Sri Lanka lures Indian tourists with Ramayana trail
Oct 14, 2009 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan tourism package called the 'Ramayana trail' that covers sites mentioned in a 2,000-year-old epic poem popular in south Asia …
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Sri Lanka September tourist arrivals up
Oct 12, 2009 (LBO) - Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka in September 2009 rose 28. online pharmacy buy diflucan with best prices today in the USA buy …
Sri Lanka Aitken Spence in deal to manage south Indian hotel
Sept 30, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotels has struck a deal to manage another hotel in south India as part of an expansion in the sub-continent, a …
Sri Lanka sets minimum hotel rates
September 16, 2009 (AFP) - With tourism booming in Sri Lanka following the end of decades of ethnic conflict, authorities have ordered hotels in the capital to …
Sri Lanka needs massive increase in hotel rooms
Sept 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka needs a massive increase in hotel accommodation to cope with the anticipated influx of tourists with the end of the 30-year …
Sri Lanka luxury resort developers to raise equity
Sept 10, 2009 (LBO) – Developers of a luxury island resort managed by the Six Senses chain in Sri Lanka who have set up an investment fund will seek to …
Sri Lanka August tourist arrivals up
Sept 10, 2009 (LBO) – Tourist arrivals into Sri Lanka in August 2009 rose 34.3 percent to 41,207 from a year ago, led by visitors from key markets like …
Sri Lanka islet resort by Six Senses chain
Sept 09, 2009 (LBO) – International luxury hotel chain Six Senses is to manage a resort built on an islet on the north west coast of Sri Lanka becoming …
Sri Lanka to lease islands for hotels
Sept 09, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to lease islands off the north-west coast for tourist hotels, as the travel industry recovers after the end of the …
Sri Lanka travel firm in pilgrimage market with Indian rail
Sept 09, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hemas Travels is breaking into the Buddhist pilgrimage market by offering an eight-day tour in a dedicated train in …
Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence eyes health tourism, new resorts
Aug 26, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotels is expanding the profitable health tourism business and plans new resorts on prime beach properties kept …
Sri Lanka Aitken Spence, Six Senses revive spa project
Aug 24, 2009 (LBO) - Aitken Spence, one of Sri Lanka's top hotel firms, has resumed talks with Six Senses Spas, an international spa chain, on building an …
Sri Lanka July tourism arrivals up 28-pct
Aug 14, 2009 (LBO) - Foreign visitors to Sri Lanka increased 28 percent in July from a year earlier, with Western Europe and South Asia generating markets …
Sri Lanka Spence Hotel losses double in June
Aug 11, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings said losses more than doubled in the quarter ending June 2009, considered the off-season in the …
Sri Lankan hotel investment by Nepal firm Rs175mn: report
Aug 09, 2009 (LBO) - A Nepal conglomerate has paid 175 million rupees to buyout the Sri Lanka's listed Hayleys group from two hotels it held jointly with the …
Sri Lanka Jetwing expands overseas, links with Nepal firm
Aug 08, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Jetwing leisure group is expanding abroad, building links with foreign partners, including Nepal's Chaudhary conglomerate …
Sri Lank Aitken Spence eye war-torn areas for tourism
Aug 07, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence said it was eyeing tourism projects in the north and east of the island after the end of an internal conflict …
Sri Lanka Keells Hotels halves losses
Aug 07, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's John Keells Hotels said it had halved losses in the June 2009 quarter to 150 million rupees from a year ago as tourists …
Sri Lanka in bid to push up hotel room rates
Aug 04, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka plans to impose minimum room rates for hotels in and around the capital Colombo to push up prices following the end of a war …
Sri Lanka in ADB south Asia tourism project
July 28, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has been included in an Asian Development Bank funded project to link and promote tourist sites in south Asian countries, …