Movie buff wins ticket on Emirates A380

Damith De Alwis, Brand Manager/Business Analyst at Watawala Plantations PLC, was the lucky winner of a free return ticket to Sydney on the plush Emirates Airbus A380 Super Jumbo after he participated in a novel on-line quiz conducted by the award-winning Dubai-based airline. The quiz on www.emirates.com/lk offered Sri Lankan movie buffs a chance to fly to London, Toronto or Sydney on an Emirates Airbus A380, by naming five movies featured on the site through a selection of movie stills.
In the picture, Mr. De Alwis receives his ticket from Devika Ellepola, Sales Manager of Emirates.
The winner of more than 400 international awards, Emirates has been serving Sri Lanka since April 1986 and operates 22 flights a week from Colombo, 18 of them westward to Dubai and four to Singapore.

World Travel Awards launches mobile site

World Travel Awards (WTA) has teamed up with leading mobile web development company, World Mobi to create a state-of-the-art mobile site, worldtravelawards.mobi. The innovative mobile site provides mobile users with everything they need to know about WTA - all live, using just their mobile handset.
WTA hosts regional award ceremonies around the world to underline excellence in the travel and tourism industry, and brings together the leaders of the industry as well as the global media.
Over 3,500 guests travelled to the events in five continents to attend the 2009 ceremonies. worldtravelawards.mobi is therefore tailored specifically to the needs of mobile users visiting WTA events, allowing them to have easy and immediate access to information on the events, maps of the venue, as well as other important information such as winners’ lists, news and photos. The portal is accessible via all internet-enabled mobile phones.
Kelly Footit, World Mobi, Head of Development, said: “The launch of worldtravelawards.mobi will make the awards increasingly accessible to both travel industry professionals and the general public on the move.” Prlog.com