Lankan hoteliers likely to cut winter rates
View(s):The tourism industry in Sri Lanka is examining a possible rate cut on rooms for the coming winter season.
A long awaited rate reduction from hoteliers in the country was raised at a meeting held on Friday in Colombo between Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and the Tourist Hoteliers Association of Sri Lanka (THASL).
SLAITO President Mahen Kariyawasan told the Business Times that both parties have decided that Destination Management Companies (DMCs) and hoteliers would take up this matter on an individual basis.
He noted that already DMCs were in touch with hoteliers and were discussing on bringing about a rate reduction in the country’s hotels.
“Hoteliers have realised that the prices they are quoting are too high,” Mr. Kariyawasan said. Reacting to Investment Promotion Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena’s statements in the media on hoteliers charging high prices for rooms in the country, Mr. Kariyawasan believes this could be a precursor to doing away with the minimum rates for Colombo city hotels as well.
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