Walkers Tours handles the largest ever MICE incentive movement from India
View(s):Walkers Tours Ltd, one of the leading Destination Management Companies (DMC) in Sri Lanka, recently concluded the biggest MICE incentive group from India that has ever been handled by a DMC in Sri Lanka.
Phillips staff at the Colombo gathering.
The company organised the tour for over 1600 Phillips employees who travelled from all parts of India to attend a series of conferences held in Colombo on January 16-19, the company said this week.
The Phillips Group of India is predominantly from the Lighting, Consumer Lifestyle, Healthcare and Corporate sectors. Company employees occupied more than 800 rooms for several days at leading hotels in Colombo.
Simultaneous meetings, conferences and events were held each day.
Enthuse Answers, the event management agency from India who managed this group with Walkers Tours, said they were extremely satisfied with the way minute attention was given to each detail during the entire movement. The entire logistics plan was handled with such ease that each one of 1600 guests went back with happy memories of Colombo. “With this experience we are now in a position to fully exploit the MICE potential in the Indian Market and I am confident we will have many opportunities for conferences, meetings as well as large events including weddings in the future,” noted Vasantha Leelananda- Executive Vice President of John Keells Holdings (JKH).
The conference was held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre over a period of three days whilst the catering was provided by Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.This was one of the largest catering services provided at the SLECC and showcased the ability to handle catering for large movements.
“Colombo is an ideal location for MICE tourism and we were thrilled with the excellent planning and seamless execution of our entire programme by Walkers Tours. The warm hospitality extended to us and cleanliness of Colombo far exceeded our expectations and we certainly hope to have many more MICE movements in Sri Lanka,”- said an official of the Philips Group in India.
Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan, special guests for this event, also graced the occasion by appearing for one-on-one interviews and Q&A sessions conducted on the final day of the conference.