January 2015
MGTO Hosts 2015 Annual Press Conference
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) will hold its annual conference this month, in which MGTO Director Ms. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes will introduce last year’s tourism developments and the plans and marketing activities for 2015. Several hundred local guests, overseas tourism representatives, and members of the tourism industry, plus local and international media, are expected to attend....
Family Hostels: MGTO Announces Feasibility Study Findings
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) announced the findings of its ‘Feasibility Study of Family Hostel’ on 17th December at a briefing session convened by MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes and Deputy Directors Cecilia Tse and Cheng Wai Tong...
Hotel Projects Continue to Expand
As at the third quarter of last year, the city had 21 hotel projects under construction, with another 27 in the planning stage. According to the latest data from the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau, all 48 projects will initially provide some 25,800 hotel rooms, representing a 70 per cent rise of hotel rooms under construction since the previous year...
PRD to Further Develop Multi-destination Leisure Itineraries
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) Tourism Integration programme is a short-term plan recently introduced by Guangdong that seeks to enhance the co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau on leisure and tourism matters. One such initiative is to seek the co-operation between all parties regarding yacht traffic in the region...
Year of the Goat Parade to Welcome in CNY 2015
Macau celebrates the Chinese New Year with great gusto. The territory is one of the best places to witness the spontaneous joyousness of this festival each year. One of the must-experience attractions is the long parade that many people love to bring their families to enjoy.
This year, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), together with the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, will once again host the festive celebrations on the...
Penguins Undercover Ice World with the Dreamworks Gang
Up until 8th March 2015, ‘Penguins Undercover Ice World with the DreamWorks Gang’ teams you up with the Penguins of Madagascar in a top-secret global adventure in which visiting families can explore six specially themed zones populated by DreamWorks Animation films characters.
The journey starts with ‘Inspiration’, with the canals and elegant squares of The Venetian Macao...
Chinese President Xi Jinping Visits on 15th Anniversary of Macau SAR
President of China Xi Jinping was in Macau on the 19th and 20th December 2014 to attend the Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) 15th Anniversary and the inauguration ceremony of the Chief Executive and his top officials. Macau organized a series of activities and celebrations to welcome the Chinese President and celebrate the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the MSAR...
Quality Tourism Services Accreditation Scheme Awards 86 Winners
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) presented 86 awards to different categories of restaurants and food and beverage establishments with a Star Merchant Award for their quality tourism services in 2014, with four recognised by the Service Star Award. The awards were announced at a gala dinner held in December...
Border Crossings Now Much More Convenient
As part of its policy to increase convenience for residents and relieve pressure on the border crossings, the Macau SAR Government announced the Central Government’s new facilitation policies for Zhuhai-Macau Immigration clearance procedure last month. Effective midnight on 18th December, Hengqin Port in Zhuhai and Cotai Port in Macau (commonly known as the Macau Lotus Bridge) formally implemented a 24-hour Immigration service...
MSAR Medals Awarded for 2014, Four for Tourism
The government announced in November the recipients of Decorations, Medals and Certificates of Merit for 50 individuals and organisations in recognition of their achievements, outstanding contributions and distinguished services to the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR). The announcement was made in accordance with the nominations of the Committee of Nomination of Medals and Honorary Titles...
Tigerair Taiwan launches Taiwan-Macau flights
Tigerair Taiwan - a low-cost joint venture carrier formed by Taiwan’s China Airlines and Singapore’s Tiger Airways - launched its maiden Taoyuan-Macau flight on 17th December, followed the next day by its Kaohsiung-Macau service.
Tigerair Taiwan, which is the first Taiwan-based budget carrier to take to the skies since becoming operational in September...
Harbourview Hotel and Yacht Marina Phase One completed
A 4-star hotel modelled on the 18th Century architecture of Prague has now been completed in Macau Fisherman’s Wharf. The hotel has 444 rooms and suites plus bars, restaurants, health club, swimming pool and gym, sauna, and retail spaces.
David Chow Kam Fai, Co-Chairman, Executive Director and CEO of Macau Legend Development, anticipates that the opening of Harbourview Hotel - which is part of the company’s revamp of the whole waterside theme park and taken a year and a month to finish...
‘Free Exercise’ Yachting for Macau, Zhongshan
From July this year, yachties will be able to moor in Macau and Zhongshan’s God Bay. Customs clearance, quarantine and so on will be simplified, too. In addition, yachts crossing the border will only need a bank credit line, according to the Zhongshan Town Committee, who say it is dependent upon a variety of countries granting reciprocal rights to Guangdong’s pilot policies...
Flurry of Activity as MIA Spreads its Wings
Macau International Airport (MIA) is focusing on substantially increasing capacity with the extension of the Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) north side, an improvement driven by the increasing number of travellers using Macau’s sole airport. MIA handled just over 5 million visitors in 2013.
According to Aviation Business, the future project includes the creation of a new business jet hangar and the improvement of the apron...
Mainland Visitors Favouring Macau in Increasing Numbers but Per Visitor Consumption Declines
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) reveals that 1,120,000 visitors arrived in Macau on package tours in October 2014, a surge of 56 per cent year-on-year, while visitors from Mainland China soared by 75 per cent to 919,000. Visitors from Guangdong Province (340,000) increased by a substantial 22 per cent...
Jackie Chan brings Hollywood to Macau
Indiana Jones, James Bond and a host of other movie icons, both regional and international, have over the years passed through the scenic streetscapes of this romantic and exotic city, and now the perennially popular Jackie Chan returns to the city that never sleeps.
MGM MACAU is the exclusive sponsor of the movie icon’s latest action-adventure comedy...
