Hospitality Star Classification made an easier process by new consultancy firm. It is now imperative that hospitality properties meet the government gazetted registration and classification standards as the travel industry puts priority on registered and classified properties with Sri Lanka Tourism the National Tourism Organization (NTO) to facilitate visitors since the present pandemic. Most hoteliers, investors and owners, find the process of obtaining ‘Star classification’ and confirming to mandatory requirements a daunting task and time consuming due to lack of awareness about classification process. A consultancy firm, Hospitality Classification Consultancy (PVT) Ltd has been founded by three hospitality professionals, Chandana Wijeratna, Dulantha Cooray and Pubudu Dassanayake; all graduates of SLITHM/Ceylon Hotel School with more than 60 years relevant experience collectively. The two Senior Consultants, Mr. Wijeratna former Director Standards and Quality Assurance of Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority and Mr. Cooray both served consecutively as Secretary to the Hotel’s Classification Committee of Sri Lanka Tourism and have a whole team of expert consultants in relevant fields to call upon when required by the industry. Mr. Dassanayake, as Director-Operations and Marketing, focuses on liaison between the industry stakeholders and the consultants. The consultancy will support and contribute to Sri Lanka’s Tourism great vision to upgrade quality and service standards of Tourism service providers to fulfil expected requirement levels of travellers by advising on all ‘star classifications’ from 5 to 1 star hotels, boutique hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, other relevant activities, mandatory requirements to obtain recommendations and licences from relevant authorities and the whole process from blue print level to opening to the guests. For details: 0773414747