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Travel Home > Directory > Destinations > Asia > Sri Lanka > Colombo
Colombo Hotels Reservation including - Taj Samudra Hotel, Trans Asia Hotel, Galadari Hotel, Holiday Inn Hotel Colombo, Grand Oriental Hotel, Cinammon Gardens, Fort District and Pettah District.
The Taj Samudra Hotel is one of Colombo's best located hotels for business and leisure guests. The hotel is a high-rise building featuring 292 guestrooms, all beautifully decorated and equipped with charming in-room amenities to meet the comfort of both leisure and business travelers. Every guestroom offers full amenities, including data port, balcony deck, air conditioning, mini bar and in-house movies.
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial ruins and a city population of over 600,000 people. The great majority of Sri Lankan corporations have their head offices in Colombo. Some of the industries include chemicals, textiles, glass, cement, leather goods, furniture, and jewelry.
Colombo is the business centre of Sri Lanka. The best time to visit is from April - November. Getting around by Tri-shaw (Three wheeler) is most convenient. There is an air service to and from Colombo, provided by the national airline Sri Lankan Airlines.
Latest news on Sri Lanka reported from Sri Lanka. News items on LankaPage are from other news sources such as wire services, international newspapers and other publications.
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1979 and administers and operates all specified commercial Ports in Sri Lanka. The specified Port now includes Colombo, Galle, Trincomalee, Kankasanturai and Point Pedru.
The oldest campus in Sri Lanka, the University of Colombo is a sprawling comlex occupying over fifty acres of prime land in the heart of the city. Today, "College House" (the administrative hub of the university) with its period architecture, is a well known landmark in the city.
Bandaranaike International Airport (IATA: CMB, ICAO: VCBI) is Sri Lanka's only international airport. It is located in Katunayake, 35 km (22 mi) north of Colombo. It is administered by Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd. It is the hub of SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce - A confederation of regional and sectoral chambers of commerce and industry, trade associations, employer organizations and bilateral business councils.
