This document provides information about hosting MICE events in Sri Lanka. It summarizes key facts about Sri Lanka such as the capital, population, languages spoken, religions, climate and coastline. It then outlines several top locations for hosting events - Habarana, Kandy, Bentota, and Colombo. It also lists many high quality hotel options in these locations that are well-suited for events. Finally, it discusses additional event venues and provides details on local dining, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing attractions.

2. FOR M.I.C.E. & MORE
SRI LANKA
With
WALKERS TOURS Walkers Tours

3. THE FACTS….....
 Capital: Sri Jayawardanepura
 Commercial Capital: Colombo
 20 million Population
 Sinhala, Tamil and English are widely spoken throughout Sri Lanka,
with the exception of remote villages where it might be Sinhala only or
Tamil only.
 Sinhalese- 74 % , Tamil- 18 %, Muslim -7 %, Burgher (descendants of
Dutch and Portuguese colonist) and others- 1 per cent
 Buddhism- 70 % ; Hinduism- 16 %; Christianity- 7 % Islam-7 %
 Area: 65,525 sq.Kms
 Climate: Low Lands – tropical, average 27°c
Central Hills – cooler, with temperatures dropping to 14°c. The south-
west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central
regions from May to July, while the north-eastern monsoon is from
December t0 January. Sri Lanka climate is ideal for holiday-makers
throughout the year.
 The coastline is spreading for 1340Kms around the Island
 History dating back over 2500 Years

4. WHY SRI LANKA?
 Ability to offer a variety in one small place :
 Golden Beaches *Great Shopping
 Entertaining Nightlife * Wildlife to make you amazed
 Green Hills and Nature at It’s best
 Buying power of an Indian National becomes stronger
(1 INR= 2.3 LKR)
 Quality Hotels with Internationals standards / MICE Venues
 Visa on arrival.
 More than 90 flights a week between India and Sri Lanka.
 Most of all Genuine Hospitality and smiling people

5. A SMALL MIRACLE

6. WELCOME TO SRI LANKA
Garlanding
Traditional Sri Lankan drummers with dancers
Lighting of Oil lamp
Red Carpet
Arti Tikka

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8. HABARANA
Habarana is an ideal location to have a mind-relaxing
conference which is 170kms away from the International
Airport. A place lying amidst a lot of greenery and away
from the hustle & bustle. Habarana is in a close proximity
to Nature/Game reserves and the 3 UNESCO world
Heritage sites Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa & Sigiriya
A place for,
Jungle Trekking.
Biking.
Jeep Safaris.
Elephant Back Safaris.

9. KANDY
One of the legendary hill-stations, the last kingdom of the ancient
Sinhalese kings which really depicts the richness of culture and
heritage. The cool climes of Kandy can be felt after a 3 hour drive
from the International Airport. The city of Kandy lies at an altitude of
465m above sea level and the place is well known for its annual
pageant, the “KANDY PERAHERA”, a colorful procession taking place
during the month of August.
Places to visit,
Temple of the Tooth Relic
Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala
Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya.
“The Kandy Perahera” the pageant taking place
annually in July or August

10. BENTOTA
Bentota is situated on the Northern limit of the Southern
Province which is 105Kms and a 3 hour drive from the
International Airport. Its location is in the sun drenched
southern coast at the mouth of the Bentota River and its
picturesque, sandy, palm-fringed beaches which border
the warm, sparkling waters of the Indian ocean.

11. COLOMBO
Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka lies just 37Kms
from the International Airport. The place it self provides a lot
of facilities to M.I.C.E. events and Colombo holds the prestige
for hosting many international conferences. A city which is
lively and active for 24 hours with its shopping, nightlife and
many more to offer.

12. WALKERS TOURS – GROUP
HOTELS
Sri Lanka
 Cinnamon Grand – Colombo
 Trans Asia – Colombo
 Cinnamon Lodge – Habarana
 Chaaya Villege - Habarana
 Chaaya Citadel – Kandy
 Yala Villege – Yala
 Coral Gradens – Hikkaduwa
 Bentota Beach – Bentota
 Club Oceanic – Trincomale
 Tamarind Tree – Katunayaka

13. Maldives
Cinnamon Island Alidhoo
Chaaya Island Dhonveli
Chaaya Lagoon Hakuraahuraa
Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo

14. CINNAMON GRAND
COLOMBO
Presidential award winning hotel for two consecutive years (2007 & 08) as
the best 5* hotel in Sri Lanka.
 With 501 rooms, 239 Deluxe wing rooms with 7 Apartment suites, 1
Penthouse and 8 Deluxe suites, 180 Premium wing rooms with 50 Executive
floor rooms, 2 Presidential suites, 4 Executive suites and 4 Premium suites
8 Restaurants serving an eclectic mix of cuisine which includes an Indian
restaurant
5 perfect Cinnamon spaces with state-of-the-art
technology and a team of professionals to handle your conference and event
.The main Ballroom, the Oak can accommodate 800 pax in theatre style
seating
2 Gymnasiums, 2 swimming pools and many Sports and other recreation
The Hotel also has the Angsana Spa which belongs to an International
chain of Spas.

15. The Lobby

16. Swimming Pool

17. A Deluxe room

18. A Premium Room

19. Oak Room
(Ballroom)

20. Cedar Room

21. Gymnasium

22. TRANS ASIA-COLOMBO
 The hotel has 245 Deluxe,68 Executive,21 Junior suites,2
Deluxe suites,1 Executive suite, 1 Presidential suite and 1
Handicapped room in total
 Exclusive Night Club
 Outdoor swimming pool in landscape surroundings
 Wellness Spa .
 8 Conference venues.
 The main ballroom, the Kings Court, can accommodate 550 pax
in theatre style seating
 8 Restaurants offering a choice of cuisine
 A Gymnasium and recreation
 Has the services of two Indian chefs in the hotel

23. The Lobby

24. A Deluxe room

25. Kings Court
(Ballroom)

26. Dukes Court

27. CINNAMON LODGE-HABARANA
The ultimate luxury getaway, 170Kms away from the International Airport
68 Superior rooms,40 deluxe rooms and 4 Suites in total.
The meals are served at the main Restaurant other than at the Coffee Shop and
the lounge bar
Ayurvedic Health Centre
Swimming pool and recreation
Nature trails
Cultural excursions

28. CHAAYA VILLAGE-HABARANA
170 Kms away from the international Airport
94 Superior Rooms,12 Deluxe Rooms and 2 Suites
A Main restaurant
Conference facilities
The Main Conference Hall can accommodate 160 Pax in theatre style seating
Swimming pool and Recreation

29. CHAAYA CITADEL-KANDY
120Kms from the International Airport
97 Superior Rooms and 24 Deluxe
Rooms
A Main Restaurant
Ayurvedic facilities
Swimming Pool and recreation
Boat rides on the Mahaweli River
Conference facilities
The Main Hall can accommodate 80 Pax
in theatre style seating

30. BENTOTA BEACH HOTEL
105 Kms from the Airport
105 Standard Rooms, 13 Deluxe Rooms, 12 Superior Rooms, 2 Junior Suites
and 1 Presidential Suite.
The Main Restaurant and a Fine Dining Restaurant
Swimming Pool, Gymnasium and Recreation
Special dinners by the pool side or at the water sports centre or on the pontoon
The Conference hall can accommodate 100 pax in theatre style seating.

32. SOME OF OUR PARTNER
HOTELS
 Taj Samudra – Colombo
 Hilton Colombo – Colombo
 Galadari Hotel-Colombo
 Taj Exotica -Bentota
 Eden Resort & Spa- Beruwala

33. TAJ SAMUDRA
COLOMBO
The hotel has 180 Superior Rooms, 55 Executive Floor Rooms, 8 Executive
Suites, 8 Deluxe Suites and 2 Presidential Suites
4 Restaurants serving a choice of cuisine
7 Conference halls
The Main Ballroom, “The Samudra Ballroom” can accommodate 500 Pax in
theatre style seating
Gymnasium, Swimming Pool and Recreation.

35. HILTON COLOMBO
The hotel has 43 Executive Floor King Rooms,18 Executive Floor Twin
Rooms,108 Deluxe Floor King Rooms,30 Deluxe Floor Twin Rooms, 102
Hilton Guest King Rooms, 42 Hilton Guest Twin rooms, 31 Studio Suites,7
Businessman Suites,2 Executive Suites and 1 Presidential Suite
13 Meeting Rooms
The Main Ballroom can accommodate 900 Pax in theatre style seating
10 Restaurants serving a variety of cuisine
Swimming Pool, Gymnasium and Recreation

37. GALADARI HOTEL
The hotel has 195 Twin Rooms and 129 King Rooms on the
standard floor, 46 Twin Rooms and 29 King Rooms on the
Penthouse Executive club floor, 16 Superior Suites, 6 Executive
suites,5 Apartment Suites, 3 Penthouse Suites, 3 Diplomatic Suites
and 1 Presidential Suite.
There are 4 Meeting rooms in the Hotel. The Main Ballroom can
accommodate 1000 Pax in theatre style seating.
The guests can have a smack of Galadari cuisine at 5 places in the
Hotel.
A Gymnasium, Swimming pool and other Recreation.

39. TAJ EXOTICA-BENTOTA
The hotel has 77 Standard rooms, 38 Superior Sea View Rooms, 27 Orchid
The hotel has
Rooms, 14 Deluxe Rooms and 6 Suites.
4 Restaurants
2 Meeting rooms
The Main Ballroom, the Orchid can accommodate 275 Pax in theatre style
seating.
Spa
Water Sports
Gymnasium, Swimming Pool and Recreation

41. MOUNT LAVINIA HOTEL
A Bicentenary colonial type hotel standing by the Beach
with all its luxuries.
A place to stay and enjoy the Sun & Sand on the beach
close by Colombo.
An ideal venue for Gala dinners on the beach
The Hotel has 78 Sea& Garden wing rooms including 3
Suites, 97 Bay wing rooms including 2 Suites and 29
Governor’s wing rooms including 3 Suites.
The Main Ballroom can accommodate 300 Pax in theatre
style seating for a conference.

43. EDEN RESORT & SPA

44.  96 Kms from the International Airport
The Hotel has 113 Eden Rooms, 23
Superior Rooms, 2 Penthouses, 16 Paradise
Rooms and 4 Paradise Suites that are
functional
2 Restaurants
Conference facilities
The conference hall can accommodate 350
Pax in theatre style seating.
Spa
Indoor and Outdoor games
Water Sports

45. OTHER CONFERENCE VENUES
• Waters Edge
• Bandaranayake Memorial International
Conference Hall
• Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention
Centre

46. WATERS EDGE
A unique location in the vicinity of Colombo
for Meetings, Conferences, Special Dinners
and Golf
Just 10Kms from the city of Colombo
The venue has 4 meeting rooms
The Main Ballroom can accommodate 1000
pax in theatre style seating

47. THE MAIN BALLROOM AT THE
WATERS EDGE

48. B.M.I.C.H.
 The 1st purpose built conference centre in
Asia that can accommodate up to 1500Pax.
 The centre has established a tradition of
being the venue for many prestigious
international conferences/conventions, trade
shows,exhibitions,seminars and beauty
pageants as well as a venue musical shows
and dramas.

49. The BMICH has 13 different halls and
meeting rooms.
The main assembly hall can seat 1500 Pax.
A banquet hall that can seat 425 people
class room style and 850 theatre style.
AN EXLUSIVE VENUE FOR
MEETINGS CONFERENCES &
EXHIBITIONS

50. SRI LANKA EXHIBITION AND
CONVENTION CENTRE.
The centre is a Multi-purpose,
Custom- built, Fully Air-conditioned facilities
for Exhibitions & Conventions.
The conference hall can accommodate up
to 5000 pax in theatre style seating.

52. RESTAURANTS
AUTHENTIC INDIAN CUISINE
• Agra
150 Pax can be accommodated.
• Mango Tree
75 Pax can be accommodated.
• Curry Leaf
150 Pax can be accommodated.
• Indian Spice
350 Pax can be accommodated.

53. Paradise Beach at the
Mount Lavinia Hotel
for Theme Beach Dinners

56. WATERS EDGE

57. HIGH TEA VENUES
COLOMBO
CHECKER BOARD AT THE GALLE
FACE HOTEL.
ATRIUM LOBBY AT THE CINNAMON
GRAND.
THE BREEZE BAR AT THE
CINNAMON
GRAND HOTEL.

58. POOLSIDE AT THE TRANS ASIA.
POOLSIDE AT THE HILTON.
GARDEN AREA OF THE TAJ SAMUDRA.

59. BENTOTA / BERUWALA
BENTOTA BEACH HOTEL-GARDEN AREA(SEA FRONT)
TAJ EXOTICA-GARDEN AREA ( SEA FRONT)
EDEN RESORT AND SPA-GARDEN AREA / POOL SIDE

60. SHOPPING AND NIGHT LIFE
ODEL
PARADISE ROAD
HOUSE OF FASHIONS

61. NIGHT LIFE
Night Clubs & Discotheques
Rhythm and Blues,
Sugar
Ballys
The Library
After Dark
Blue Leopard
Clancy’s
Club Nuovo
D’s
Graffiti
H2O
Lush Lounge
Tramps
Casinos
Bally’s,
Bellagio
MGM Grand Casinos

62. SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTIONS
Day Excursions :
From Colombo
• Bentota full day with Water Sports + River Safari/Glass bottom boat ride and
a visit to a mask factory.
• Kandy full day excursion with visits to Elephant Orphanage, Botanical
Gardens and spice gardens.
• Colombo City/ Shopping Tour.
From Bentota
Bentota full day with Water Sports + River Safari/Glass bottom boat ride and a
visit to the mask factory.
•Pinnawala full day excursion to visit the Elephant Orphanage and a Spice
Garden.
•Colombo City/ Shopping Tour.

63. SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTIONS
Overnight Excursions :
From Colombo or Bentota
Bentota full day with Water Sports + River Safari/Glass
bottom boat ride and a visit to the mask factory.
Kandy full day excursion with visits to Elephant Orphanage,
Botanical Gardens and spice gardens.
Colombo City/ Shopping Tour.

64. WATER SPORTS

66. WHALE & DOLPHIN WATCHING
The Whale and Dolphin watching is seasonal and most of
the time takes place depending on the sea conditions.
An excursion can be done from Bentota or Colombo.

69. EVENTS
Performance by Channa and Upuli dancing academy.
One of Sri Lanka’s best cultural dance performances
Cultural dance performance.
Female Hindi Singer (Local).
Live Band (English/Hindi).
DJ
Fire Limbo Show
Fireworks display
Belly Dance show
Fashion Shows

70. CHANNA & UPULI DANCE
PERFORMANCE

71. FASHION SHOWS

72. LATIN DANCE

73. CULTURAL DANCE

74. TROOP DANCE PERFORMANCES

76. BOLLYWOOD NIGHT

78. EXOTIC DANCE PERFORMANCE

80. FIRE WORKS DISPLAY

81. BELLY DANCE

83. TRIBAL DANCE

84. Dancing with Fire

85. • Team Building
• Cricket Tournaments
• Paint Ball games
• Games Based on Water Sports ( Beach Volleyball,
Water Polo,
• Foot ball)
• Indoor Team building games for Sales/Corporate
executives conducted by professional teams
• Outdoor Team building games for Sales/Corporate
executives-Conducted by a professional team( at
Bentota / Negombo only)
•

86. TRANSPORTATION

87. SERVICE USP’s
 Specialized India M.I.C.E. team with over 70 years experience
collectively and backed by the Island’s largest conglomerate, The
John Keells Holdings PLC.
 Our 2 City Hotels, Cinnamon Grand and Trans Asia own 40% of 5 star
accommodation in Colombo and further have 2 of the largest
conference halls available in the city.
 Cinnamon Grand Hotel, the Presidential award-winner for 2
consecutive years and also the best 5 Star in Sri Lanka owned by the
sister company, Cinnamon and Chaaya Resorts.
 In addition to our 2 hotels in Colombo, we also have hotels in Key
MICE locations such as Bentota, Kandy and Habarana.
 Walkers Tours group owns the only resort, The Bentota Beach Hotel
which has a fully equipped Water Sports Centre within its premises.
 The only Destination Management Company to own an Airport Office
in the arrival lobby at the Airport.
 We are one among the very few companies which has a 24hour
Transport department in operation which takes care of 120 cars, 110
Micro vans, 25 Coaches and 35 Mini Coaches.
 Since most of the MICE requirements are sourced within the group
this enables us to be flexible with our partner and give you
competitive rates.
 Being the No.01 Destination Management Company in Sri Lanka with
large volumes, we work with most of the industry partners closely in
order to accommodate our clients. Due to this reason, we share a
close relationship with our partner hotels all across Sri Lanka