Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Britain’s Restrata and SL’s One in a Million partner to bring bio-secure tourists

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The world’s first integrated safety, security and mobility operating system, Restrata, has partnered with One in a Million Ltd. to provide technology as part of a wider project aimed at bringing tourists back to Sri Lanka.

By creating bio- secure hotels, guests can enjoy their stay with the confidence that proven technology is being used to monitor and mitigate the risk of infection. Working alongside other measures ( PCR testing, social distancing etc.), Restrata will monitor all personnel, including hotel staff, management, and guests, to ensure the bio-bubble is secure. Should a positive COVID- 19 case be found, the technology can instantly provide contact tracing to ascertain the exposure of fellow guests and ensure that isolation is limited to only those with close contact. Restrata is a British owned group with headquarte­rs in the United Arab Emirates.

Restrata Vice President Will

Follett said: ‘We are delighted to be able to support ‘One in a Million’ with this concept. Our technology is a proven solution in mitigating the risk of COVID-19 and helping to provide confidence and assurance for the hospitalit­y, tourism and events business.’

‘ Having visited Sri Lanka on numerous occasions and experience­d first-hand the beauty of the country and the hospitalit­y of the people, I am excited to support the venture in bringing tourists safely back to this beautiful country,’ Follett added.

Restrata provides a fully integrated platform which provides seamless control for technology-enabled command and control. When COVID-19 arose, it developed the pandemic module. This provides a solution to enable clients to manage, monitor and respond to this risk.

‘ By creating biosecure environmen­ts, we are able to provide real- time monitoring of all personnel and tracking their proximity with others. This allows contact tracing for those who are within two metres of another person, limiting the spread of infection,’ he added.

One in a Million Ltd. ( https:// travelbubb­lelanka.com/) specialise­s in what it calls as bubble-to-bubble integrated architectu­ral and technologi­cally driven in-bound tourism in Sri Lanka. The offering is the first of its kind in the th world and the concept stemmed out of the pandemic. Its partnershi­p p with Restrata is to enable Sri Lanka’s tourism industry to survive and sustain su itself via biosecure s means amidst the COVID C pandemic. Restrata technology has been successful­ly deployed at over 40 hotels and a stadia, and has facilitate­d ta some of the biggest sporting spo events in the world, worl such as the Indian Premier Premi League, Pakistan Super League, Le and the Abu Dhabi T10, to name a few.

‘W We are focused on promoting architectu­ral tourism,’ the Spokesman for One in a Million said, adding architectu­ral tourism means going to a travel destinatio­n to see historical monuments and architectu­re.

‘A quicker revival in tourism is critical for Sri Lanka given its catalyst role to enhance livelihood­s as well as generate much needed foreign exchange earnings’ the spokesman added.

The spokespers­on of One In a Million Ltd., also emphasised that there is internatio­nal demand for tourism in Central and South America for Mayan Civilizati­on and Inca Empire. According to him the Inca Empire is the most sought after attraction for countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Colombia. Egypt in Africa has been successful­ly marketing Paravo and Pyramids of great Egyptian civilizati­on.

‘We have to make a very in-depth look into the Sri Lankan pre historic era of King Ravana’s era which boasts about sophistica­ted aviation technology and the base for Epic Ramayana written by Vaalmicky which is corroborat­ed with the ancient Indian History’ the spokesman said.

One in a Million Ltd., along with Restrata also plans to attract the spiritual community which is scattered all over Europe along with this new market that can open up a unique tourist attraction. Sri Lanka became the number one destinatio­n to travel in 2019 and was globally rated by Lonely Planet.

The spokesman said an Industry reference will be provided by John Keells Group Vice President Leisure sector and the General Manager of Cinnamon Grand Hotel Kamal Munasinghe, who considers the importance and the safety of tourists in a pandemic.

John Keells Group hotels will be working exclusivel­y with One In a Million Ltd., for the inaugural group that is most likely to arrive from the United Kingdom with the Restrata Technology.

Partnershi­p to focus on bubble-to-bubble integrated architectu­ral and technologi­cally driven in-bound tourism in Sri Lanka

We have to make a very in-depth look into the Sri Lankan pre historic era of King Ravana’s era which boasts about sophistica­ted aviation technology and the base for Epic Ramayana written by Vaalmicky which is corroborat­ed with the ancient Indian History’ the spokesman said.

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Printed and published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. on Sunday September 26, 2021 at No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 02
Restrata Vice President Will Follett Printed and published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. on Sunday September 26, 2021 at No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 02

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