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Randholee as colourful as the annual treat!

Randholee Resorts, Kandy will invest Rs. 200-300 mln in the next six months on an expansion project which will include an addition of 30 rooms, banquet facilities and an ayurveda facility, a spokesman of the hotel said.

The Randholee Resorts

He said that the hall will be able to accommodate 300 guests after refurbishment while the ayurveda facility will be expanded to include Kerala methods as well.

With proximity to the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, the elephant bath at Katugastota, Kandy Museum, handicraft centres, boating on Kandy Lake and the Victoria Golf Club the hotel guest would find the hotel most ideal.

The hotel has 25 air conditioned rooms with private balconies, internet facilities, satellite TV, telephones and tea or coffee making facility.

The other 'perks' include a fully equipped gymnasium, swimming pool, conference room as well as Wi-Fi facilities in public areas.

There is a wide range of food on offer be it Eastern or Western with ala carte, set menu as well as room menus are available to suit the individuals taste buds.

"We at Randholee provide a more personalized service to our guests.

The guest will never get bored as there are facilities for a game of pool, table tennis, chess, carrom or cards. In addition if the guest is a nature lover, nature trails, hiking, mountain cycling and jungle treks on the Hantana mountain range are there for you asking.

Sustainable project propels Heritance Kandalama

As Asia's first green globe certified hotel and a range of best practices in sustainable tourism, Heritance Kandalama has rapidly carved a niche in the region's hospitality industry.

The latest attempt addresses the biggest Global problem: Climate Change which is a result of Global warming created by the emission of Green House Gases. The major portion of these emission is Carbon Dioxide. The Gasification plant uses biomass in the form of Grilicedia wood which is a renewable source compared with the existing boiler which uses diesel, a rapidly depleting fossil fuel. The process is environment friendly for many reasons.

It uses a renewable source instead of a depleting source, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted is drastically reduced. Valuable foreign exchange spent to import fuel is saved, further the community has a financial benefit when wood is supplied to the hotel abandoned and fallow lands are enriched when grown with Grilicedia as the nodules in the roots nitrogenize the soil. The leaves provide fodder for livestock which will again raise the income of the villagers and increase the milk supply in the area thus contributing to better public health and saving of foreign exchange to import powdered milk which is not healthy.

The leaves if not used for livestock can be used as mulch to fertilize the soil, prevent erosion and prevent drying up especially in the dry zone.

This is the best species for dry zone degraded marginal lands which can be harvested every six months. An annual yield of 74 tonnes of woody mass at the required moisture level of 20% from an acre is obtained.

The anticipated saving of Carbon dioxide will be 500 tonnes from the Heritance Kandalama plant while 250 tonnes is already being saved at the Tea Factory at Kandapola.

The Gasifier project will not only benefit the environment, it will help the surrounding communities by financially securing them and uplifting their livelihood. In keeping with the company's commitment toward the environment, Greening the Chain is the ultimate objective of Heritance and Aitken Spence Hotels.

Emirates Airport Services moves to BIA

P.K. Sadasivan, Emirates Regional Manager Airport Services West Asia, Indian Ocean & Sub Saharan Africa, Ravi Weliwita, the airline’s Airport Services Manager and Chandana de Silva, Emirates Area Manager Sri Lanka & Maldives, cut a cake at the opening of the airport office.

The Airport Services office of Emirates at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, was moved to a more spacious location recently on the first floor of the new Departure Concourse.

The new office occupies 1680 square feet, more than double the space of the previous office, and has several new features including a separate visitors reception area and its own conference room.

The formal opening of the new office was attended by several VIPs including Prasanna Wickremasooriya, Chairman of Airport & Aviation Services and Parakrama Dissanayake, the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Emirates was represented at the event by P.K. Sadasivan, the airline's Regional Manager Airport Services West Asia, Indian Ocean & Sub Saharan Africa, Chandana de Silva, Emirates Area Manager for Sri Lanka & Maldives and Emirates Airport Services Manager Ravi Weliwita.

Russel's celebrates 21st anniversary

Here the Russel’s Queen: From left 1st Runner-up Gayathri Shanika, Russel’s Queen (Middle) Deepika Bandara and 2nd Runner-up Inoka Weerasinghe. Pic. by Edward Weerasinghe, Kelaniya Group Correspondent

Russel's (Pvt) Ltd, Punchi Borella, Colombo 08, pioneer in tea services, suppliers of high grown tea, catering specialists and fashion and design expert celebrated their 21st anniversary and award ceremony held at the Head Office Banquet Hall recently.

The main highlight of the event was to appreciate and honour employee of the year, most outstanding steward, most outstanding stewardess, chef of the year and most dynamic staff from Russel's Garments. The main event was sponsored by Deutsche Bank and Russel's Queen and Runners-up was sponsored by Deutsche Bank and Russel's Queen and Runners-up was sponsored by Aminra Collections of Galle Road, Mount Lavinia.