Sri Lanka holds withdrawal of on-arrival visa
August 28, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, …
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Sri Lanka hotel group exits loss-making Maldives resort
Aug 27, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings (JKH) group said it had exited from an island further away from the capital of the Indian …
Sri Lanka to withdraw visa on arrival: public notice
Aug 27, 2010 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government has decided to withdraw the on-arrival visa facility to tourists from September 30, 2010, a public notice …
Sri Lanka LOLC buys beach resort for Rs310mn
Aug 17, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LOLC group has bought control of a beach resort on the west coast for 310 million rupees and is in talks with …
Sri Lanka KumbukRiver named among top 20 spectacular hotels
Aug 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s KumbukRiver has been included in a list of the world’s top 20 most unusual hotels, just announced by an …
Sri Lanka KumbukRiver named among top 20 spectacular hotels
Aug 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s KumbukRiver has been included in a list of the world’s top 20 most unusual hotels, just announced by an …
Sri Lanka July tourist arrivals up 50-pct
Aug 13, 2010 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka surged by 50 percent in July 2010 to 63,339 from a year ago as post-war optimism and removal of …
Sri Lanka gets Thai hotel investment
Aug 10, 2010 (LBO) – Thailand’s Minor International has struck a deal with Sri Lanka’s Hemas group to acquire and upgrade a beach resort for …
Sri Lanka Sigiriya Village Hotels to raise funds for revamp
Aug 09, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya Village Hotels is planning a rights issue to raise funds to refurbish and renovate its hotel in the …
Sri Lanka Keells Hotels losses mount, investments up
Aug 09, 2010 (LBO) – Losses at Sri Lanka’s John Keells Hotels rose in the June 2010 quarter from a year ago but it increased investments in new …
Sri Lanka gets Maldivian investment for east coast resort
Aug 06, 2010 (LBO) – Maldivian investors are to set up a 150-room tourist resort at Passikudah, in Sri Lanka’s eastern Batticaloa district with an …
Sri Lanka Aitken Spence June net up 50-pct
Aug 03, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence group net profit in the June 2010 quarter rose 50 percent to 440 million rupees from a year ago, a …
Sri Lanka travel warning removed by Britain
July 31, 2010 (LBO) – The British government has removed a travel warning on Sri Lanka advising against visits to the former northern war zone, following …
Sri Lanka Amaya Reef sold to public
July 22, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Amaya Reef, a listed company, has been spun off by its parent Amaya Leisure at prices of up to 5.00 rupees a …
Two Sri Lanka beaches make top grade: Forbes
July 21, 2010 (LBO) – A beach stretch from Tangalle Bay to Weligama in Sri Lanka’s south and Bentota in the southwest have been named among the top …
SriLankan Airlines plans airport hotel
July 21, 2010 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines is to build a tourist hotel near the island’s main international airport at Katunayake north of Colombo, …
Sri Lanka leisure industry in boom but profits still elusive
July 20, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s hoteliers say 10 billion US dollars have to be invested to more than double the country’s hotels rooms to …
Sri Lanka hotel room rates to be upped 20-pct in winter: official
July 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s leisure operators will push up room rates by about 20 percent in the coming winter season, amid a post-war …
Sri Lanka to invite investment for marina
July 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to call for tenders from investors to build a marina at a new tourist resort being developed on the island’s …
Sri Lanka Spence to put US$78mn in hotels
July 12, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence group is planning to put 78 million US dollars in to the leisure sector after a war ended in Sri …