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Sri Lanka featured in Emirates luxury holidays catalogue for UK
market
Sri Lanka has once again been featured as one of the leading
destinations for leisure travellers in the United Kingdom by Emirates,
the award-winning Dubai-based international airline.
An exclusive luxury holidays brochure produced by Emirates for the UK
market devotes 12 pages to Sri Lanka, one of 14 destinations featured in
the 2012 edition. Produced by Emirates Tours UK, the tour operating arm
of the airline in the UK, the glossy catalogue titled ‘2012 EXCEPTIONAL’
describes the island as ‘a land bursting with colour, energy and
history.’
The Sri Lanka section provides a description of the country’s many
attractions, historic sites, cultural heritage, wildlife, hill country
and beaches, and features 12 hotel properties located in the Cultural
Triangle, the hill country and the western and southern coasts.
It offers a wide choice of customised tour packages as well as an
eight-day tour labeled ‘Essential Sri Lanka’ priced between £ 1,759 to £
2,429 per person and an 11-day privately-guided tour titled ‘Discover
Ceylon’ from £ 2,359 to £ 3,255 per person.
Chandana de Silva, Emirates Area Manager for Sri Lanka and the
Maldives said: “The latest Emirates Tours UK catalogue is an excellent
demonstration of the commitment of Emirates to promote travel to Sri
Lanka, a destination the airline has served for 26 years.” He said the
brochure is targeted at high-end travellers, and is in addition to the
annual ‘A World of Choice’ catalogue produced by Emirates Holidays,
which also features Sri Lanka.
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Emirates has operated services to Sri Lanka since April 1986 and now
connects Colombo to the airline’s global network of 122 destinations
with 28 flights a week. The airline recently invested Rs 200 million on
its own premium lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport for the
exclusive use of its First and Business Class passengers and Gold
members of Skywards. The other destinations featured in the 2012
Emirates Tours UK catalogue are Dubai, Oman, Maldives, Mauritius,
Seychelles, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, India, China
and Australia – New Zealand.
In the 2011-12, ‘A World of Choice’ catalogue of Emirates Holidays,
Sri Lanka has been accorded another 12-page spread and is the first
destination featured in the 503-page publication, which is available at
Emirates sales offices around the world.
The winner of more than 500 prestigious international travel and
aviation awards, Emirates operates 14 direct flights a week from Colombo
to Dubai, seven flights via Male to Dubai and daily flights from Colombo
to Singapore, offering First, Business and Economy Class services. In
2011-12 the airline added 11 new destinations to its route network, took
delivery of 22 new aircraft and flew 34 million passengers.
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