(15/11/23) Eksath Wijeratne, CEO of Browns Hotels & Resorts
in Sri Lanka, was at the World Travel Market in London earlier
this month and Steven Howard of Travel News Asia sat down with him
during the busy B2B travel trade show to ask him a few questions
and learn more about the company.
Eksath Wijeratne, CEO of Browns Hotels & Resorts in Sri Lanka
In this interview, filmed on 8 November 2023,
Steven asks where the hotels are in terms of post-Covid recovery,
what changes the hotel company is seeing since recovery began, and
what development plans Browns has for existing and future hotels.
Eksath shares some insights into the owning
company, where Browns Hotels & Resorts sits within the market, and
what his thoughts are on technology such as self-service check-in.
We discuss guest demographics, which markets
Browns will be concentrating its marketing efforts in 2024 and
whether the group has any plans for new hotels outside of Sri
Lanka. All that and much, much more in the HD video and podcast
below.
Browns Hotels & Resorts
in Sri Lanka – HD Video Interview with Eksath Wijeratne, CEO, at
WTMLDN
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