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Hayleys first listed firm to cross $1b turnover
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Hayleys first listed firm to cross $1b turnover

Building on a strong momentum gathered over the final quarter of FY 2017/18, Sri Lanka’s leading diversified conglomerate Hayleys PLC announced a record breaking top-line performance, as revenue expanded by 47% Year-on-Year to Rs. 163.2 billion during the 12 months to 31 March 2018. Supported by the addition of 6 months of operations from its recently acquired subsidiary, Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, the conclusion of the financial year marked two important milestones for the Hayleys Group, as it became the first listed entity in the country to surpass annual turnover of US$ 1 billion, while celebrating its 140th year of business in Sri Lanka. During the year in review, the Hayleys Group made numerous bold new investments across the sectors which the diversified conglomerate operates in, ...
Critical advertising blitz to boost tourism kicks off in Feb.
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Critical advertising blitz to boost tourism kicks off in Feb.

SLTPB Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara says $ 3.5 m digital promotion campaign to go live in Germany, the UK, France, India and China in February $ 40 m for three-year global tourism campaign to follow covering eight key markets  New dedicated office to run global promotion campaigns, new CEO, staff with higher remunerations Industry pins lack of proper marketing to poor growth in tourist arrivals numbers  By Charumini de Silva The long-delayed critical digital promotional campaign of Sri Lanka Tourism will take off next month followed by a global advertising drive in May, to boost sagging arrival numbers. SLTPB Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara told the Daily FT that they were in the process of kicking off the six-month digital promotional campaign covering five of Sri Lanka’s prime ...