June 2015
CNTA Chairman visits Macau
China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) Chairman Li Jinzao met Macau SAR Chief Executive Chui Sai On in Macau on 2nd June. During his visit, an agreement was signed between CNTA and the Macau SAR Government for the setting up of a joint working committee on tourism to support Macau's aspirations to build a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure...
MGTO Hosting 2015 Annual Marketing Meeting
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) is to hold its Annual Marketing Meeting (AMM) 2015 in Macau from 15th to 19th June, at which time MGTO's global market representatives will assemble in Macau to report on their achievements and discuss future marketing strategies. The Office...
Zhuhai-Macau Enhance Tourism and Culture Co-operation
Following the Zhuhai-Macau Co-operation Meeting 2015, held at the end of April, the Tourism and Cultural authorities from both sides signed a 'Tourism Cooperation Framework Agreement” and a 'Culture Co-operation Framework Agreement'. According to the agreements, both sides will work to enhance tourism promotion in...
Five New Historic-Cultural Venues Slated to Open Soon
In its first plenary session of 2015, the Cultural Consultative Committee introduced 'Activities about the Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of World by Macau SAR Government Cultural Affairs Bureau Director Ung Vai Meng. He revealed that the Guia Fortress Information Centre, Exhibition Room of the Woodcraft Works of Master Lu Ban...
MGTO Promotional Activities in June
Aspiring to be a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, Macau continues to attract visitors from all over the world. In order to build momentum for this positioning, Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) has initiated diverse promotional programmes for the whole year. In June, it will fly the flag in Japan, Malaysia, France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan China, Australia and New Zealand in addition to other countries and regions...
First Batch of IFT Chefs Graduates
The Institute of Tourism Studies' (IFT) first batch of Culinary Arts Management undergraduates hosted a luncheon event at their Michelin-recommended restaurant as a graduation project in April, and are now preparing to join the city's bustling restaurant scene...
Macau Green Hotels Awarded
The announcement of the 2014 Macau Green Hotel Award's results reveals that a total of 13 hotels have received commendations. The 4-star Hotel Beverly Plaza Macau won the Gold Award, while two budget hotels - Hong Thai Hotel and Five Footway Inn - received Merit Awards. This edition marks the first time...
Annual Macau Lotus Flower Festival Perfumes the City
The 15th Macau Lotus Flower Festival, opening on 13th June, showcases the beautiful perennial aquatic plant found far and wide throughout China. Organized by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, every year, the festival highlights a particular lotus flower species. Shanshui Lotus is the theme flower...
Macau Franchise Expo to be Held in July
The 2015 Macau Franchise Expo (2015 MFE) - to be held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre at The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel from 3rd to 5th July - is already attracting business leaders, entrepreneurs, and individual and group investors eager to familiarise themselves with the potential to develop their brands and franchise operations in the Macau market, southern China and beyond...
Ghost the Musical Comes to the Macau Stage
Love transcends all; even death, they say. Based on the 1990 Academy Award-winning movie, 'Ghost the Musical' is a West End and Broadway production, featuring a technologically advanced set complemented by a music score that projects the iconic power of 'Unchained Melody'. Nominated for five Olivier...
‘Experience Macau - Fuzhou, Fujian’
The 'Experience Macau - Fuzhou, Fujian' promotion was held last month, in a collaborative initiative by the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and the Fujian Provincial People's Government, and was presented by MGTO, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the Fujian Provincial People's Government ...
MGTO Send SMS to Tourists for Labour Day Holiday
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) initiated a variety of measures to manage the large number of visitors during 'Golden Week' in May, such as recommending via SMS that tourists travel to major attractions in non-peak hours. Other measures included publishing real-time hotel room rates on its website...
Guidelines Correcting Mainland Tourists' Unacceptable Behaviour Issued
Mainland tourists who misbehave will be fined and ordered to rectify their mistakes under new guidelines on appropriate behaviour that were officially enacted by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), ahead of the May 1 mini-golden holiday.
According to the guidelines, travellers are required not to disrupt...
Guangdong and Macau Authorities Boost ‘Free Travel’ Yachting
Representatives from the Macau Marine and Water Bureau - plus their counterparts from Guangdong and Zhongshan authorities - recently convened a meeting in Macau in order to promote the 'Free Travel' yachting scheme between Macau and Zhongshan.
They discussed the draft of the Guangdong-Macau Free...
1st Macau International Film Festival
The 1st Macau International Film Festival was recently held at Galaxy Macau in Cotai, with several famous film stars and filmmakers gathered to stride up the red carpet. Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes expressed her desire that more film production companies would...
Macau’s Population Density On Top of the World
The CIA 'World Fact Book' has released the latest rankings of the world's population density, with Macau sitting tight in the top spot. The MSAR's population, in fact, increased from 19,500 people per square kilometre in 2013 to 20,500 in 2014, three times the population density of Hong Kong. The world's second most densely populated region is Monaco...
Galaxy Phase II and Broadway Macau Now Open
The second phase of hotel-resort Galaxy Macau opened to much fanfare on 27th May, in tandem with Broadway Macau, a theatre, dining, retail district which is accessible from the main Galaxy complex by air conditioned sky-bridge. Galaxy Entertainment Group have announced that the two new developments collectively cost some HK$43 billion to build...
Plans Unveiled for ‘Boulevard at Studio City’
Melco Crown Entertainment and Taubman Asia, a subsidiary of U.S. mall REIT, Taubman Centers, Inc., recently unveiled plans to deliver a unique, entertainment-centered shopping experience in the highly-anticipated entertainment, retail and gaming resort, Studio City, slated to open in the third quarter of the year...
TurboJET Presents Premier Plus Shuttle Services
TurboJET, one of the ferry services plying the waters between Macau, Hong Kong and various Delta ports, recent launched its Premier Plus shuttle services.
With the Premier Grand Class Service registering a 45 per cent growth in demand last year, the figures speak to the company's success in fostering a new market segment...
Macau Tourism Figures for First Quarter Published
A raft of tourism figures have been published for the first quarter, including the Tourist Price Index, which stands at 146.19, up just 1.5 per cent and the lowest increase in six years. Meanwhile, between January and March passenger traffic at Macau International Airport saw a six per cent increase, while overall visitor arrivals dropped by...
Regular Macau-Phnom Penh Flights Take Off
Bassaka Air has joined hands with Wai Long Group to launch regular flight services between Macau and Phnom Penh, Cambodia with round-trip flights available every Monday and Friday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on 28th May at Macau International Airport.
Wai Long Group said the flights not only provide a convenient service for passengers travelling between Macau...
