Aitken Spence Travels, one of the leading destination management companies in Sri Lanka, has appointed India’s Nijhawan Group as its sales and marketing representative to develop the Indian outbound market to Sri Lanka. Nijhawan Group will support the tour operators and travel agents in their sales efforts and to promote Sri Lanka as a destination.
Announcing this partnership, Priyanka Nijhawan, director – representations, Nijhawan Group, shared that Nijhawan Group has been the representing partner for Aitken Spence Hotels, Sri Lanka since 2013 and this initiative has been taken to further strengthen this collaboration in India and to maximise the numbers from India to Sri Lanka through Aitken Spence Travels.
Suranga Ratnayake, assistant vice president, Aitken Spence Travels, stated, “With an estimated annual inbound volume of 130,000 tourists, Aitken Spence Travels is backed by a reputation of being the most professional in the business. Aitken Spence Travels is fully diversified in to every aspect of tourism related activities namely; leisure, eco, adventure, MICE, shore excursions for cruise liners and luxury tours. The company is the only DMC to be accredited with the ISO 9001:2008 certification, and its operations conform to 14001:2004 environmental standards in compliance with Carbon Neutral status. Aitken Spence Travels also remains as the only DMC to be in the Hall of Fame of Tourism in Sri Lanka recognised by the Ministry of Tourism.”
