Dulani Guruge, owner and Managing Director of Flameback Eco Lodge Pvt Ltd, Weerawila won the ‘Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur’ - Small Business category award at the “Top 50 Professional and Career Women Awards - 2019 held at Shangri La Hotel recently.
The awards, presented by Women in Management (WIM) to recognize outstanding women excelling in their respective career sectors to boost sustainable economic growth. 
Guruge completed her Bachelor’s degree specializing in Management, Marketing and E-Commerce at Deakin University and obtained her MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Edith Cowan University, Australia. She received an award for ‘Outstanding scholastic achievement and excellence’ by the Golden Key International Honour Society for being among the top 15% of graduates with academic merit in Australia during her studies.
She currently serves as a Vice President in the Executive committee of the Sri Lanka-Australia-New Zealand Business Council, affiliated to the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
She started her career as a Management Trainee at Hemtours, a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings and later took over managing the family business, Peacock Beach Hotel in the aftermath of the tsunami in 2005.
Being in the travel and hotel trade for over 15 years, she decided to peruse her passion to create a unique and sustainable hospitality experience venturing in to build her own boutique hotel in Weerawila with a unique concept that focus on attracting the high-end traveler segment to the country with a focus on eco-tourism.
Flameback Eco Lodge focus on environment conservation by having adapted eco-friendly initiatives in the hotel construction and operations as well as help to upbring the standard of living within the local community. Dulani enjoys being a woman entrepreneur in the competitive and unpredictable industry of tourism despite many political and economic challenges, since it gives her an opportunity to promote Sri Lanka while helping to promote sustainable tourism through environment conservation and community empowerment.
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| Flameback Eco Lodge Weerawila |
Dulani said that she is honored and privileged to have received this prestigious award which has recognized the hard work and dedication she has put in to building her career and business and will make this award as a platform to support further initiatives in motivating other women professionals and entrepreneurs. She thanked Women in Management and it’s founder Dr Sulochana Segera, the esteemed panel of judges, IFC and the Australian Government for creating this platform to recognize and motivate Outstanding women professionals and entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka.
She also mentions her dedicated team at Flameback Eco Lodge and the directors Channa Nissanka and Bhathiya Gunasekara for their support and contribution towards this initiative.
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