Nevanka Fernando of Walkers Tours named ‘Social Media Professional of the Year’

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Nevanka Fernando of Walkers Tours Ltd. was adjudged ‘Social Media Professional of the Year’ at the recently-concluded Indo-Lanka Customer Engagement Forum and Awards held at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo.

The event which recognised the best customer engagement campaigns, creatives and activities executed for the year, played host to some of the leading companies in Sri Lanka and India which were judged on their respective work in the fields of online/digital marketing, mobile marketing, radio, television and newspaper.

Nevanka who commented on the experience said: “I did not expect to win an award at such an early stage of my career in social media marketing. It was a great feeling to have my work acknowledged by such an esteemed panel of judges which included veterans in the field of marketing from India and Sri Lanka.”

Walkers Tours was the only Destination Management Company to receive an award at the event.