Sri Lanka Calling : Volume 1, No.34

“The world's greenest hotels, from Switzerland to Sri Lanka” says the head line in Canadian newspaper Victoria Times Colonist on Heritance Kandalama’s achievement of being rated among the world's best environmentally friendly hotels, as selected by Travel+Leisure magazine, which partnered with Conservation International to assess properties.

“When viewed from afar, Heritance Kandalama resembles an ancient temple grown wild with disuse. In fact, the vegetation and location have nothing to do with neglect (note the hand woven tapestries and stunning floor-to-ceiling windows in each room) and everything to do with ensuring that rainwater flowing from the hills collects in the reservoir below." For the full story
Visit http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html

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They came, they spoke and they mesmerized.  A long line of celebrity writers from  Gore Vidal to Vikram Seth; from Indran Amirthanyagam  to Randy Boyagoda; from Carl Muller to Yasmine Gooneratne; the  travel writers Simon Winchester, Tim Severin, Brian Keenan and William Dalrymple;  Alexander McCall Smith they all made their impact on the audience.

 “An unforgettable five days of intellectual activity, in the most beautiful setting, with bright sunshine through out and the warm smiles of the people, I am so glad to have come. I came to hear Vikram Seth but I am overjoyed to be here. I plan to come again and visit Sigiriya and other places of interest too” Shobana Pratap, Bangalore India.

While literary luminaries were in the limelight, advocates of conservation and tourism too shone brightly, as they spoke passionately of their concern for the environment, at the Maritime Museum in Galle. Ranil Senanayake, Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Rory Spowers and Kim Kindersley spoke of the myths and realities of Climate Change with Renton de Alwis; Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism, sponsors of the event as moderator, throwing light on Sri Lanka Tourism’s perspective, at the session titled Climate Change and Tourism: The Dilemma.   

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