Walkers Tours, Whittalls Travels get ISO quality and environmental certification

Walkers Tours and Whittalls Travels the Destination Management Companies of the John Keells Group gained ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management and ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management certification recently to become the only destination management company in Sri Lanka to achieve these milestones.

“Having seen an end to the nearly thirty year scourge of terrorism in the country last year, with tourism in particular suffering the most, it was time for us to take advantage of the renaissance and give ourselves the competitive edge to work in a global market,” Destination Management Sector Executive Vice President John Keells Holdings Head Vasantha Leelananda said.

Leelananda is proud to have obtained both certifications.

“Tourism has a direct impact on the environment and we have always wanted to pursue sustainable tourism strategies that would lead us to reduce impact on the environment.

We have further cemented our ethos of being a responsible and committed corporate entity, taking leadership to preserve and protect the environment, which to us is the foundation of tourism,” he said. Chief Executive Officer Walkers Tours and Vice President of John Keells Holdings Michael Elias asserts that adopting internationally accepted best practices and embracing global standards, we have taken our service levels to the highest plane.