Christmas Cake Mixing on board Navy boat by HIP

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Hambantota International Port (HIP) and Sri Lanka Navy partnered with Shangri La Hotel - Hambantota to kick off the year-end festive season with a mid-sea cake mixing ceremony.

The event was held on board a Sri Lankan Naval vessel docked at Hambantota International Port. 

The Christmas cake, which is complex and unique in its making, is an age-old tradition. 

While each home has a special recipe for it, hotels have made it into a much anticipated seasonal activity that spells the beginning of the holiday season and this year HIP played an important role in it.

“The coming together of the Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) and the Sri Lankan Navy to host this event is significant as Sri Lanka positions itself to receive record numbers of tourists this year for the winter season. We are proud to be a part of this endeavour. Hambantota Port is expecting two cruise ships which will be calling at the port during the season and over 2000 passengers are expected to disembark. This will be a great boost for the tourist economy of the southern part of the country,” says Johnson Liu, CEO of HIPG.

HIP works in collaboration with multiple companies including the tourism sector to promote local industry and business, especially in the southern region.

Johnson Liu; CEO, Raymond Mu; CFO, Ravi Jayawickreme; CEO of HIPS and Greg Chen; Chief Strategic Officer attended the ceremony on board with the Shangri-La Hambantota and Navy officials.