PATA Gold Award Winner 2009
for Corporate Environmental Programme

About Jetwing

The saga of Jetwing is one of classic entrepreneurship. Set up by the late Herbert Cooray, who dared to dream big! Jetwing has since grown into one of the most recognized and respected business entities in Sri Lanka and abroad, dedicated to Tourism.

The company, N.J.Cooray Builders Ltd he inherited from his father was known for quality building construction. Under his leadership, he constructed many hotels for investors in various parts of the island in addition to office complexes, factories and houses. Hence his initial contribution to the Tourism industry was by way of development of the much needed infrastructure that was an urgent need of the hour to host the inflow of foreign visitors demanding for rooms in this new tourism destination of the world; Sri Lanka. 

The leading resorts such as Koggala Beach Hotel, Yala Safari Beach Hotel, Oceanic Village Nilaveli, Seashells Hotel, Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel, Royal Oceanic Hotel, Triton Hotel and Tropical Villas were some of the landmark constructions in the tourism industry, carried out by his company.The late Herbert Cooray made his first foray into the hotel industry with six rooms at the Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel (Jetwing Blue Oceanic) in 1972. His company’s transformation from a builder to a hotel developer, manager and a travel agent took place since the construction of Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel in 1972.
 
Jetwing Hotels joined hands with the Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys Group in 1991as partners. In no time, Jetwing grew from strength to strength and the Hayleys-Jetwing partnership acquired the Hunas Falls Hotel, Elkaduwa in Sri Lanka (Jetwing Hunas Falls). In addition, they built the Lighthouse Hotel & Spa (Jetwing Lighthouse) in Galle Sri Lanka and Jetwing Vil Uyana –a unique luxury boutique hotel at the backdrop of  the famous UNESCO World  Heritage site Sigiriya rock.
 
Jetwing now stands strong with approximately 2,000 staff. Apart from their main specialization in Hotels and Travels, Jetwing have diversified into event management, outbound package tours and Ticketing, Airline Representation, Professional Conference Organizers, Birding and Wildlife Travel, to name a few.

Its ‘Green Practices’ towards environment friendly operations, its Corporate Social Responsibility programs, ‘A Taxi Line Through The Community’ which won them a PATA Gold Award, Jetwing Youth Development Project (JYDP) that won a PATA Grand Award, The Jetwing Eternal Earth Project that won a PATA Gold Award and their various community related activities has won them much recognition as being one of the most environmentally responsible companies in Sri Lanka..