Company Achievements - Aitken Spence

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	Our core interests in the services industry as a leader have manoeuvred us into strategic alliances and creditable performances.

Achievements

Corporate

	Silver Award – HRM Awards 2007. The only conglomerate to be awarded.
	One of the leading listed companies in Sri Lanka - LMD (2006/2007)
	Among the Best Ten Corporate Citizens- Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (2006)
	Among the Top 5 companies in Sri Lanka- Business Today (2008)
	One of the Most Respected Entities in Sri Lanka - LMD (2007)
	Reigning winner of the National HRM Award for a group of companies in services sector.
	Merit Award - Diversified Holdings - Groups above 5 Subsidiary - Chartered Accountants Annual Report Awards Competition (2007)

Hotels

	The Group Skills Development Chef Dimuthu Kumarasingha - Presidential award for the best Chef (2007)
	ISO 22000 Certification - Heritance Kandalama, The Tea Factory and Earl’s Regency have been certified in compliance with ISO 22000 by SGS - the certifying company.
	ISO 14000 Certification
	Gold award - Hotel Companies - Chartered Accountants Annual Report Awards Competition (2007)
	Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Limited received a commendation award at the ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards 2006 for its commitment towards environmental sustainability.

Heritance Kandalama

	Silver Award – HRM Awards 2007. The only resort to be awarded.
	Recognized as one of the Top Five Best Practices by the United Nations Global Comapct – The UN’s corporate citizenship programme in 2007
	Presidential award for the Best 5 Star Resort (2007)
	Recognized as one of the top 15 green hotels in the world by the popular US-based Travel & Leisure magazine, for its environmental commitment.
	ISO 22000 Certification
	ISO 14001 Certification
	World Travel Market Environmental Company Award 1997
	Sri Lanka Association the advance for science 1997 and
	Presidential award for sustainable management
	Recognized by The Observer of UK as one of the "Magnificent Seven- Icons of Modern Hotel Design in the World" in 2006
	Winner of the Infrastructure special projects category of the Best Corporate Citizens Award by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
	Winner of Green Globe 21 Standard - 1st hotel in Asia.
	First hotel in the world to win LEEDS Green Building Certification
	Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Pilot Project, Bronze medal 2000 (Green Technologies Inc., Canada).
	First hotel in the Indian Sub-continent and Indian Ocean Region to win the Ultimate Service Award for Exceptional Service and Exceeding Customer Expectations presented by CNN, American Express and Taylor Nelson Sofres Hospitality & Leisure.
	First hotel in Sri Lanka to receive the PATA Green Leaf Environmental Gold Award for the environmental education programme featuring the “Eco Park” of the hotel in 2000.
	First hotel in the world to win the Thomsons Gold Award for Environmental Commitment from Thomson - the largest tour operator in UK in 2000.
	SAGA Award for Best Food & Services in the South Eastern region- consecutively for the last 10 years.
	President’s Environmental Award 2005 for Excellent Environmental Practices with the least impact on the environment.
	CIMA Community Leader Award.
	First hotel in Sri Lanka to be awarded ‘Superbrand’ status.

Tea Factory

	Recognized by the Sunday Times of UK as one of the '100 Best Places to Stay in the World' in 2007.
	Recognized by The Independent of UK as one of the 'Top Five Factory Hotels in the World' in 2007.
	RICS Award conferred by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, London in October 2000 for successfully restoring an abandoned building whilst maintaining it original facade.
	UNESCO Asia – Pacific Heritage Merit Award – 2001 for the impressive conversion of a dilapidated tea factory into a luxury hotel complex.
	South Asian Architecture Award for converting an abandoned tea factory into a unique theme hotel.

Heritance Ahungalla

Thomas Cook Best Property Award.

Browns Beach Hotel

	Certificate of recognition - Chartered Accountants Annual Report Awards Competition (2007)
	Animal Friendly Award by TUI in 2007.

Adaaran

	Adaaran “ Prestige “ Water Villas has been validated as “ Five Star butler rating “ by the International Institute of Modern Butlers , USA
	Adaaran Ayurveda Village is the first Ayurveda hotel in Maldives

Travels

	Presidential award for the Best Destination Management Company (2007)
	Mr Ravindra Palagolla - Presidential award for the Best Chauffer Guide (2007)
	ISO 9001:2000 Certification
	First Destination Management Company in Sri Lanka to be ISO 9002 – in Feb. 2000
	First Destination Management Company in the world to receive the Green Globe 21 Certification.
	PATA Gold Award for Education and Training in April 2001.
	Thompson Gold Award for Excellence in July 2001.

Conventions & Exhibitions

Presidential award for the Best Professional Conference Organization (2007)

Cargo

	National Quality Award.
	Overall National HRM Award for the Services sector - Medium category in 2003.

Overseas Travels

	KLM	Top Agents Award 2000
	LTU	Outstanding Sales Performance 2004
	Cathay Pacific	Top Agents Award 2005
	American Airlines	Performance Recognition 2006
	Singapore Airlines	Top Agents Award 2006/2007

Aitken Spence Garments

ISO 9001:2000 Certification

Aitken Spence Printing

	“Print 2005”- Presented by Sri Lanka Association of Printers
	Aitken Spence Printing (Pvt) Ltd won two awards of excellence and three awards of merit at the “Print Sri Lanka 2001” exhibition