AASL to unveil BIA's Xmas shopping festival

Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. (AASL)), would unveil the Bandaranaike International Airport's (BIA) Christmas Shopping Festival 2012/2013 for the third consecutive occasion.

The promotion is to be launched on December 1, 2012 and would continue until January 31, 2013.

Director General Manger, Nations Trust, Priyantha Talwatte, Chairman, Chief Commercial Officer, Eitsalat, Robert Lee, Chairman, AAS L, Prasanna Wickramasuriya, Chairman Micro Cars Ltd, Dr. Lawrence Perera and Deputy Chairman, Sabri Wahid and Managing Director, Siedles Pvt. Ltd, Nimesh Udeshi at the event. Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

The BIA Christmas Festival is being held as a collaborative effort between concessionaires at BIA and the AASL.

The first Christmas Shopping Festival was held in 2010 and since then, the Christmas Festival had become an annual event on a grand scale.

"Every year we have grown and embarked on organizing this event on a broader scale where our target market are passengers and tourists who shop at our Duty Free Complex.

We not only promote our shopping to travellers, but we are also able to win their confidence by holding this event annually," acting Head of Marketing, Kaushali Munasinghe said.

Passengers who make sales transactions of US$10 or more at any of the shops in the Departure/Transit area or Arrival Duty Free Complex, would be entitled to enter the lucky draw, where 11 winners would be given the opportunity to win the Grand Prize and ten exciting prizes.

"This is a golden era for the Aviation sector in our country and we are taking major steps for industry expansion. We are taking a small

initiative to make Sri Lanka a shopping destination and our aim is to popularize Sri Lanka among transit passengers and tourists and in turn, support passengers who use the airport by rewarding them handsomely," Chairman, AASL Prasanna Wickramasuriya,said. The total value of prizes on offer was Rs. 3 million.

The Grand prize is a Panda Cross brand new car, sponsored by Micro Car Companies Ltd.

In addition to Grand Raffle prizes, passengers in the Departure/Transit have been offered with an opportunity to win instant prizes daily, by trying their luck at the "Wheel of Fortune." The total value for the instant prizes on offer is Rs. 1.2 million. Nations Trust Bank and Etisalat have also come on board as other main

"We intend conducting cordial relations between the airport staff and passengers and consequently contribute to the national economy," he said.