Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo extended a warm welcome to Turkish Airlines, which was selected as Europe’s Best Airline in 2011 and 2012 at the Skytrax Awards. The airline has selected Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo as its preferred hotel in Sri Lanka and will host its crew at the hotel and will recommend it to passengers arriving at BIA. The carrier adds its 98th country and 219th destination to its network by beginning services to Sri Lanka.
The first Turkish Airlines crew of twelve including two captains, a first officer and a flying chef arrived at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo after their inaugural flight to Sri Lanka.
The crew was greeted by Denis Gruhier, the hotel’s General Manager together with Adrian Jansz, Director of Sales and Marketing, Ruwani Makalanda, Sales Manager, and Alex Jayamaha, Assistant Front Office Manager. The Turkish Airlines crew will stay at the hotel during the five operating flight days – Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.