OTHER NEWS Police earplugs on Jaffna phones New restrictions at duty free shops Riverina Hotel in Sri Lanka Offers Guests New Reservation System Which Guarantees Instant Confirmation CCI to publish “Construction Industry Trade Catalogue 2008”    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Kingfisher Airlines mulling Sri Lankan operations 12-05-2008 India\'s private air carrier Kingfisher Airlines is planning to operate flights to four more destinations including Sri Lanka by the year end. \"We would be flying to Bangladesh, Huston and New York by end of August. Sri Lanka has been in the list of Kingfisher\'s expansion of horizons for a long time,\" Regional Manager Trade Sales, of the airline, Ritam Saha said here. Kingfisher, to begin with, hopes to operate three flights a week to the Island country, he said. Asked if they would look for a partner in Sri Lanka, Saha told the state owned-Newspaper \'Daily News\' that Kingfisher would be going on its own. \"Sri Lanka has tremendous growth potential since many Indians travel to the Island nation,\" Saha said. Commenting on speculation that the airline was keen to purchase Emirates airline shares he said this was not something in its plans. \"We want to consolidate our Indian operations and moving into another country is not in our agenda right now,\" the newspaper quoted Saha as saying. Kingfisher Airlines is part of The UB Group, an Indian conglomerate with diverse interests and a global presence. The UB Group is also a major producer of beverage alcohol (beer and spirits) and is the third largest maker of spirits in the world. With Kingfisher Airlines acquiring a stake in Air Deccan, the airline covers many segments of air travel from low fares to premium fares and has a large flight network in India. Print Version | Email to friend

Police earplugs on Jaffna phones Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 Users of CDMA and mobile phones in the Jaffna peninsula have been asked to obtain a police clearance certificate for the use of the phones from this month, an official said yesterday. For the past two months, CDMA phones have been barred while the use of hand phones is restricted to a few hours a day in the peninsula. The police have already sent a printed application form to the Jaffna Telecom office to deliver it to phone users along with their telephone bills for this month, Region... |FULL STORY|

New restrictions at duty free shops Sat, 19-07-2008 18:00:00 Items like large TVs, fridges, air-conditioners, washing machines, etc will not be sold at Airport Duty Free shops from August under a new circular-Customs Chief. ... |FULL STORY|

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Riverina Hotel in Sri Lanka Offers Guests New Reservation System Which Guarantees Instant Confirmation Sat, 19-07-2008 17:00:00 Reserving a room is now easier and fuss-free thanks to Riverina Hotel's new reservation system which guarantees immediate confirmation. Guests can simply log on to the hotel's official website http://www.riverinahotel.com and book rooms in the convenience and safety of their homes. This new addition to Riverina Hotel's customer service offerings is their way of ensuring that guests are serviced as early as the booking process. With a 14-day view of room availability shown in real ti... |FULL STORY|

CCI to publish “Construction Industry Trade Catalogue 2008” Fri, 18-07-2008 13:00:00 Chamber of Construction Industry which represents all stakeholders of the domestic construction industry drawn from both public and private sectors ranging from large multinational corporations to micro enterprises, satisfied a long felt need of the industry by publishing the first ever construction industry catalogue. This was another initiative launched by the Chamber towards enhancing the capacity and competitiveness of the domestic construction industry. The construction industry t... |FULL STORY|

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