Hemtours launches Lanka's first leisure booking engine
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Abans Financial Services (Pvt) Limited, a member of the Abans
Group commenced operations yesterday. Licensed and approved by
the Central Bank to function as a fully fledged finance company,
Abans Finance will offer financial services such as fixed
deposits and Leasing facilities to rural and urban customers at
very attractive terms. Abans will also offer a range of services
to Real Estate investors and broaden their scope of services as
their business progresses. President of the Women’s Chamber of
Industry and Commerce Ramya Weerakoon hands over the first
deposit to Chairperson of Abans Financial Services Aban
Pestonjee. |
Hemtours, the in-bound travel arm of the Hemas Group launched -
www.holidasia.com - the country's first-ever leisure booking engine.
Wife of the British High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Dominick Chilcott
made the first booking in the presence of Director Hemas Holdings Abbas
Esufally and Managing Director Hemtours Harith Perera.
Holidasia is an interactive and intelligent booking engine which
takes visitors beyond the scope of conventional travel websites. With
its image rich content, it offers them vast opportunities of
independently booking their holidays both in Sri Lanka and in the Asian
region with their credit cards and get instant booking confirmation in
real time.
With detailed information regarding travel plans, itineraries, etc,
Holidasia offers bookings both at Sri Lanka's city and resort hotels
with several parallel valued added opportunities to make one's holiday
truly memorable.
Director Hemas Holdings Abbas Esufally said, "Holidasia comes into
play at an opportune moment when tourism in Sri Lanka is picking up at a
slow but very encouraging pace.
The fact that we've opened this booking engine both for inbound and
outbound tourism makes it all the more significant. With several
inquiries already from our overseas partners, I'm confident will make a
significant contribution both to individual travelers and to the
industry in general", he said.
Backed by Hemtours' more than 30 years experience in customer
oriented friendly personalised service, Holidasia takes visitors through
a variety of experiences ranging from culture, wildlife, beaches,
heritage, soft adventure to special adventure tours like hiking,
cycling, rafting, trekking, camping, mountain biking, bird watching,
mountaineering, golfing and hot air ballooning. |
