Khiri Travel Sri Lanka to Launch in November

Khiri Travel is to launch a new company in Sri Lanka on 1 November 2014.

The initiative is a joint venture between Khiri Travel and Sri Lanka-based DMC, Luxe Asia.

Luxe Asia is owned by Galle Face Hotel Management Group, a leading investment group, which owns and operates the iconic Galle Face Hotel in Colombo (1865), Ceylon Hotels Corporation, Kandy Hotels, Queens Hotel and Suisse Hotel. It has a diverse collection of over 20 properties throughout Sri Lanka.

Khiri Travel will operate under the guidance of Luxe Asia Managing Director, Chaminda Dias, while Ruben Derksen, previously General Manager of Khiri Travel Laos, will become General Manager of Khiri Travel Sri Lanka.

"Luxe Asia shares the same values as Khiri Travel," said Willem Niemeijer, CEO of Khiri Travel Group. "A fantastic new selection of signature Sri Lanka experiences will feature the diversity and richness of Sri Lanka's wonderful landscapes, ancient temples, colonial heritage buildings, nature safaris, and culinary discoveries. Sri Lanka has amazing variety for such a relatively small country."

Niemeijer said Khiri Travel Sri Lanka guests can expect trips to tea plantations, wildlife viewing, trips on remote lakes and rivers, charming boutique hotels and encounters with different groups in an ethnically diverse country.

The Sri Lanka move is the latest in the strategic expansion of Khiri Travel. The company opened Khiri Travel Indonesia in March 2014.

With the addition of Sri Lanka, Khiri Travel now has 15 offices in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, as well as a sales office in the USA.