HNB PLC, Sri Lanka’s leading private bank, formally presented to the two distinguished winners of its Credit Card campaign exclusive access to the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and the Australian Open Semi-Finals in Melbourne. The event took place at HNB Towers, bringing together HNB leadership, staff, and the fortunate winners. During the occasion, the HNB team personally interacted with each winner and officially handed over their exclusive experiences, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and confidence throughout the process.
During the campaign HNB Credit Cardholders benefited from discounts of up to 70% across more than 300 partner merchants spanning dining, fashion, electronics, lifestyle, travel and supermarkets. These savings supported festive spending needs while allowing customers to experience measurable value across everyday and seasonal purchases.
HNB’s COO, Sanjay Wijemanne stated “We offer high-end experiences because trust is built through consistency and execution over time. By delivering opportunities of this scale with care and precision we reinforce our focus on operational excellence service quality and governance across every customer interaction.”
At the center of the campaign were premium experiential rewards aligned with international benchmarks and underscoring HNB’s position as a premier private bank in Sri Lanka to deliver globally recognized lifestyle experiences through card-based rewards.
Commenting on the initiative, Gauthami Niranjan, Vice President - Cards, said “We design these premium experiences to show our respect for customers and to deliver real value beyond traditional banking. By providing unique opportunities that connect everyday card usage to extraordinary global events, we recognize loyalty and reinforce the importance of our relationship with each client.”
Club Elite members qualified for the opportunity to attend the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles through a fully paid four-day experience inclusive of return air travel, accommodation, official event access and curated activities. Priority Circle members earned the opportunity to experience the Australian Open Semi Finals in Melbourne with flights, accommodation, match tickets and curated experiences.
Sandun Hapugoda, Country Manager, Sri Lanka & Maldives, Mastercard, added, “Mastercard is delighted to be part of this truly unique experience created for HNB. Our focus has always been on enabling meaningful and memorable moments for our cardholders, while supporting our partners in delivering exceptional value to their customers. This initiative underscores the strength of our collaboration with HNB and a shared commitment to offering world class experiences and services to consumers across Sri Lanka.”
Eligibility for each experience was determined through predefined card specific spend thresholds and membership criteria. This ensured fairness, consistency and credibility while reflecting HNB’s disciplined and professional approach to large scale customer promotions.
The winner of the Grammy Awards experience shared that the professionalism of the HNB client servicing team stood out clearly and that the relationship with, HNB over the years has been positive, reliable and rewarding adding that the opportunity was a genuine wow moment that, brought sincere appreciation and gratitude toward the Bank. The winner of the Australian Open experience noted that the journey with HNB has always been smooth and dependable and that being officially offered a global sporting experience through everyday card usage was unexpected, exciting and deeply appreciated.
Through this initiative HNB Credit Cards reinforced their leadership in Sri Lanka by combining tangible savings with credible world class experiences. The Bank continues to demonstrate that long term customer trust is built through professionalism, consistency and delivery at every level.
Source: Adaderana
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