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Upul Dharmadasa Appointed as the New Chairman of Hotel Developers (Lanka) PLC., Which Operates the Hilton Hotel, Colombo. – By Jayam Rutnam Present at the ceremony were Bernie Leonidas, Lalith James, Rajiv Sooriarachchi, Pradeep Wijerathnasekera, Chairman of Housing development, CEO of Hotel developers, and Secretary Ministry of Urban Development.   —————————————————– Upul Dharmadasa, Former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Assumed duties as the Chairman of Hotel Developers.  A graduate of the Ceylon Hotels School and a former officer of Air Ceylon, Dharmadasa ended up operating the largest Sri Lankan overseas travel service Upul’s Travel Service, based in Los Angeles. Utravel.com, a state-of-the-art booking system he developed to serve the approximately 750,000 Sri Lankans living in the USA and 400.000 in Canada, is now operated around the world as a Global Travel booking engine.   Dharmadasa is a former member of the hospitality sector of Sri Lanka and served at  Hotel Intercontinental, Holiday ...

Feb 20, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Jayam Rutnam Tagged , , ,
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Restrictions on arrivals from Gulf countries lifted Source:Dailynews The ban on Passenger arrival from Middle Eastern countries has been lifted from today, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka said (CAASL). The decision was taken based on the instructions received from the Ministry of Health and the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO). ...

Jul 3, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Overseas Sri Lankans no longer required to obtain clearance from FM when returning to country Source:dailymirror The Sri Lankans who are stranded overseas would have the opportunity to return to the country from December 26 onwards without obtaining clearance from the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry, Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CASL) Chairman Upul Dharmadasa said. So far these Sri Lankans have been advised to register with the External Affairs Ministry for clearance before landing. However, the Sri Lankans who are returning using this opportunity, should be subject to PCR tests, he said. ...

Dec 25, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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