MLH emerge Carrom Champions once again

The Carrom team of Mount Lavinia Hotel emerged Champions at the 3rd Inter-hotel Carrom Championship held on 21st April 2015. The team secured the coveted awards winning all the main categories; the Men’s and Women’s Single, Men’s and Women’s Double as well as the Mixed Doubles category.

The team comprising 13 members from a cross section of departments were determined to prove themselves the best from the very beginning of the tournament. “The team was dedicated and focused and spent many an evening after duty practicing at the Sports Club,” commented Harinda Weerasinghe, Resident Manager, Mount Lavinia Hotel. “Their hard work has paid off and we are proud of their victory. We also won the Travel Trade Carrom Championships and we hope that the team will continue this winning streak,” he added.

H. T.V. Duminda and D. T. Pushpakumara won the Men’s Single event. The women’s Single event was won by N. D. Kodithuwakku while P. M.M.S. Abeysingha became the First runner-up in the same category. M. Priyankara Peiris and D.T. Pushpakumara clinched the Men’s Double category while N.D.Kodithuwakku and Endra Nalawangsa emerged winners at the Women’s Double category. H. T.V. Duminda and P.M.M.S. Abeysingha won the Mixed Double event for Mount Lavinia Hotel. The other team members were K A G Hemapala, L P D Chandimal, L D Deshani, Chithra Padmini, H M N De Silva, B G A Rajapaksha and Gemunu Weerasooriya
The Inter-Hotels Carrom Championship was organized by the Sri Lanka Carrom Federation for the 3rd year and Mount Lavinia Hotel was placed 1st Runners-up in the two previous years. The team beat Galadari Hotel to secure the championship this year.

To mommy with love!

Honeymoon at the Mansion of love

Wailers Live May 19th at Paradise Beach, Mount Lavinia Hotel

Spring is in the air!

Crack-a-crab at the Cove!

World Health Day at Mount Lavinia Hotel

 Conducts health check for all food handlers along the theme of ‘food safety’ as decreed for 2015 by WHO

A routine health check for all food handling staff at Mount Lavinia Hotel was conducted in par with World Health Day which was celebrated on 7th April.

Food is one of the main avenues through which communicable diseases are passed. In the hospitality industry, food is a focal entity provided by the host to the guest. Mount Lavinia Hotel caters to hundreds of guests a day including in-house guests and patrons who arrive at their restaurants. The routine food handlers’ health check is conducted with the sole aim of providing the best quality service.

The entire staff of the departments that handle food beginning from raw produce to the finished dish, ranging from the Purchasing department, Receiving section, Stores, Kitchen, Service staff in all restaurants to Stewarding staff attended the health camp which was held from 7th to 9th April.

Organized by the Hygiene team of Mount Lavinia Hotel and conducted by Medicheks Cololmbo (Pvt.) Ltd. the health check focused on preventing communicable diseases being passed through food handlers to consumers since a food handler’s personal hygiene and health is a vital part of food safety. Routine checks such as these also contribute to minimizing food poisoning and food spoilage. In addition, food handlers’ medical check-ups is an important requirement in ISO 22000:2005 standard, with which Mount Lavinia Hotel has been certified.

“In a society where healthy lifestyles are becoming an increasing concern among the young and old it is also a known fact that many health issues are related to unhealthy food consumption as well as unhygienic handling of food. As a responsible organization, we believe it is our duty to ensure our guests receive the best. Healthy food and safe food handling is an integral part in our business,” commented Chef Bernard Wijesena, Group Hygiene Manager, Mount Lavinia Hotel Group.

The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). April 7th was suggested to be named World Health Day at the first World Health Assembly held in 1948. It is held to mark WHO's founding, and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year. The WHO organizes international, regional and local events on the Day related to a particular theme with the year 2015 being dedicated to Food Safety.