edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM).  The region’s leading travel exhibition runs from 24-27 April.

The Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) recently welcomed the maiden call of CMA CGM Nabucco, the first vessel under the Ocean Alliance to call on the Port of Colombo.

The latest entrant into Colombo’s hospitality sector, the Fairway Colombo recently received the ‘2016 Guest Review Award’ by Booking.com.