Tourism

Macau, China, 12 Jul -Newly-launched company Macao Dragon suspended services after crashing Saturdaywith a Macau pier, according to The Macau Post Daily. The company is waiting on the Maritime Administration (CP) to complete a safety survey of a berth at the Pac On temporary ferry terminal in Taipa before it can resume its newly-launched services […]

Macau, China, 8 Jul – Sky Shuttle’ helicopter flight service between Hong Kong and Macao resumed operation Wednesday, after being suspended for four days due to a helicopter accident. The Macao Civil Aviation Authorities (AACM) confirmed that it has approved the airline’s request to resume its helicopter service Wednesday morning after reviewing a document submitted […]

Macau, China, 7 Jul – Indonesia low cost carrier Mandala Airlines will launch this month three flights per week between Macau and Jakarta, according to Mandala Airlines’ President-Director Diono Nurjani. Flights begin on July 21, with three round trips per  week.The flights will be scheduled on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. A one-way flight to the […]

Macau, China,  6 Jul – Macau needs to provide a quality tourism in order to match people’s expectations of what they are paying for, said Monday the director of the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), Joao Manuel Costa Antunes. Antunes made the comment during his presentation at the MGTO’s annual marketing meeting at Macau Tower […]

Macau, China, 5 Jul – Helicopter flights from Sky Shuttle between Macau and Hong Kong are suspended since Saturday after an AgustaWestland AW139 italian helicopter belonging to Sky Shuttle ditched at sea about 500 meters northwest of the Shun Tak Centre helipad, in Hong Kong, soon after it took off. The two pilots and 11 […]

Macau, China, 30 Jun – Hong Kong-based shipping firm Shun Tak China Travel Ship Management launched Tuesday a new daily passenger ferry service from Macau’s Outer Harbour ferry terminal to Guangzhou’s Nansha district, according to The Macau Post Daily. The voyage will take around 90 minutes, an official from the company said. The Macau government […]

Macau, China, 29  Jun – Mandarin Oriental hotel opens today, in th One Central complex, in NAPE waterfront,  with 213 rooms, including 26 suites and one presidential suite. The hotel located in the Macau peninsula  is owned by Hong Kong Land and Shun Tak groups and designed by architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC/USA. Mandarin […]

Macau, China, 24 Jun – Macau’s total visitor arrivals during the first five months of 2010 rose by 15.8 percent year-on-year to 10.33 million, according to figures released Wednesday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). The majority of visitor come from China mainland and Hong Kong, respectively at 5.52 million and 3.01 million […]

Macau, China, 17 Jun – Air Macau signed Tuesday with All Nippon Airways (ANA) a Code share Agreement to extend its network to all parts of Japan through the network of ANA. According to the agreement, Air Macau and ANA, Japan’s largest carrier, will expand their respective network into Hokkaido, Fukuoka in Japan and Pearl […]