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By C. A. Chandraprema Many of those who call for the ‘full implementation of the 13th Amendment’ believe that all State land should be completely under the control of the provincial councils. The actual extent of the devolution of land powers would depend on the language used in the text of the 13th Amendment, and the interpretation […]
CONFESSIONS OF A GLOBAL GYPSY Dr. Chandana (Chandi) Jayawardena DPhil President – Chandi J. Associates Inc. Consulting, Canada Founder & Administrator – Global Hospitality Forum chandij@sympatico.ca Acknowledgement I thank Mr. Gemunu Goonewardena, Chairman of the Tourist Hotels Classification Committee from 2018 to 2022, and Non-Executive Director of the Board of Aitken Spence Hotel Holding PLC, […]
SAP together with John Keells IT is organizing the first edition of the Dare to Dream Awards – Sri Lanka, which is to be held on the 7th of February 2023 at Hilton, Colombo. This series of prestigious awards has in the past recognized and inspired over 400 established and emerging enterprises in India. This...
Let us now return to’ my role in the newly created Ministry of State. The President and my new Minister Anandatissa de Alwis had a special interest in tourism. As Minister of State, JRJ had presented the Tourism Development Act to establish the Ceylon Tourist Board. He appointed his brother Harry as Chairman of the […]
By Ernest Macintyre Bali, named by Trip Advisor as the world’s top destination in its Traveller’s Choice award, in January 2021, is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population being of this ancient Indian way of life and death commonly called religion. That is why a Balinese funeral, of rich or poor is conducted […]