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| TNT appointed Official Courier for 3rd Asian Junior Squash Championships |
7/10/2010 |
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TNT, one of the world’s Largest Air Express Companies and the market leader in Europe was appointed Official Courier for the 3rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships and the 1st Asian Masters Squash Championships, which commenced on the 6th of July 2010 in Sri Lanka. This is a landmark ...
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| Brighter futures
Sustainability highlights of the Aitken Spence Hotels Annual Report
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7/9/2010 |
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Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC has doubled the sustainability content of this year’s Annual Report. In addition to reporting impressive financial achievements, the company has highlighted tremendous positive impacts made on environmental and social aspects. In reaching out to the local ...
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| Sustainability is the key to tourism development in Sri Lanka
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7/9/2010 |
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Sustainability is a big buzz word globally, and it is increasingly shaping the way how businesses think and operate. In the travel and tourism sector, which is the largest industry worldwide, sustainability has become a key driver helping market airlines, destinations, hotels & tours. ...
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| Aitken Spence Amongst the World’s Firsts to Sign Up to the UN’s Women’s Empowerment Principles
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6/21/2010 |
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Aitken Spence PLC is among the first 38 leading companies worldwide who have signed up to the United Nations’ Women’s Empowerment Principles, comprising of actions that advance and empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community, and communicate progress. The diversified conglomerate is ...
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| Heritance Kandalama is the Best Five Star Resort for the Third Successive Year and Joins the Hall of Fame
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6/16/2010 |
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Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka’s most awarded hotel, was rated as the Best 5-Star Resort in the island for the third consecutive year and was welcomed to the prestigious the Hall of Fame, at the Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism, held on the 15th of June at the BMICH in Colombo. ...
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| Aitken Spence Bags Both Top Travel Awards Again and Enters the Hall Of Fame |
6/16/2010 |
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Aitken Spence Travels and its subsidiary Ace Travel & Conventions won the two most important awards given for travel companies as the Best Destination Management Company and the Best Conference Organiser respectively for the third consecutive year at the Presidential Awards for Travel & Tourism ...
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| Aitken Spence Team Gets Ready for the Culinary World Cup 2010 |
6/14/2010 |
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Heritance Ahungalla and Heritance Kandalama celebrated their jubilant win in the recently concluded 13th annual Sri Lankan Chefs Guild Culinary Art Competition by selecting the most outstanding winners of the competition to participate in the Food and Hotel Asia (FHA) 2010 held in Singapore ...
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| TNT’s support in ‘Ending child hunger’ |
6/7/2010 |
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TNT, the renowned Air Express Delivery company once again joined hands with the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) to provide local assistance to the UNWFP‘s global fund raising initiative ‘Walk the World’.
This year’s awareness building theme was the ‘hunger train’ ...
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| Aitken Spence Records an Excellent Performance Once Again |
6/4/2010 |
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Fast forwards plans for Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka-based diversified conglomerate Aitken Spence PLC recorded a net profit attributable to shareholders of Rs. 2.08 billion for 2009/10, showing an increase of 1.8% from last year. Revenue for the year stood at Rs. 24.4 billion. The ...
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| Aitken Spence Funds the Complete Logistics Operation for IIFA 2010 |
6/1/2010 |
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The IIFA Awards, the celebrity charity match and the IIFA Fashion Show this week have brought in over 75 tonnes of cargo by air and 16 containers by sea. The complete cargo operation was funded by the Sri Lanka-based conglomerate, Aitken Spence.
The cargo comprises of stage fittings, ...
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| Heritance Kandalama Awarded EarthCheck Silver Certification for Environmental Practices
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5/15/2010 |
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The environmental practices of Heritance Kandalama have been recognised by EarthCheck; the world’s leading sustainable travel and tourism certification organization in line with the Green Globe Company Standard for Travel and Tourism. Heritance Kandalama was first certified by Green Globe in 1999 ...
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| Heritance Tea Factory Triumphs at the Asia Pacific Property Awards |
4/22/2010 |
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The results of the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2010 in association with Bloomberg Television have been revealed and Heritance Tea Factory is rightly proud to be amongst the winners. Successful entrants were announced at a high profile gala dinner held at the Langham Hotel in Hong Kong on April ...
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| Aitken Spence Enters into a Strategic Partnership with CINEC Maritime Campus |
4/7/2010 |
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Port Management Container Services Ltd (PMCS), a fully owned subsidiary of Aitken Spence PLC has formed a strategic partnership with Colombo International Nautical & Engineering College (CINEC). This agreement was concluded on 30th March 2010.
CINEC a Company in the Ceyline ...
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| Fitch affirms Aitken Spence’s senior unsecured notes as "AA"
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3/16/2010 |
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FITCH Ratings said yesterday it has affirmed Sri Lanka`s Aitken Spence PLC`s (ASP) senior unsecured notes as National Long-term AA (lka). The Outlook is Stable.
The rating reflects the strong operating cash generational ability of ASP`s core business segments, the ...
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| Aitken Spence Rated Platinum for Corporate Accountability
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2/24/2010 |
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Aitken Spence PLC has been classified as among the four Platinum-level companies in the Corporate Accountability Index published in the February issue of Sri Lanka’s leading business magazine LMD in its cover story.
The index developed by STING Consultants- Sri Lanka’s sole ...
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| Heritance Kandalama Spa Named Among Asia's Top 5
Sustainable Spas
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2/24/2010 |
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Luxury Insider, Asia's leading luxury online magazine announced that the Six Senses Spa at Heritance Kandalama is among the top-5 sustainable spas in Asia.
Heritance Kandalama has been celebrated for its green philosophy and is widely recognized as the five-star resort that ...
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| Aitken Spence Hotels reaffirmed as Sri Lanka’s Best Culinary Team |
2/22/2010 |
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Culinary Art 2010, an event organised by the Chef’s Guild of Sri Lanka awards top achievers in the field of culinary arts; namely, restaurateurs, star category hotel chefs, airline caterers and hotel schools including competitors from Maldivian hotels. Offering visitors with stunning feasts for ...
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| Aitken Spence Q3 Profits up by 14% |
2/3/2010 |
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Interim Results of Aitken Spence PLC for the third quarter ended 31 December 2009
Aitken Spence PLC released its third quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange today, showing a10 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to Rs 914 mn and a 14.3 per cent rise in profit ...
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| Elpitiya Plantations’ Factories Receive Coveted ISO 22000
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1/12/2010 |
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Dunsinane Estate Tea Factory and New Peacock Estate Tea Factory of Elpitiya Plantations Plc have been awarded with the prestigious ISO 22000 Quality Certificate by SGS, Switzerland. These estate factories are owned and managed by Aitken Spence Plantation Managements Ltd.
The Dunsinane Tea ...
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| Ramada Hotel & Convention Centre, New Delhi – The Latest Addition to Aitken Spence Hotels |
12/21/2009 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels’ latest foray into the Indian market, takes the company to New Delhi, where a brand new property is due to open February / March 2010.
The 130-roomed, Ramada Hotel & Convention Centre will be laid out on a spectacular property spanning twelve acres, just ten ...
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| Aitken Spence Recognized for Exemplary Corporate Citizenship |
12/12/2009 |
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Aitken Spence PLC was awarded the 2nd Runner-Up in the overall category at the 6th Annual Best Corporate Citizens Awards organized by the Ceylon Chamber on 10th December 2009. This is the second consecutive year that Aitken Spence has been recognized as among the top corporate citizens in the ...
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| The Tea Factory to become a Heritance Hotel
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12/3/2009 |
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Sri Lanka’s popular hill country hotel, The Tea Factory, is being re-branded as a Heritance Hotel on 15 December. This is the natural outcome of the successful development of an abandoned tea factory building into an eco-friendly, world class hotel.
Recognising that a hotel does ...
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| Seal the Deal at Copenhagen |
12/1/2009 |
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Statement from Mr. J M S Brito, Deputy Chairman/Managing Director of Aitken Spence PLC in support of the UN Seal the Deal! campaign calling for a fair, balanced and effective post-Kyoto climate agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15) to be held from 7-18 December 2009 ...
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| Adaaran Prestige Resorts, Maldives, celebrate World Travel Awards
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11/25/2009 |
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MALE – Adaaran Prestige Resorts celebrated winning the international travel industry’s Oscar as the “Indian Ocean's Leading Water Villa Group” at a special ceremony held at the Adaaran Prestige Vadoo resort on 21 November 2009.
The event was attended by the Minister of Tourism, Arts & ...
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| Mark Mobius visits Heritance Ahungalla
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11/23/2009 |
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Investment Guru Mark Mobius Spends Weekend at Heritance Ahungalla
Dr. Mark Mobius, Managing Director and Mr. Dennis Lim, Senior Executive Vice President Templeton Asset Management Ltd. being welcomed at the Heritance Ahungalla. The welcome dance "The Salu Paliya" belongs to the ...
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| Aitken Spence Shows a Stronger Performance in 2Q
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11/4/2009 |
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Aitken Spence PLC released its second quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange today, reporting Rs 744mn as pre-tax profit and Rs 470mn as profit attributable to shareholders for the quarter ended 30th September 2009; both increasing by 16% over the previous year. The Sri ...
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| Japan’s NICC Lauds Aitken Spence Efforts to Disseminate Management Best Practices
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10/8/2009 |
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[Colombo, 08.10.09] Deputy Director of Japanese business community’s international corporation arm, Nippon-Keidanren International Co-Corporation Center (NICC), Mr. Hiriyuki Matsui commended the initiatives made by Aitken Spence PLC to proliferate NICC’s Management Training ...
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| Aitken Spence Launches its Fifth Hotel in India with the Opening of “Tamara” in Coimbatore
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9/30/2009 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels and Resorts is pleased to announce the latest addition to its portfolio of hotels in India with the opening of “Tamara” in Coimbatore.
Situated in the foothills of the Western Ghats, Tamara is nestled in a fairytale setting. The surroundings of the resort with the ...
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| MMBL Money Master Helps Former LTTE Child Soldiers
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9/22/2009 |
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MMBL Money Master recently donated shoes and socks for 113 children at the Security Lodging and Rehabilitation Centre in Ambepussa. The centre helps rehabilitate former LTTE child soldiers who had surrendered during the war.
The centre carries out a one year vocational training for its ...
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| Sri Lanka shares at 30-mo high on GDP data, rate cut
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9/14/2009 |
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Banking shares and diversified firms, led gains, as both sector indices hit record highs, led by conglomerate Aitken Spence & Hatton National Bank.
By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal
COLOMBO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's stock market surged to its highest in ...
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| Sri Lanka Bags Global Best Service Award for Small Destinations from TUI
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9/10/2009 |
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Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Travels and the TUI Service Team in the country were recognized by TUI for overall service performance to its guests during Winter 2008/09 season, by winning the third place globally among small destinations.
TUI is the world’s largest integrated tourism group ...
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| Hotel Atithi Celebrates First Anniversary
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9/9/2009 |
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Hotel Atithi, Pondicherry celebrates its first anniversary on 11th September and reveals the strategies for 2010, to expand the short haul feeder markets as well as the important local domestic market, for both the leisure and MICE segments. The Aitken Spence-managed hotel has already achieved ...
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| Aitken Spence Records Rs 488mn as First Quarter PBT
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8/6/2009 |
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[COLOMBO, 06.08.09] Aitken Spence PLC released its first quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange today, reporting Rs 488mn as pre-tax profit, a decline of 19.4% while revenue fell by 20% to Rs 5.06 bn over the previous year.
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| Heritance Kandalama Partners AFLAC to Uplift School Library in Dambulla |
7/21/2009 |
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Sri Lanka’s most awarded resort Heritance Kandalama will partner Sri Lankan charity- Association for Lighting a Candle (AFLAC) to provide books and library equipment to Wewalawewa Maha Vidyalaya in Dambulla.
The school was chosen by the Ministry of Education from among ...
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| Aitken Spence donates goods worth Rs. One Million
as aid for Internally Displaced Persons
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7/16/2009 |
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As a leading corporate entity in the sphere of Sri Lankan business and industry, Aitken Spence has been continually committed to ensuring the wellbeing of the communities in the regions it operates in.
Responding to the call of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka to assist in providing ...
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| Aitken Spence Rejuvenates Neptune Resort
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7/9/2009 |
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Ayurveda ashrams and yoga meditation are now part of Aitken Spence Hotels’ refurbishment programme for Neptune Hotel in Beruwala.
When the property opens its doors as ‘Heritance Mahagedera’, it will be the latest 40 to 60 room wellness resort in the groups’ prestigious ...
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| Aitken Spence Achieves Landmark Amidst Global Turmoil |
6/8/2009 |
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Aitken Spence PLC reported its highest ever net profit before tax of Rs. 3.4bn and net profit after tax of Rs. 3.1bn for the financial year 2008/09, signifying a growth of 8.4%. The diversified conglomerate’s net profits attributable to shareholders rose 10.8% to Rs. 2.0bn in the year ...
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| Aitken Spence-Managed Desert Nights Camp among the Top Ten Desert Retreats of the World
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5/13/2009 |
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Aitken Spence-managed Desert Nights Camp in Oman was recently named one of the top ten desert retreats of the world by The National in an independent study conducted by the UAE-based regional publication. Located two hours away from the City of Muscat on the dazzling sands of Al Wasil in ...
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| ADAARAN ‘Select’ Hudhuran Fushi receives the Presidential Award for Highest Occupancy
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4/21/2009 |
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ADAARAN‘Select’ Hudhuran Fushi has received the ‘Presidential award for highest Occupancy in Maldives in the 300 beds and above category. The award was handed over by His Excellency the President Mohamed Nasheed to the Director / General Manager -Administration of ADAARAN Resorts Mr. Mohamed ...
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| ADAARAN Resorts inaugurates ADAARAN ‘Prestige’ Vadoo |
4/1/2009 |
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ADAARAN Resorts have unveiled their latest property ADAARAN ‘Prestige’ Vadoo. The resort was inaugurated by the Honourable Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Dr. Ahmed Ali Sawad at a function held on 28th March 2009 at the resort. Chairman of Aitken Spence Deshamanya D H S Jayawardena, Deputy ...
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| Aitken Spence Continues its Steady Progress
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2/11/2009 |
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[COLOMBO, 11.02.09] Aitken Spence PLC released its third quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange today, reporting Rs 2.1b as pre-tax profit and Rs 1.3b as profit attributable to the shareholders for the nine months ended 31st December 2008, which is an increase of 11.5 % ...
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| Heritance Kandalama is Sri Lanka’s Best Five Star Resort for the Second Successive Year |
1/28/2009 |
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[Colombo, 27.01.09] Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka’s most awarded hotel, was recognized as the Best 5-Star Resort at the Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism for the second consecutive year.
Held at the BMICH on Monday, the objective of this prestigious awards ceremony is to ...
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| The Tea Factory Crowned Sri Lanka’s Best 4-Star Hotel
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1/28/2009 |
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[Colombo, 27.01.09] The Tea Factory, Sri Lanka’s first theme resort was awarded the Presidential Award for Best 4-Star Resort at the second annual Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism held at the BMICH.
The awards were adjudged by an eminent panel of judges based on a ...
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| Aitken Spence Travels Wins the 2 Top Travel Awards Again
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1/27/2009 |
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[Colombo, 27.01.2009] Aitken Spence Travels and its fully-owned subsidiary Ace Travels & Conventions won the awards for the Best Destination Management Company and the Best Professional Conference Organisation for the second consecutive year at the Presidential Awards for Travel & Tourism held ...
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| Kingfisher Airlines launches daily direct flights from Colombo to Bangalore and Chennai |
1/20/2009 |
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Colombo, January 19, 2009— Kingfisher Airlines, India’s first and only Five Star Airline, today extended its international footprint by launching daily direct flights from Colombo to Bangalore and Colombo to Chennai. Guests traveling on this route can now experience Five Star service, thanks to the ...
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| Diamond Club Offers You the Best Present Yet |
1/8/2009 |
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Diamond Club, the exclusive loyalty club of Aitken Spence Hotels announces its newest promotion, an offer which will captivate its members irrespective of their age. The promotion, launching on the 12th of January, 2009 will offer Diamond Club members staying at Aitken Spence Hotels or Heritance ...
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| Aitken Spence Receives Gold for Corporate Accountability |
1/5/2009 |
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Aitken Spence was classified under the ‘Gold’ band of the Corporate Accountability Ratings conducted by STING Consultants.
Flagged as “Sri Lanka’s ‘Report Card’ on Corporate Accountability”, the ratings are based on findings related to corporate values, identifying risks and opportunities, ...
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| Aitken Spence Hotels Signs Fifth Hotel in the Middle East
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12/23/2008 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels has signed an agreement with Desert Nights LLC to manage its luxury property Desert Nights Camp in Oman, making it the fifth property in the Middle East to be managed by Aitken Spence.
Desert Nights Camp is located two hours away from the City of Muscat on the dazzling ...
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| Aitken Spence Launches Heritance Madurai in India |
12/8/2008 |
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Heritance Hotels & Resorts will launch its first hotel in India this December with Heritance Madurai. Aitken Spence Hotels has been awarded the management rights to the five-star deluxe resort situated in the heart of the temple city of Madurai.
Mr. Lakshman Ekanayake, CEO Aitken ...
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| Sri Lanka’s Challenge- From Low to Zero |
12/1/2008 |
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As the world prepares for the 20th anniversary of the declaration of World Aids Day on the 1st of December, we in Sri Lanka are still battling with the social taboos of HIV/AIDS.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus was first brought to the forefront in the early 1980s and spread rapidly the ...
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| Adaaran Resorts unveils new Water Bungalows at Adaaran ‘Club’ Rannalhi |
12/1/2008 |
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MALE, MALDIVES – Located in South Male’ Atoll of the Maldives, the Water Bungalows at Adaaran ‘Club’ Rannalhi is a luxurious experience in themselves. With the unveiling of the 16 new Water Bungalows on Saturday, Adaaran ‘Club’ Rannalhi now hosts a total of 96 standard rooms and 34 water ...
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| Aitken Spence Wins Diversified Group of Companies Sector
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11/26/2008 |
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Aitken Spence PLC was conferred the Winner under the category for “Diversified Group Companies Sector” at the National Business Excellence awards 2008 organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka.
The comprehensive application process was evaluated by an eminent panel of ...
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| Aitken Spence First Runner-Up at Best Corporate Citizen Awards
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11/25/2008 |
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Aitken Spence PLC was awarded the overall First Runner-Up at the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Awards 2008 organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for the fifth consecutive year. The leading Sri Lankan conglomerate also won the Environment category at the awards.
Evaluated by eminent ...
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| Aitken Spence Shows Modest Profit Growth in Q2
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11/4/2008 |
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Second quarter financial results of Aitken Spence PLC released to the Colombo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, revealed Rs 1.24 b as profit-before-tax for the six months ended 30th September 2008. The diversified conglomerate disclosed Rs 792.4 m as profit attributable to the shareholders, a ...
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| Clean and Green Record Propels Heritance Hotels & Resorts Internationally |
10/27/2008 |
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Malin Hapugoda, Managing Director of Aitken Spence Hotels says the pioneering global best practices in managing the impacts on the environment and sustaining win-win relationships with communities and stakeholders have helped the leading resort operator to expand its presence ...
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| Over-all Winner for Support Services goes to TNT |
9/27/2008 |
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Aitken Spence subsidiary, Ace International Express was selected the Most Outstanding Provider of Support Services to Exporters at the National Chamber of Exporters Awards ceremony held on 26th September 2008 at the Colombo Hilton. In addition to the Most Outstanding provider of Support Services, ...
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| Aitken Spence to launch Hotel Atithi, Puducherry |
9/13/2008 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels and Resorts are pleased to announce the newest addition to its portfolio of hotels in India with the soft opening of Hotel Atithi in Puducherry.
Aitken Spence Hotels is an emerging player in the Indian hospitality arena already managing two other resorts in India ...
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| Gehan M. Perera Appointed to Aitken Spence PLC Board
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9/1/2008 |
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Presently, heading the Travel sector, he counts 30 years in tourism and at Aitken Spence.
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Mr Gehan M. Perera was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence PLC with effect from 1st September 2008.
Presently, heading the Travel sector, he counts 30 years in tourism ...
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| Aitken Spence helps life return to normal in the East |
8/9/2008 |
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Following the devastation of the tsunami in 2004, Kumburupiddy in the Trincomalee district was badly affected leaving many families homeless and destitute. In response to the dire situation, Aitken Spence initiated a housing project comprising of 26 housing units which was primarily funded by ...
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| Aitken Spence Records Steady Performance in First Quarter |
8/6/2008 |
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Aitken Spence PLC released its first quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, reporting Rs 387m as profit attributable to the shareholders for the three months ended 30th June 2008, a growth of 13.6 per cent, compared to last year.
Group Turnover has increased ...
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| Aitken Spence among Sri Lanka’s Top 5 |
7/23/2008 |
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Aitken Spence was ranked among the top 5 companies in Sri Lanka by Business Today with the award being received by its Chairman Deshamanya D H S Jayawardena from His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapakse, recently.
Dr Rohan M Fernando, a Director and the Head of Business ...
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| International Beauty Queens at Earl’s Regency, Kandy |
7/15/2008 |
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Maria Colombage, Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World 2007, Simran Kaur, Miss India for Miss Universe 2008 and Roshni Soin, Miss Singapore for Miss World 2007 visited Earls Regency upon an invitation made by the Rotary Club of Kandy. The Asian beauties’ visit was to commemorate the installation ...
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| Aitken Spence School of Hospitality Builds International Careers for Rural Youth |
7/14/2008 |
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Aitken Spence School of Hospitality in Ahungalla is scheduled to commence training for its fourth batch of students in August, 2008. The three preceding batches passing out, numbering 74 in total, is a success story in molding rural youth aspiring to make their mark in the international ...
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| Aitken Spence Plantations Records Best Ever Year
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7/3/2008 |
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Elpitiya Plantations Ltd. (EPL), Aitken Spence’s plantation arm recorded its best year of profits during the financial year ended 2007/08.
Profit-after-tax improved to Rs 170.2 m, up from Rs 7.8 m in the previous year. Turnover rose 41% to reach Rs 1.81 b. ...
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| Adaaran ‘Prestige’ Water Villas wins the ‘Maldives Leading Water Villas’ at the World Travel Awards 2008 superseding stiff competition |
6/27/2008 |
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Shanghai, CHINA - Adaaran ‘Prestige’ Water Villas an Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC (Maldives) resort, won the ‘Maldives Leading Water Villas’ award at the inaugural World Travel Awards Asia and Indian Ocean Ceremony held on 19th June, 2008 in China. This most sought after awards ...
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| Aitken Spence Shows Excellence in Adversity |
6/4/2008 |
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Aitken Spence posted a remarkable 26% growth in profits attributable to shareholders over the previous year, despite an adverse and challenging environment faced by both the national and global economies.
In its annual results released to the Colombo Stock Exchange today for the financial ...
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| Aitken Spence Targets India, Maldives, Oman Hotels for Profit - Bloomberg |
5/24/2008 |
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``The company is one of the best managed and with its overseas expansion, the outlook for growth is excellent.''
(Bloomberg. Anusha Ondaatjie) -- Aitken Spence & Co., Sri Lanka's biggest operator of resort hotels, will focus
on India, the Maldives and Oman to boost profit as escalating ...
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| Manilal Fernando Joins Aitken Spence Board |
5/7/2008 |
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Mr Manilal Fernando was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence & Co. PLC with effect from May 2008.
Mr Fernando, is presently the Chairman of Holcim (Lanka) Ltd, Shipping and Cargo Logistics (Pvt) Ltd [agents for Hyundai Shipping], Hyundai Lanka (Private) Ltd. [Agents for Hyundai Cars ...
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| Aitken Spence Leads Amongst the Best
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4/29/2008 |
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Aitken Spence was ranked among the top 5 companies in Sri Lanka by Business Today in its April 2008 edition.
Aitken Spence showed the best improvement in ranking amongst Business Today’s annual top ten ranked companies in the country.
Business Today, a leading business magazine, ...
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| Aitken Spence “Diamond Club” Welcomes You to a World of Extended Privileges |
4/8/2008 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels, Sri Lanka’s leading resort operator plans to unveil an exclusive loyalty rewards program, ‘The Diamond Club’ with the tag line ‘Welcome to a world of extended privileges’.
Speaking at the launch ceremony Mr. Malin Hapugoda, Managing Director of the hotels sector ...
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| Adaaran ‘Prestige’ Ocean Villas wins Excellence Awards at the SLIA Design Awards 2008
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3/25/2008 |
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Adaaran Resorts latest property, Ocean Villas has won the Excellence Award in the ‘Hotel & Tourism’ category at the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects (SLIA) Design Awards 2008. Every year Sri Lanka Institute of Architects Design Awards gives recognition to outstanding work to the latest ...
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| Aitken Spence Only Conglomerate to Win at HRM Awards |
2/26/2008 |
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Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerate Aitken Spence became the only conglomerate in Sri Lanka to be awarded at the recently held HRM Awards. The diversified blue chip which represented almost 13000 employees in over 80 subsidiaries including joint venture companies won a HRM Silver award.
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| Aitken Spence India strategy to dwarf Sri Lanka |
2/22/2008 |
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Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Hotels is on track to control around 1,400 rooms in India within two years, making them overtake domestic operations unless new hotels are built in the island, an official said.
The firm has bagged eight management deals in India, some with equity participation, ...
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| Aitken Spence notes affirmed at 'AA(lka)' outlook stable - Fitch |
2/15/2008 |
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Fitch Ratings Lanka said it has affirmed the national long-term ratings on Sri Lanka-based Aitken Spence & Company Ltd's (ASCL) senior unsecured notes at 'AA(lka)' reflecting the commercial and geographic diversity of its businesses and its strong cash generative earnings.
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| Aitken Spence 9-month profit up by 16% to Rs 1.9b |
2/12/2008 |
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Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerate Aitken Spence released its third quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The blue chip reported a Rs 1.9b as profit before taxation and Rs 1.1b profit attributable to the shareholders for the nine months ending 31st December 2007, a ...
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| Aitken Spence Enters Middle East Hospitality Industry |
2/7/2008 |
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Signifying a milestone in Sri Lanka’s hospitality sector, the country’s leading resort operator, Aitken Spence signed an agreement with Oman Hotels & Tourism Co SAOG this week to manage four properties in Oman.
Aitken Spence, which was the first Sri Lankan hotel company to enter the ...
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| Aitken Spence Bags Most Presidential Awards
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1/29/2008 |
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The Aitken Spence was the most awarded group, bagging five accolades at the inaugural Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism Excellence 2007 held at the Presidential Secretariat.
Aitken Spence won the two main travel awards with Aitken Spence Travels winning Best Destination ...
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| Here's how to leave less of a carbon imprint
There are a number of fine 'green' resorts around the world to choose from
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1/14/2008 |
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The Province (British Columbia, Canada)- Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/travel/story.html?
id=d474bcab-1f73-4455-a910-a7995e423482
Want to leave less of a carbon imprint during your travels? Here are the best ...
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| MMBL Money Transfer Holds Agents Convention
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1/2/2008 |
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Western Union Agent, MMBL Money Transfer, held its annual Agent convention at Galadari this year. The convention was attended by over 250 Agents to discuss the potential of the remittance market in Sri Lanka and the economic development that remittances are bringing to the country. The event also ...
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| Heritance Kandalama, One of the Top 15 Green Hotels of the World
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12/19/2007 |
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Raising Sri Lanka’s profile as an eco-tourism destination, Heritance Kandalama was yet again recognized for its environmental commitment by the popular US-based Travel & Leisure magazine, as one of the top 15 green hotels in the world.
The magazine in collaboration with Conservation ...
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| 1000 MMBL Money Transfer Locations |
12/13/2007 |
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Sri Lanka, 10th . December 2007 – MMBL Money Transfer, one of Western Union’s Agents in Sri Lanka has reached a significant milestone with the opening of MMBL’s 1,000th Western Union location. This 1000th location is the Beliatta Rural Bank of the Beliatta Multi Purpose Society located in the ...
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| Tea Factory among the top 5 Factory Hotels of the world
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11/27/2007 |
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Raising the profile of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, the London based The Independent recently released its review of the top five factory hotels in the world with Sri Lanka’s first theme hotel, The Tea Factory being selected as one of them. The balance four hotels hail from Spain, Greece, Italy ...
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| Construction of new port terminal awaits Cabinet nod |
11/27/2007 |
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Daily News
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/11/27/bus01.asp
The Aitken Spence conglomerate is awaiting Cabinet approval to construct the proposed container terminal in the Colombo South port.
The company seems to be the highest bidder to build and operate the new container ...
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| MMBL Signs On Lanka Bell to Offer Western Union Money Transfer Service
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11/26/2007 |
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Lanka Bell has entered into an agreement with MMBL Money Transfer (MMBL) to offer Western Union money transfer services through its network of 55 business offices across Sri Lanka. All the Agent locations will be fully equipped to offer Western Union’s Money Transfer Service.
Remittance is ...
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| Aitken Spence Sailing Despite Rough Weather |
11/6/2007 |
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Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerate Aitken Spence released its second quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, reporting a Rs 1.24b as profit before taxation and Rs 757.3m profit attributable to the shareholders during the first six months of operation, a growth of 18.7% and ...
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| Gama Navodhaya Scheme by Aitken Spence Cargo |
10/19/2007 |
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Aitken Spence Cargo will continue to support Dedunupitiya Maha Vidyalaya, in Mawanella, as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
This is an extension of the company’s scheme of Re-awakening the Village - “Gama Navodhaya” through village ...
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| Aitken Spence-PSA "set to operate port terminal"
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10/12/2007 |
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News- Key consortium set to operate port terminal
Official announcement awaited in view of detailed calculations
By Sunimalee Dias
Daily Mirror- Financial Times
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/10/12/ft/01.asp
Financial bids for the Colombo South Harbour terminal ...
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| TUI Raises Awareness on Dolphins in Negombo |
10/9/2007 |
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World’s leading tour operator TUI, brought together school children in Negombo’s fishing community for an awareness programme on the Dolphins to mark the “Year of the Dolphin”.
The workshop, attended by children from fifteen schools in and around Negombo was organised by TUI’s ...
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| Prominent Chinese Buddhist Delegation Visits Sri Lanka
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9/22/2007 |
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Subsequent to His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse’s visit to China, the President of the China Buddhist Association Most Venerable Shi Yi Cheng and a delegation of the most nenerable Buddhist prelates/lay Buddhist leaders of China visited Sri Lanka recently.
The delegation comprised ...
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| The Tea Factory among the World’s Best 100 Places to Stay
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9/19/2007 |
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In an encouraging sign to the Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, The Sunday Times of UK has named Sri Lanka’s first theme hotel, The Tea Factory among the “World’s Best 100 Places to Stay” in its September Travel issue.
The UK’s largest-selling Sunday newspaper commenting on The Tea Factory ...
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| Countdown to a World First |
9/7/2007 |
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The countdown has started for the world’s first passenger service of the A380 in October. Singapore Airlines A380 will make global aviation history when it flies from Singapore to Sydney on 25 October and returns to Singapore on 26 October.
To mark this momentous occasion, Singapore ...
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| Aitken Spence Chefs Dominate Culinary Art 2007 |
8/29/2007 |
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Aitken Spence Hotels, Sri Lanka’s leading resort operator once again emerged as the runaway winners of the 12th Culinary Art Competition organized by the Chefs Guild of Sri Lanka, maintaining its reputation for offering the best cuisine in the country.
Chefs from hotels belonging to the ...
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| MMBL forms alliance with Lankaputhra Development Bank to offer Western Union ® Money Transfer service |
8/24/2007 |
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LankaPuthra Developmant Bank (LDB) has entered into an agreement with MMBL Money Transfer (MMBL) to offer Western Union money transfer services through their branches in Colombo, Hambantota and Polonnaruwa.
This coorperation will provide a reliable, fast and convenient foreign remittances ...
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| FIRST A380 FLIGHT ON 25-26 OCTOBER |
8/21/2007 |
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Airbus and Singapore Airlines have agreed to a delivery timetable for the first A380
aircraft.
The aircraft is planned for handover by Airbus to Singapore Airlines on Monday 15 October at a ceremony in Toulouse, France.
It will be configured with 471 seats in three classes: ...
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| Aitken Spence Sustains Profitability in First Quarter |
8/7/2007 |
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Sri Lanka’s leading diversified blue chip conglomerate Aitken Spence released its first quarter financial results to the Colombo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, revealing an increase of 11. 6% in profit before tax compared with the corresponding period last year. It recorded Rs 584m as profit before ...
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| Murali continues to endorse Western Union whilst MMBL expands network |
7/30/2007 |
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MMBL Money Transfer, Principal Agents for Western Union, the world’s leading money transfer services provider is on a major expansion drive targeting over 800 locations in Sri Lanka by the end 2007. Currently MMBL Money Transfer operates through an unmatched network of over 600 agent locations ...
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| Aitken Spence Travels Celebrates 30 Years of Excellence
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7/18/2007 |
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Aitken Spence Travels (ASTL), the premier Destination Management Company in Sri Lanka celebrated 30 years of excellence in tourism on 6th July 2007. The celebration to commemorate 3 decades of service was preceded with a project at Vajira Sri Rehabilitation Children's Home, where the entire staff ...
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| Aitken Spence achieves highest ever Profit- strengthens global prospects
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6/29/2007 |
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Sri Lanka's leading diversified conglomerate Aitken Spence, reported its highest ever profits for the financial year 2006/07. The conglomerate posted a profit before tax of Rs. 2.6 billion for the financial year, a 35.1% increase over the previous year. The exceptional growth, despite an adverse ...
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| Heritance adds a Third Dimension to Sri Lankan Cuisine |
6/19/2007 |
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In addition to taste and presentation, Heritance Hotels & Resorts is introducing health as a third dimension to Sri Lanka’s cuisine in its properties, Heritance Kandalama and Heritance Ahungalla.
Sri Lanka’s premier international hospitality brand which recently announced its expansion ...
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| SANASA Development Bank joins MMBL to offer Western Union® Money Transfer service
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5/21/2007 |
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MMBL Money Transfer (Pvt) Ltd (MMBL) and Sanasa Developmant Bank (SDB) have entered into an agreement to offer Western Union money transfer services through their network of 27 locations.
Western Union is a leading provider of global money transfer services and is listed in the New York ...
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| Aitken Spence Overseas Travels and Thai Airways International carry Lankan cricket academy team to Bangladesh
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4/20/2007 |
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Aitken Spence Overseas Travels, who have firmly established a reputation as one of the market leaders in the travel industry, was the choice of travel agent for the Sri Lanka Academy Cricket Team's Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament in Bangladesh.
The team that departed Colombo on the 19th of ...
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| TNT opens new express centre in Wattala
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4/18/2007 |
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TNT Express, the European leader in Express & Mail, opened another express centre in the city of Wattala, adding another milestone to its focus, 'within customer's reach'.
Wattala will be the twelfth TNT express centre that will be added to the TNT local network. TNT already has eleven ...
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| Browns Beach and Beach Hotel first to receive TUI Animal Friendly Award
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3/29/2007 |
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TUI, the world's largest integrated tourism organisation, presented Browns Beach Hotel and Beach Hotel in Negombo the first TUI Animal Friendly Awards in Sri Lanka.
The problem of stray animals in Sri Lanka has been brought to the attention of TUI, Europe's largest tour operator, through ...
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| Elephants fly with Aitken Spence Cargo
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2/27/2007 |
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A baby elephant with his entourage of mahouts and veterinary surgeons recently embarked on a trip to China by air. Aitken Spence Cargo took the honours of flying the elephant in an especially constructed compartment aboard an exclusive chartered aircraft.
The baby elephant was accompanied ...
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| Sri Lankan Heavyweights Set Up Joint Palm Oil Mill worth Rs 250m
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2/20/2007 |
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The joint venture Crude Palm Oil (CPO) mill set up by Agalawatte Plantations Ltd. Elpitiya Plantations Ltd. and Namunukula Plantations Ltd. under the company AEN Palm Oil Processing (Pvt) Ltd. (AENP) commenced commercial production recently.
Agalawatte, Elpitiya and Namunukula Plantations ...
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| Aitken Spence profits up by 27% despite domestic tourism challenges
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2/7/2007 |
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Diversified blue-chip conglomerate Aitken Spence issued their 3rd-quarter results to the Colombo Stock Exchange, recording an increase of 26.9% in profit before tax over the corresponding period in the previous year, while net profit attributable to shareholders increased by 35%.
The ...
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| TNT Wins European Business Award for Customer Focus
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1/31/2007 |
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TNT Express has won a "European Business Award" for the most customer focused company in Europe. This renowned prize is supported by several organisations including CMS, AXA, Grey EMEA, Siemens, Societe Generale and The Wall Street Journal Europe.
TNT Express won the prize in the "Customer ...
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| TNT: Principal Sponsors FASE-AISEX Exhibition 2006
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11/28/2006 |
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TNT Express was appointed as the official courier for FASE /AISEX exhibitions held at the Sirimavo Bandaranayake Memorial Convention between 09th to 11th November 2006. Lanka Exhibitions & Conference Services (Pvt.) Ltd and Sri Lanka Garment Buying Association together with the Joint Apparel Forum ...
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| Sri Lankan becomes World's No. 1 Chef
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11/27/2006 |
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Heritance Hotels and Resorts' Group Skills Development Chef Dimuthu Kumarasinghe, has won 4 Gold medals at the 10th Culinary World Cup held in Luxembourg from the 18th to the 22nd of this month. He won Gold in all 4 of the events in which he participated. Dimuthu is the first Sri Lankan ever to win ...
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| Aitken Spence continues growth - Profits up by 76.5%
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11/8/2006 |
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Leading diversified conglomerate Aitken Spence released its financial results for the six months ended 30th September reflecting an increase in profits after tax of 76.5% to Rs. 969 million over the same period last year.
Aitken Spence, the leader in Tourism and Cargo Logistics in the ...
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| Aitken Spence, to be the First Hotel Chain in Southeast Asia with the Latest International Food Safety Standard
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10/25/2006 |
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Heritance Hotels & Resorts and Aitken Spence Hotels & Resorts announced today the successful completion of ISO 22000and HACCP certification audits for three of their properties.
ISO 22000-2005/HACCP is the latest international standard on food safety management systems, which ensures high ...
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| Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse met business leaders yesterday regarding sponsorships for the South Asian Games.
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7/26/2006 |
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Aitken Spence Chairman Mr. D H S Jayawardene (Left) is seen here sharing a light moment with the Presidnet (centre) at the conclusion of the meeting held at Temple Trees.
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| Aitken Spence Enters into a Strategic Partnership with CINEC Maritime Campus |
4/7/1985 |
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Port Management Container Services Ltd (PMCS), a fully owned subsidiary of Aitken Spence PLC has formed a strategic partnership with Colombo International Nautical & Engineering College (CINEC). This agreement was concluded on 30th March 2010.
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