FT CLICKJohn Keells rewards tea producers
An awards night for low grown tea producers was held by John Keells PLC for the year 2011 at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo recently
L’Austral cruises in
Global giant CMA CGM’s newly-built luxury cruise vessel L’Austral made her maiden voyage to Sri Lanka over the weekend at Galle Port and Colombo carrying over 170 passengers and 120 crew members. Here the vessel docked at Galle Port, as passengers are greeted with national flowers upon their arrival. The ship was serviced by CMA-CGM Lanka Ltd., part of the Hayleys Group.
Brandix Annual Group Awards and Volleyball Championship Finals
Brandix recently felicitated 39 Associates and six Supervisors at the Group’s annual Employee of the Year (EOY) Awards ceremony held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. The gala awards presentation, followed by pulsating musical entertainment by some of the country’s top artistes, brought to a close an activity packed day for nearly 5,000 Brandix team members who also witnessed the Men’s and Women’s finals of the Brandix ‘Rasadiya Kusalaanaya’ (Mercury Trophy) Volleyball Tournament and a demonstration of mechanical and technical skills by the winners of the ‘Mech Challenge’ – a competition organised for the Group’s mechanics
Forbes and Walker Awards 2011
Forbes and Walker Tea Brokers Ltd. recently held its grand awards ceremony for 2011 at the Cinnamon Grand. Here are some highlights
‘Bridal and Beyond’ at BMICH
‘Bridal and Beyond,’ a bridal exhibition showcasing various products and services that help the bride and groom to be to get ready for their big day will be held at the BMICH until 22 April.The exhibition began on Friday
Leo Burnett captures HumanKind with Avurudu celebrations
In the true spirit of the National New Year, Leo Burnett brought together its team, clients, media partners, the industry, friends and their families for their annual Avurudu uthsavaya, which was held at their office recently. It was an evening full of excitement and fun, as everyone joined in traditional games and customs to celebrate the dawning of the New Year. Everyone revelled in traditional games such as kotta pora, kana mutti and the bun eating competitions.
Hair Flair Fashion debuts
The launch of Sri Lanka’s first Hair and Beauty educational magazine ‘Hair Flair Fashion’ took place recently. The magazine is published jointly with Thailand’s leading magazine ‘Hair and Beauty.’ Chief Guest Pradeepa Dharmadasa, Guest of Honour Ambassador of Thailand Poladej Worachat and High Commissioner of Bangladesh Mohbub UzZaman were present at the launch – Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
Beeline for BMW 3 Series launch in Sri Lanka
Prestige Automobile, the authorised distributor for BMW in Sri Lanka, introduced the BMW 3 Series comprising of two variants – BMW 328i and BMW 320i – to the Sri Lankan market at a launch held at the BMICH recently
HP PSG Awards Night
The HP Personal Systems Group (PSG) Annual Awards Ceremony 2011 was held at the Cinnamon Lakeside recently amidst a large gathering of distinguished guests.
A toast for SMES from Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered Bank hosted entrepreneurs from its Small and Medium Banking segment to cocktails recently at Cinnamon Lakeside’s iconic 8 Degrees restaurant. The event was graced by Global Head of Sales Management and Customer Offerings for SME Banking Christopher Dalo, Head SME SA Rajeev Chalisgaonkar and Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka CEO Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar
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