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Eden Resort and Spa completes10 years
Eden Resort and Spa will celebrate its achievement of completing ten years in full operation at an informal gathering tomorrow with the management and staff of the property, a spokesman for the Hotel said. On June 3, 1995, the popular town of Beruwela saw its first five-star resort complete with 158 rooms and suites, a choice of restaurants, swimming pool, bars, conference centre and other facilities. This project was not only a milestone in tourism for Sri Lanka but also provided employment for over 500 people and helped with further foreign exchange earnings. Despite the setbacks that have taken place in the tourism industry over the past few years due to various unfortunate incidents, the investment and pioneering efforts of the Confifi Group have reaped enormous benefits through the building of a property of this magnitude. In December 2001, the resort opened its own spa and ayurveda, another first of its kind for Confifi Group Hotels, the spokesman said. ######## Malaysia Airlines set to instal winglets Malaysia Airlines is all set to install winglets for the next generation of Boeing 737 series and Boeing 737 classic series in the Asia-Pacific region. This follows the signing of an agreement between Malaysia Airlines Engineering and Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) to set up the first approved Blended Winglet Installation Centre in Southeast Asia for APB. The agreement signifies yet another milestone in the national carrier's acquisition of technology. A blended Winglet Performance Enhanced Boeing aircraft saves about 5% in block fuel burn with improved range; better climb performance and dramatic reductions in engine emissions. Typical annual fuel savings for Blended Winglet Equipped aircraft range from 100,000 gallons per year per Next Generation (NG) B737 to over 250,000 gallons per year per B757-200. It is estimated that if all Boeing aircraft on the planet were retrofitted with Blended Winglet Systems fuel savings would be close to 1.8 billion gallons each year. Encik Tajuden Abu Bakar, Malaysia Airlines' Senior General Manager, Technical and Ground Operations, said: "Boeing's confidence in Malaysia Airlines as the first regional modification centre reflects strongly on Malaysia's capacity for new technology". ########### Wins Marie Brizard regional competition Serendib Leisure hotels winning several first places in the regional competitions which led to the final round of the Marie Brizard bar tenders competition 2004 became champions in the Flaring competition displaying unique skills and talents with their innovation of the 'Doosra' and 'sweet lips' cocktails. This year too with the first round of competitions been completed last week barman B. M. Wijekoon did proud for Club Hotel Dolphin by displaying exceptional bar tendering skills beating 16 other hotels who competed from the Negombo region and was adjudged the winner' of the regional completion. Serendib Leisure hotels with the objective of motivating and developing staff to further improve their creativity, selling skills and bar tendering skills launched the 'Spirit of Serendib' which is held every year where all three hotels actively take part in an inter group bar tenders competition which also contributed to motivate participation in the Annual Marie Brizard competition. |
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