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N’Eliya Grand Hotel wins award for food
Arboured by large spreading trees and nestling in the pleasant cool hilly climes, the Nuwara Eliya Grand Hotel since being established in 1806 - has come to be regarded as the showpiece of the District, and as well to be virtually spoken of as being synonymous with N'Eliya itself.

Widely acknowledged for its old world charm and present day exquisite elegance, indeed a fine blend of the old and new, the Grand Hotel has won quite a few prizes, not forgetting too, the accolades showered upon it on many an occasion, for its well landscaped and best maintained gardens, with its pleasing to the eye and mind, foliage and attractive flowers.

Far from being complacent and resting on its laurels, the Grand Hotel has kept forging ahead, to make the right kind of impression to now win an award, for excellence achieved in food. This commendable recognition in the field of food comes from one of the leading up market tour operators from Britain. 'Saga Holidays' has been operating to Sri Lanka since 1996 and have grown by expanding their programme, promoting Sri Lanka from sun and sand to nature, adventure and wild life holidays. A niche market tour operator, 'Saga Holidays' specializes in handling senior citizens and has a repeat client base of over 800,000, who travel with them worldwide.

This prestigious award being made to Grand hotel N'Eliya, was based on a year's customer feedback for consistency and standards maintained on food quality, presentation, variety, hygiene and food temperature. It will be presented at a special function in conjunction with the World Travel Mart trade fair to be held in Excel World London from the 14th to the 17th November 2005. This is one of the largest tourism fairs, where potential buyers meet from all over the world to do business. The local handling agent for 'Saga Holidays' in Sri Lanka is United Holidays.

The Director General Manager, of the N'Eliya Grand Hotel, Harin De Costa, felt it was a rewarding experience to win an award of this nature for food and, said that in keeping with the organizational policy, the Hotel's team of chefs are being constantly trained, and the product has been relatively upgraded to meet the demanding trends, even at times when tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka are very low. The Hotel currently is upgrading the Coffee shop, the main restaurant and the supper club and the menus in all food outlets will also be changed, to coincide with the season ahead.

This haven in the hills the "Grand" with its colonial architecture does assume a measure of majestic splendour, in that it was originally the private residence of the British Governor Sri Edward Barnes.

And so the winning of this award for excellence in food, does whilst giving N'Eliya Grand Hotel the added impetus and drive, will also serve as a boost for the tourist industry in Sri Lanka.

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