Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

BMICH wins Gold at South Asian Travel Awards in Mumbai

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The BMICH, Sri Lanka’s iconic landmark won the Gold Award as South Asia’s Leading Meeting and Convention Venue at the prestigiou­s South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) Ceremony held in Mumbai, India recently.

This award is the third regional Travel Award won by BMICH in three years. SATA, endorsed by multinatio­nal associatio­ns, recognises the tourism sector in the South Asian Region based on their facilities and service excellence.

The South Asian Travel Awards aims to encourage and raise service standards of the Travel and MICE industries in the region.

“We are proud and delighted to be selected as South Asia’s leading convention venue at the South Asian Travel Awards held in India. The award amply demonstrat­es that BMICH is the best among the best in the region. This is also a glowing tribute for Sri Lanka,” said BMICH Director/ce Sunil Dissanayak­e.

The SATA brand is the first of its kind with affiliatio­ns from regional associatio­ns ensuring the selection process is within a transparen­t procedure. SATA is a concept of Maldivian company ‘Highrise’ in collaborat­ion with India and Sri Lanka.

The judging panel consisted of high profile senior representa­tives from each destinatio­n with vast knowledge and background of the industry to assure an accurate and fair process. The event consisted 50 categories and BMICH in Sri Lanka was named as South Asia’s Leading Meeting and Convention Venue and presented the Gold award.

Offering exceptiona­lly versatile and impressive settings, the BMICH venues are ideal for any occasion, from an intimate dinner to a lavish banquet, business conference or wedding. The purpose built function rooms have facilities to suit any setting enhancing the sophistica­tion of the events. All function rooms too have also been renamed and primed to deliver a truly exceptiona­l experience. BMICH is the proud winner of the Century Internatio­nal Quality ERA Award - Gold in Geneva in 2016 and Platinum in Paris in 2017.

Set in a sprawling site with 15 well laid out and spacious car parks that can accommodat­e 3,000 vehicles at a given time and well maintained landscaped gardens, BMICH is Sri Lanka’s largest and Asia’s very first purpose-built convention centre with ultra modern facilities. BMICH is situated in one of the most prestigiou­s locations in Colombo. The main conference hall is capable of accommodat­ing 1,630 delegates and has been the venue of choice for prestigiou­s regional conference­s such as SAARC and Non-aligned Summit.

 ??  ?? BMICH Events and Reservatio­ns Manager Devanthi Ambuldeniy­a (Right) being presented the Gold award for South Asia’s Leading Meeting and Convention Centre 2018
BMICH Events and Reservatio­ns Manager Devanthi Ambuldeniy­a (Right) being presented the Gold award for South Asia’s Leading Meeting and Convention Centre 2018

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