Acorn Group supports Colombo Fashion Week 2025 as Official Travel Partner

Acorn Group successfully concluded its role as the Official Travel Partner for Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) 2025, presented by Mastercard. Marking its 22nd year, CFW continues to be a pioneering force in the South Asian fashion industry, standing among the few fashion weeks in the region to surpass two decades of creativity and innovation.

Colombo Fashion Week 2025 showcased Sri Lanka’s vibrant fashion industry, promoting artistic expression, cultural storytelling, and sustainability. The event played a pivotal role in positioning Sri Lanka as a global fashion and lifestyle destination. Held across three of Colombo’s luxury city hotels—Shangri-La, Taj Samudra, and Cinnamon Grand—the event attracted industry leaders, designers, and fashion enthusiasts from the region.\

This year’s edition featured an exciting mix of established and emerging Sri Lankan designers alongside a prestigious lineup of international talent from India, Italy and Bangladesh. Designers such as Rimzim Dadu, Cettina Bucca, Suneet Varma, and JJ Valaya contributed to a diverse and globally relevant showcase, reinforcing Sri Lanka’s growing influence in the fashion world.

As the Official Travel Partner, Acorn Group played a pivotal role in ensuring streamlined travel arrangements for designers, models and key participants, as they joined the event from all areas of the global fashion industry. Acorn’s expertise ensured a hassle-free travel experience, allowing the attendees to remain focused on their creative contributions.

“A seamless travel experience is essential for international fashion events of this scale. Our expertise in the travel industry played a key role in the vibrant success of CFW 2025. This partnership reaffirmed our commitment to positioning Sri Lanka as an accessible and dynamic hub for global creative talent,” said Suranjith de Fonseka, Chief Operating Officer of Acorn Group.

Through its strategic partnership, Acorn Group reinforced the synergy between Sri Lankan fashion, tourism and destination marketing. By seamlessly managing travel logistics and showcasing Sri Lanka as a world-class destination, Acorn not only enhanced the event’s prestige but also contributed to positioning Colombo as a thriving epicenter of fashion, culture and luxury tourism.

Acorn Group's involvement underscores its commitment to advancing the tourism industry and sustainability initiatives while operating across multiple sectors. With a strong foothold in outbound travel, aviation, destination management, hotel and villa management, education, freight and logistics, insurance brokering, and travel venture capital, the group maintains a significant presence in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, and the UAE.