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Walkers Tours launch domestic initiative
Walkers Tours has initiated a Domestic tour program to attract
locals, expatriates and the Sri Lankan Diaspora abroad.
Director Walkers Tours, Michael Elias said that they have tied up
with John Keells to launch this program in line with the Sri Lanka
Tourism initiative, Narabamu Sri Lanka.
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“We believe that as a large corporate in Sri Lanka, it is our duty to
offer these exciting experiences to the Sri Lankan community,” he said.
“We are re-launching this program with diversified products to
attract a cross section of the society,” he said.
This includes heritage, wild life safaris and also whale watching
tours. “We are looking at a guided tour to Trincomalee in the future,”
he said.
“Our escorted tours covering the Cultural Triangle, Yala and
Kataragama cater to senior citizens at discounted rates during week days
and the families and working community over the weekends. The service we
offer will be on par with the high quality that we deliver to our
overseas visitors through 40 years of excellence at Walkers Tours,” he
said.
The tours will commence from Colombo and air-conditioned transport,
star class accommodation and a professional guide would be provided for
each tour. “If an individual was going on his or her own for one of
these package tours it would cost 95 percent more,” said Executive Vice
President, Sector Head, Leisure (inbound) John Keells Holdings, Vasantha
Leelanada.
“Over 40 percent of the hotel guests were locals,” he said.
Director General Sri Lanka Tourism, Dilip Mudadeniya said that
domestic tourism is a very important key player in the leisure sector.
“Last year nearly 10 percent of the tourism market was from the domestic
sector,” he said.
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Fanta Portello Grape flavour launched
Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka launched the Fanta Portello Grape in an
all new and refreshing look to enrich and enhance consumer experience.
The packaging innovation of Fanta Portello Grape has been designed
especially for consumers in Sri Lanka. The Fanta Portello Grape bottle
is available in 300 ml glass bottles across the island. Fanta Portello
Grape, sparkling beverage is associated with refreshment, fun and
excitement.
Country Manager, Sri Lanka and Maldives, Coca-Cola Far East Limited
Manish Chaturvedi said, “Brand Fanta is all about its bold taste and
fun. The launch of the new Fanta Portello Grape bottle is yet another
initiative to refresh our consumers especially the youth of today and
provide them with a unique experience.
I am confident that this latest innovation would find a special
appeal among all our consumers”. The launch of the Fanta Portello Grape
in a contemporary look follows the launch of the uniquely shaped Fanta
Bottle in July, 2008 which was a great success among consumers.
Country Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola Far East Ltd., Chamara
Lokupothagamage said, “Innovation has always been the hallmark of
Coca-Cola’s business strategy in Sri Lanka, the launch of new packaging
innovation for Fanta Portello Grape being the latest example. Riding on
the instant success that the Fanta Funky bottle receives last year, we
have launched the new Fanta Portello Grape bottle.” he said.
H2O re-launch
H2O will re-launch today under the new management with new features
taking local entertaining industry to new heights.
Director of H2O Aman Ameen said that they will have a foreign DJ and
add new features to make H2O the most happening club in the town. The
Club will have top international DJs from UK and Australia to provide
international clubbing experience for locals.
The Club expects to invest more on bringing popular international
artistes including popular music bands to Sri Lanka and make a
difference in the local entertainment industry.
“We think this is the best time to re-launch the club and introduce
the latest trends in the international arena to the local entertainment
industry.
LECS wins Presidential Award
Lanka Exhibition and Conference Service (Pvt) Ltd (LECS) won the
prestigious Presidential Award for exhibitions organized at the Travel
and Tourism Award ceremony, recently held at the BMICH under the
patronage of Ministry of the Tourism.
Established in 2002 , LECS has achieved a tremendous growth during
the first six years of its existence, expanding to the neighbouring
countries, Maldives and India. This high degree of success has been
possible due to the company’s professionalism and dedication of the
staff
MD of LECS Arjun Dharmadasa, said that they are proud that during a
period of severe economic crisis all round, when companies arecompelled
to curtail their promotional budgets and expect high returns on these
limited budgets, LECS was able to work with hundreds of their client
companies and produce the expected results.
A few examples of our achievements were “Hotel Show 2008”,
“Pro-Food”, and “Construct 2008”. We believe that these products may
have contributed positively towards our winning the Presidential Award
this year”, he said. |