As Sri Lanka captures growing international attention, Stefan de Alwis drives a first-of-its-kind global business dialogue with Priceline/Booking.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman, connecting Sri Lankan audiences with global entrepreneurial thinking.
In a historic national milestone for Sri Lankan business media and entrepreneurial leadership, Sri Lankan entrepreneur and business communicator Stefan de Alwis is putting the island nation on the international map through The 3i Show, hosting an exclusive, high-impact dialogue with globally renowned entrepreneur, investor, and mentor Jeff Hoffman.
The engagement marks a defining moment where a homegrown Sri Lankan platform is directly engaging the world’s most prominent business leaders, bridging the gap between local ambition and multi-billion-dollar global enterprise.
This media engagement comes at a pivotal juncture as Sri Lanka gains greater visibility in international conversations around entrepreneurship, investment, and innovation. Jeff Hoffman is currently engaging with the country’s business and economic ecosystem. During a visit to Sri Lanka, he received an official invitation from the government to engage with the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem and explore ways to contribute to its continued growth and development. At a time when Sri Lanka is actively working to strengthen its standing as an emerging destination for high-value investment, entrepreneurship, and innovation, his presence and engagement bring a vital international perspective to the island’s economic trajectory.
Against this backdrop, Stefan de Alwis’s initiative in bringing Jeff Hoffman onto The 3i Show represents a first-of-its-kind achievement for a Sri Lankan business platform, proving that Sri Lankan content creators and interviewers can initiate and lead conversations of global relevance.
Stefan de Alwis, Co-Founder and Host of The 3i Show, said, “This conversation is significant not just because of the person seated across from me, but also because of what it means for Sri Lanka. This dialogue allows our audience to hear directly from someone who has built and scaled enterprises on a multi-billion-dollar global scale. I set out to build The 3i Show so it could make history from Sri Lanka, serving as an active bridge between the changemakers building the future here at home and that global arena.”
Jeff Hoffman, best known as a co-founder of Priceline (Booking Holdings), which grew into a global travel technology powerhouse behind brands such as Booking.com, frequently participates in international dialogues on entrepreneurship, technology, and economic growth.
In their wide-ranging dialogue, Stefan de Alwis and Jeff Hoffman explore what separates fleeting tech trends from sustainable global enterprises, the disciplined execution required to scale from emerging markets, and how local innovators can access international capital. The 3i Show and the interaction with Jeff Hoffman serves as an important barometer of growing international interest in Sri Lanka’s economic recovery and innovation potential.
For Stefan de Alwis, this dialogue embodies the broader mission of The 3i Show: creating a high-impact platform from Sri Lanka that establishes a permanent presence on the international stage, champions local capability, and proves that Sri Lankan voices can shape conversations of global consequence.
The complete episode of The 3i Show featuring Jeff Hoffman is now available to stream globally on YouTube: He Co-Founded the $140 Billion Company Behind Booking.com – Why 90% of AI Will Die | Jeff Hoffman, as well as across major digital audio platforms.
The conversation is global. The impact is Sri Lankan.
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About The 3i Show
The 3i Show, hosted by Stefan de Alwis, is a business and entrepreneurship platform focused on conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, investors, business leaders and influential voices from Sri Lanka and around the world. The platform explores the experiences, ideas and lessons behind business success, with the aim of making meaningful insights accessible to a wider audience and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs.
website: https://www.stefandealwis.com
About Stefan de Alwis
Stefan de Alwis is the Co-Founder and Host of The 3i Show, a platform created to connect Sri Lankan audiences with influential voices from the global business and entrepreneurial community. Through his interviews and conversations, Stefan de Alwis seeks to make international business knowledge more accessible while creating opportunities for Sri Lankan audiences to engage with ideas and experiences from beyond the country’s borders.
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Stefan de Alwis, Co-Founder and Host of The 3i Show