Lassana Flora joins Inter Flora’s worldwide chain

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Sri Lanka now on international floral map

Sri Lanka’s premier floral solutions provider, Lassana Flora, recently joined Inter-Flora’s nearly 50,000 strong network of florists around the globe and is now fully enabled to deliver flowers to any part of the world. Similarly Inter Flora will execute its deliveries in Sri Lanka through Lassana Flora, thus complementing and strengthening the seamless international operation.

Interflora is the largest floral company in the world with the longest serving flower delivery network too. For over 95 years, Interflora has been providing the finest quality in floral products and excellence in customer service with international floral delivery service in over 145 countries. Managing Director of Lassana Flora Dr. Lasantha Malavige said: “We are delighted to join an international floral network of this calibre and put Sri Lanka on the world’s floral map. This new service allows Lassana Flora to offer all its Sri Lankan customers a flower and gift delivery service to global destinations through a seamless Lassana Flora branded experience. This tie-up also enhances our product offering and enables Inter Flora’s clients around the world to have flowers delivered to business associates, friends and loved ones in Sri Lanka through Lassana Flora. We are delighted to be working in partnership with the premier flower and gifts business in the world to provide thousands of customers with global delivery of high-quality, fresh flowers.”

The Lassana Flora story is one of a young and emerging company catapulting to top slot as an established Sri Lankan market leader in a highly-competitive landscape. Established by Dr. Malavige in 1998, the company has in a relatively short space of 16 years become a household name across Sri Lanka. Early last year Lassana Flora revolutionised Sri Lanka’s floral industry with the introduction of printed texts and images on the petals of flowers. With this achievement it clinched yet another first by becoming Sri Lanka’s first-ever floral company to offer this unique service. A few months later it once again revolutionised Sri Lanka’s floral industry with the launch of its ‘Flowers and Gifts Catalogue’ together with the introduction of free delivery in Colombo, Kandy, Negombo and also their suburbs. The first-of-its-kind in Sri Lanka, this glossy, colourful 40 page catalogue displays a vast array of floral arrangements for a variety of occasions and enables customers to order online. This catalogue provides customers the opportunity to send gift baskets with charming and adorable gifts like soft toys through its gift basket delivery service, and even gourmet hampers along with seasonal flowers. These options are very popular with Sri Lankan customers. Lassana Flora, the trendsetter in Sri Lanka’s floral industry, operates through branches in Nawala, the Kandy City Centre, Moratuwa and Negombo. It occupies the top slot as the only ISO 9001-2008 certified florist’s company in South Asia and the Gold Medallist in the SME category at SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2012.