John Keells Holdings Ltd is a diversified conglomerate with investments in five core areas of business covering Transportation (airline, shipping and freight forwarding), Plantations (covering tea, rubber, oil palm, timber and value added crops), food & beverage (covering supermarkets, the manufacture and distribution of soft drinks, ice creams and processed meats and franchised outlets for internationally famed restaurant chains), Leisure Sector (covering hotels in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, inbound tours and a self-drive Franchise), Information Technology (covering software development and integrated solutions for the IT industry and the marketing of office automation products) and Financial Services (covering stock broking, banking and insurance).
The Group continues its search for expanding its interests in the present areas of business through joint ventures in the region or into areas of the New Economy where strategic alliances can help to provide access into the South Asian Region covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan.
For further information in this regard, all correspondence should be addressed directly to the Chairman, John Keells Holdings Ltd.
 LEISURE SECTOR |
The LEISURE SECTOR at John Keells Holdings has played a dominant role in the past years and approximately 23 % of the total net assets of the Group are from this sector.
John Keells Holdings has under its wing, a total of ten hotels spread in prime tourist locations in Sri Lanka, two in the Maldives, three tour operating companies including "Walkers Tours" -
the largest inbound tour operator to the country -
and one professional congress organizer. Listed below are the companies catering to this sector.
 | John Keells Hotels (Pvt.) Ltd.
Investment in Hotels |  | Mackinnons Tours (Pvt) Ltd. (Inbound Tours Division)
Well experienced professional Travel Consultancy Firm |  | Walkers Tours Ltd. (Inbound Tours Division)
The travel specialist |
John Keells Hotels (Pvt) Ltd - Investment in Hotels
| John Keells Hotel Management Services LTD - Managing and Marketing of Hotels
| Beruwela Walk Inn LTD - Owns and operates "Hotel Swanee" in Beruwela (36 A/C and 16 Non A/C Rooms)
| Ceylon Holiday Resorts LTD - Owns and operates "Bentota Beach Hotel" in Bentota (135 A/C Rooms) and "Coral Gardens Hotel" in Hikkaduwa (156 A/C Rooms)
| Ceylinco Tourist Hotels LTD - Owns and operates "Hotel Ceysands" in Bentota (84 A/C Rooms)
| Habarana Lodge LTD - Owns and operates "The Lodge" in Habarana (150 A/C Rooms)
| Habarana Walk In LTD - Operates "The Village" in Habarana (106 Non A/C Rooms)
| International Tourists and Hoteliers LTD - Owns and operates "Beach Hotel Bayroo" in Beruwela(100 A/C Rooms)
| Kandy Walk Inn LTD - Owns and operates "The Citadel" in Kandy (24 A/C and 93 Non A/C Rooms)
| Trinco Walk Inn LTD - Operates "Club Oceanic" in Trincomalee
| Conventions (Colombo) LTD - Organizes Conventions, Seminars and Exhibitions
| Keells Tours (Pvt) LTD - Tourist Transport
| Mackinnons Travels LTD - Inbound Tour Operators
| Walkers Tours LTD - Inbound Tour Operators and owns "The Village" in Habarana
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JOHN KEELLS GROUP
FOOD & BEVERAGE SECTOR |
The Food & Beverage Sector in Sri Lanka has benefited to a great extent from the enhancement of purchasing power of the middle class due to reduction of personal taxes. The confidence of the international community in this sector was further manifested with the establishment of popular franchises such as PIZZA HUT in Sri Lanka.
JKH has a major share in the Sri Lankan Food & Beverage Sector. The Group has four companies engaged in this sector, which contributes up to 43% of the total revenue of the Group.
 | Ceylon Cold Stores Ltd.
Manufacturers and marketers of Elephant Soft Drinks, Ice Cream and Frozen Meat Products |  | Jay Kay Marketing Services (Pvt.) Ltd.
The chain of 'Keells Super' supermarkets and the distribution arm of Keells Food Products |  | Keells Food Products Ltd.
Manufactures of processed, battered and crumbed meat products |  | Keells Restaurants (Pvt.) Ltd.
Franchise Holder for Pizza Hut in Sri Lanka and Maldive Islands |
JOHN KEELLS GROUP
PLANTATION SECTOR |
A Keells joint venture company, RPK Management Services (Pvt.) Ltd. has controlling interest in Kegalle and Maskeliya Plantations Limited - Two of the 20 privatized Plantation companies.
Keells Plantation Management Services is the main investor and have majority interest in Namunukula Plantations Limited.
| JOHN KEELLS GROUP
INFORMATION TECNOLOGY SECTOR |
At the dawn of the new millennium, more and more Sri Lankan business organisations are using IT as a competitive edge and the public sector too, is embarking on large scale computerisation assisted by foreign aid.
The recently emerged business technologies such as Internet and Multimedia have contributed immensely to the giant strides of the IT industry. The IT sector of John Keells group is well poised to reap the benefits of all these new developments.
 Keells business systems ltd. |
Specialises in providing leading edge local area and wide area network solutions and prides itself in keeping pace with emerging technologies.
| John Keells office automation (pvt) ltd. |
The agents for Toshiba Office Automation products such as faxes, copiers and note book computers. The company’s success continues to be their unique & exceptional service quality.
| John Keells business (UK) ltd. |
John Keells Business Systems (UK) Ltd. was established in United Kingdom in 1996, to exploit the opportunities and focus on providing software services of the European market.
| John keells institute of information technology |
| John keells computer services |
The company undertakes software development projects/ I. T. Consultancy in the European and Far East Markets. This company today is a leading provider of client / server and multimedia communication solutions in Sri Lanka
JOHN KEELLS HOLDINGS LIMITED
FINANCIAL SERVICES
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The history of the Financial Services Sector of the John Keells Group can be traced back to 1870 when E. John and Company established their Stock Brokering business at the Colombo Brokers Association (now the Colombo Stock Exchange), which was dominated by plantation company stocks.
The Financial Services Sector of the John Keells Group has since expanded to encompass Money Brooking, Insurance, Investment & Merchant Banking and Fund Management. John Keells Stock Brokers continues to be one of the leading brokering houses at the much developed and modernized Colombo Stock Exchange. The Group's other subsidiaries in the Financial
Services Sector have also grown to occupy leading market positions in their respective fields.
The Group intends to contribute to the further expansion of Sri Lanka's Financial Services Sector and maintain its strong presence by constantly keeping abreast of developments.
 | John Keells Stock Brokers (Pvt.) Ltd.
Sri Lanka's pre-eminent brokering firm |  | Waldock Mackenzie Limited
Investment and Merchant Banking | | | Keells T & R Ltd.
International foreign Exchange & Money brokers |  | Union Assurance Ltd. ( Associate Company )
General & Life Insurance Services |
JOHN KEELLS HOLDINGS LIMITED
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR |
| Airlines |
Mack Air
Mack Air is a well-established general Sales Agency handling both airline Passenger/Cargo Sales and Marketing and other related activities. A very professionally managed, ISO 9002 certified company, presently representing Gulf Air and Jet Airways of India. The company has been in the airline representation business for 20 years, and its considered one of the best GSA's in the entire Gulf Air global network.
Mackinnons Travels is the largest IATA accredited outbound Travel Agent in Sri Lanka representing American Express Travel Related Services and Avis Rent-A-Car. The company is ISO 9001 certified. It also provides on-lie neutral hotel reservations through the "Walkers Galaxy" reservations system.
Walkers Air Services (Pvt.) Ltd.
This company represents Asiana cargo, Swisscargo and Citybird in Sri Lanka
Walkers tours Ltd. Airline Division
This company is in the business of representing airlines and travel related services.
Currently represents American Airlines (passenger), Asiana Airlines, LTU International Airways. This is the first GSA Company in Sri Lanka to achieve 9002 Certification. The company also markets cargo capacity on LTU International Airways, Balair CTA, Sobelair and Air Europe under the trade name "Leisure Cargo", which is a joint venture between Swisscargo and LTU International Cargo.
| Port and Shipping |
Machines Mackensie X Company (Shipping Ltd.)
One of the oldest shipping companies in the country with over 100 years of industry experience in representing shipping lines and providing any shipping related services.
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