Aitken Spence wins in travel at Tourism Awards

Aitken Spence Travels bagged the two main travel awards at the inaugural Presidential Awards for Travel and Tourism Excellence for 2007, winning awards for the Best Destination Management Company and the best Professional Conference Organization (PCO) competing with all other major industry operators.

The awards were received by Gehan M. Perera, Managing Director of Aitken Spence Travels and Ace Travels & Conventions and Dharni Soza, Director from Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of Minister of Tourism Milinda Morogoda, and others. Aitken Spence Travels is the largest tour operator in the country representing over 200 international tour operators and is the only Sri Lankan Destination Management company equipped with the ISO 9001:2000 certification.

Its subsidiary Ace Travels and Conventions is the leading Professional Conference and Exhibition Management Company in Sri Lanka having coordinated many of the international events to be held in the country such as the International Congress on Aids in Asia Pacific (ICAAP), the South Asia Broadband Conference and the launch of Microsoft Vista.

Gehan M. Perera, Managing Director of Aitken Spence Travels and Ace Travels and Conventions upon receiving the awards said, “This is a great honour and tribute to our dedicated staff who work round the clock to make holidays very special for our guests and meticulously organize Conferences and Exhibitions.

Our investment in technology, training and development of staff is a testament to this award. Our team has been innovative and has confidently handled the past years when tourism took a downturn; rising above the situation opening new markets and stimulating different channels in existing markets to keep the Sri Lanka Tourism flag flying high.”