Jetwing Hotels supports Galle Literary Festival for 10th year

After a break of three years, the Galle Literary Festival was hosted in the historical city of Galle from January 13-17. In the five-day festival Jetwing Hotels featured as the hospitality partner as usual. It is a partnership that has spanned over 10 years, since the festival’s inception. Jetwing Lighthouse, Jetwing Kurulubedda, Galle Heritage Villa by Jetwing and Landesi by Jetwing were home to an eclectic set of workshops and events.

In addition to some exclusive events the Jetwing properties in Galle hosted exciting workshops by renowned personalities Padma Viswanathan, Shyam Selvadurai, William Sieghart, and Sebastian Faulks.

 The events included a literary lunch hosted by Mark Tully at Jetwing Kurulubedda (January 14), a cookery class and lunch with the Pourcel twins from France at Landesi by Jetwing (January 15), who will wrap up their visit to Sri Lanka with an intimate six course dinner at Jetwing Lighthouse (January 16) featuring five wines from Pierre Rougon, flown in specially for the evening in association with the Embassy of France and SriLankan Airlines.

Jetwing Lighthouse turned the venue for the grand finale on January 17. The event came to a close with the Grand Finale lunch and inauguration of the Edward Lear Prize for Poetry after sessions which included David Lough on Churchill and His Money, Sebastian Faulks on his French Trilogy.

“When we opened Jetwing Lighthouse over 15 years ago, we did so to transform the city of Galle and by extension the South of Sri Lanka into a destination filled with history, steeped in culture, and above all one of adventure and character. The hotel has since then become a pillar of the city’s Renaissance, and so has the Galle Literary Festival – the event itself has changed the city, the country, and the lives of those who are creatively inspired.” said the Chairman of Jetwing, Hiran Cooray.

Jetwing Hotels which has been in the tourism industry for the past 43 years is acknowledged for exhibiting traditional Sri Lankan hospitality. Considered a priority, sustainable and responsible practice is implemented through the award winning Jetwing Eternal Earth Program; with energy efficiency, community upliftment, and education of earth saving measures to schoolchildren being a few tenets of the Program.