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Emirates has extended its social media customer service to provide 24-hour support, seven days a week.

IPM Sri Lanka has organized the popular The Great HR Quiz 2015 for the 2nd consecutive year with objectives centered on broad knowledge sharing, creating opportunities to research on best HR practices and putting together a large HR audience for positive interaction within a competitive spirit.

Asian International Academy (AIA), a new generation institute which focuses on innovation, equality and contemporary study programmes, entered into an agreement with DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management to offer an MBA qualification in Sri Lanka.

In a significant progressive step in the ongoing plantation sector wage discussions, the Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have put forward their recommendation for a revenue sharing model for the remuneration of estate workers.

Sri Lankan mobile and enterprise services software solutions specialist IronOne Technologies broke new ground in its efforts to showcase its products in key overseas markets recently, when it became the only Sri Lankan company to participate in the prestigious annual Directors Conference of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).

It has been a journey of milestones, achievements and pioneering initiatives.

Live Events, the First and Only Locally-based Destination and Events Promotion Company, made its mark in the corporate world recently, with a glitzy and glamorous trade launch attended by Sri Lanka’s political and corporate elite including the country’s Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Hon. John Amaratunga, SriLankan Airlines Chairman Ajith Dias, Sampath Bank Deputy General Manager Tharaka Ranwala, MAS Holdings CEO Nathan Sivagananathan, Hameedia’s CEO Fouzul Hameed, celebrity restaurateur Dharshan Munidasa, Emirates Sri Lanka Country Manager Chandana De Silva and SAP Sri Lanka Country Business Head Michael Sathasivam, amongst many others.

One of the most anticipated fashion designer competitions in the country, Zainab Ammarah’s ‘Sri Lanka’s Up and Coming Fashion Designer of the Year 2015’ will take stage for the seventh consecutive time this year.

The Old Boys’ Association of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia is celebrating 130 years of its formation this year.

In response to increased interest and requests from Sri Lanka’s corporate sector for professional expertise in being trained and prepared to handle contentious issues and unforeseen crises, as well as support in handling communications and the media at times of crisis, Bates Strategic Alliance’s PR arm Strategic Alliance PR has reached out to their Burson-Marsteller network to enhance their own unmatched local experience with collaboration from Genesis Burson-Marsteller, India’s leading public relations and public affairs consultancy.