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