Lucky family wins 4 tickets to Orlando from Emirates

Mahesh Wijewardene and his family receive the grand prize from Emirates Area Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives Chandana De Silva (second right)

The lucky winner of the grand prize in the ‘On board for Orlando!’ promotion conducted by Emirates in partnership with the Daily FT and Weekend FT received his prize at the Emirates office in Colombo on Wednesday. 

Mahesh Wijewardene of St. Rita’s Road, Mount Lavinia was among thousands of readers as well as visitors to www.ft.lk who participated in the promotion to win four air tickets for one family to visit Orlando, Florida, the airline’s 10th gateway to the US.

To compete for this amazing prize, readers were provided an opportunity to cast their votes for what factor or combination of factors they think is responsible for making Emirates a preferred airline for family travel, the world over. 

They were offered a choice of factors: Special kids’ menus; Unaccompanied Minors Service; Exclusive toys for children; 2000 channels of inflight entertainment; 75 dedicated channels for children; Special high quality headsets for children; Free Wi-Fi on board 141 aircraft and counting, as well as an ‘All of the above’ option to vote for.