Sunquick partnered with SLITHM
Sunquick partnered with Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel
Management (SLITHM) to conduct the Mocktail competition when the
students of the Colombo Hotel School and the provincial schools
participated.
The contestants showcased the talents under two categories -
Classical Innovative Mocktail and Flaring Mocktail. The uniqueness of
the competition was that each and every competitor prepared the Mocktail
with Sunquick as the base ingredient.
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A student
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Describing the project as "a new learning process for Sunquick fans",
C. W. Mackie PLC Executive Director, Mangala Perera said the Company was
happy to partnered with National Hotel School for project at a time when
the tourism industry is enjoying a massive growth resulting from
post-war optimism and increase in investor confidence, and tourist
arrivals.
'Sunquick' is a global brand available in more than 120 countries
worldwide. The first round of the competition was held at their
respective provincial schools in mid-March over two days.
In their 7 satellite schools, 32 students from each satellite hotel
school was chosen and a total of 224 students from all over the island
contested.
Thirty two contestants were selected for the 'Classical Innovative
Mocktail' semi-final and 16 for the "Flaring Mocktail" semi-finals held
at Colombo Hotel School Auditorium on the March 30. The finals were held
at the Auditorium of the Institute of Tourism and Hotel management.
Food and Beverage (F&B) lecturers Indika Alwis and Kavinda
Rankothdiwela conceptualized trained and guided the students on modern
trends with the assistance of the F & B Faculty of the Hotel School.
Encouraged by the success of the Mocktail Competition, the Company
hopes to roll it out on a grandeur scale next year.
The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel management (SLITHM) is the
pioneer Institute in Sir Lanka to train young men and women in the
Hospitality and Travel Industry. It is managed by Sri Lanka Tourism
Board under the Ministry of Economic Development. There are five
provincial schools - in Anuradhapura, Bandarawela, Kandy, Koggala and
Ratnapura while the other two are based in Colombo.
Sunquick is a Danish based international brand available in more than
120 countries globally. In Sri Lanka, Scan products Division of
C.W.Mackie PLC is the local partner for bottling, distribution and
marketing the product under original Danish recipe for over 33 years.
Scan Products, manages a state-of- the art factory for the bottling
of Sunquick fruit squash, and a fully automated with zero human touch in
the processing line, maintaining EU standards and SLS certified ,
accredited with ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000 : 2005 , HACCP, GMP, and Halal
Standards.
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