worked in the travel industry for so long, believed the art of travel is more than a consumerist commodity. Instead, they wanted to offer their community of travel colleagues a goal of using the concept of Serendipity as a permanent source of inspiration for their teams to create surprises and unique experiences. In February 2022, Nagesh and Quentin arrived in Sri Lanka to travel through the island that inspired the concept. What they found were outstanding experiences – food, sights, history and personalities. They were delighted to discover that creative personae such as the legendary and internationally renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa, Batik Designer Ena de Silva, film maker Lester James Peiris, Booker Award winning writers Michael Ondaatje and Shehan Karunatilleke, artist George Keyt, sculptor, painter and horticulturist Laki Senanayake and a score of others all called this magical island home. Readers will be interested to know that the tale of The Three Princes of Serendip that captivated these travellers has itself a long and convoluted history. In 1304, Amir Khusrao wrote down a tale that had been told over centuries before. This in turn was found and translated by Italian writer Cristoforo Armeno in 1557. It was translated into French by Louis de Mailly in 1719 and captured the imagination of Voltaire who wrote a delightful story titled Zadig, which was greatly influenced by the tale. It was not until 1754 that Englishman Sir Horace Walpole, the fourth Earl of Oxford, translated the tale into English and subsequently coined the word “Serendipity’’ which was soon adopted by the World.