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Eden Resort and Spa, the five star resort located in the golden mile of Beruwala and member hotel of LOLC Leisure, was once again feted for its excellence in the hospitality and leisure sector, when it emerged runners-up (large category) at the National Business Excellence Awards (NEBA) 2012.
Eden Resort and Spa General Manager Eksath Wijeratne accepted the award from The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka Senior Deputy President Sunil G. Wijesinhe and Access Engineering PLC Executive Director Christopher Joshua. This is the fifth consecutive year that this luxury resort has been feted for its excellence in service and operations at the NBEA Awards.
Speaking about the win, General Manager Wijeratne said, “Winning this award is a humbling victory for us and adds another milestone to our great year of achievements. We have taken our hotel’s brand to soaring heights both internationally and at home, by winning many prestigious awards and accolades earlier this year. We hope to continue this winning streak into yet another exciting year of hospitality service in the year 2013,” he added.
Some of the notable achievements of Eden Resort and Spa for this year include; winning the Gold and Silver medals for pastillage and vegetable carving categories at the World Culinary Olympics in Germany, becoming the only leisure brand to receive a National level Merit Award for service and operational excellence at the CNCI Achievement Awards in Sri Lanka, retaining the HACCP and ISO 9001:2008 certification for quality and standards of service for an additional period of three years, receiving crescentrating four certification for Halal friendly hotels and receiving the Certificate of Excellence from the world’s largest travel website, Trip Advisor.com.