Casons goes for Rs 4 m expansion

Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI

One of the leading rent-a-car services in the country Casons Rent A Car will go for a Rs 4 million expansion to meet the emerging demands in the travel and tourism industry.

The new office in Colombo

The initial step was opening of a modern travel office at Galle Road Colombo yesterday with unique facilities to their customers.

Rent-A-Car Managing Director Zakir Ahamed told Daily News Business that with the modern facelift in Colombo, better services for future tourists must also be updated and his company has done a series of driver training programs for its service crew.

They are competent and capable of giving a positive picture about the country to the visitors apart from good driving and English knowledge.

The second stage of the expansion will be promoting tourists from Middle East countries.

The company is negotiating with Middle East countries and the number of tourists coming from those countries are on the increase.

Rent-A-Car has created twenty new employment opportunities in the new office for young people who speak Arabic and is planning to recruit two Chinese employees shortly to promote bringing Chinese tourists to Sri Lanka.

Rent-A-Car is a long standing car hire and car rental company in Sri Lanka which provides budget cars, 4x4s SUVs, AC coaches and limousines.