Jetwing invests in Kerala

Eye for more in Indian market:

Hiran H. SENEWIRATNE

Jetwing Hotels will enter into a contract with a Kerala Belers Limited to manage a hotel in Kerala. The investment will be US four million dollars to convert an existing warehouse into a hotel, Jetwing Deputy Chairman Hiran Cooray said.

He said that once this new hotel is being setup they are looking for more other properties in India to make their presence felt in the huge Indian market. Currently Sri Lanka tourism going through a crisis period and taking part in ITB and other international exhibitions would help to promote tourism and to build new contacts.

This will enable for the industry in the long term perspective, he said. Cooray the President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka said that Sri Lanka presence in ITB has given a lot of hopes and window of opportunities to build the confidence of our business partners including tour operators, hoteliers and other stakeholders.

Further the presence here in ITB is a some kind of hope for the industry, which has given an impression to foreign tour sectors that Sri Lanka is a safe tourist destination in the world, Cooray said.

“Today the industry runs hopefully and many of foreign tourists have positively reacted on safe destination call and if the government is able to give a durable solution to ethnic conflict we could develop the country singularly through tourism in Sri Lanka, Cooray,” said.