Boat Show from June 8-10
The first ever Boat Show in Sri Lanka will be held from June 8-10 at
the BMICH.
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From left: Amith Sumanapala, General Manager, SriLankan Holidays
and MICE Division, Thusitha Cooray, General Manager, Lanfurrd
and Semler, Rasa Weerasingham, Executive Director, National
Chamber of Exporters, Neil Fernando, Chairman, BTI, Ms. Jutta
Zinnel, Country Director, GTZ, Nalin Attygalle, Management
Consultant, Boat Show, Ms. Sujatha Weerakoon, Director General,
Export Development Board, Ms. Jeewani Umayanga, Morex Lanka (Pvt)
Ltd, Anura Kumarasinghe, Chairman, American Premium Water,
Manesh Fernando, Director Operations, Hilton Colombo. |
It is organised with the aim of providing a forum for all the related
business sectors involved directly and indirectly with the boat building
industry to display and promote their respective sectors to potential
clients.
A definite focus will be made to promote the industry among selected
markets such as the Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Seychelles, Madagascar,
Singapore, the Middle East and Europe for possible long term investment
and exporting opportunities.
The Boat Show is organised by the Boat Building Technology
Improvement Institute Lanka (Gte) Ltd (BTI) and supported by GTZ
International Services in association with the Sri Lanka Export
Development Board (EDB) and Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority.
The principal hospitality provider is Hilton Hotel, Colombo.
The Boat Show will be open to the public from 12 noon - Sunday, June
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