Tourism

Macau, China, 16 Aug – Macau’s hospitality industry logged a record 3,988,791 guests in the first half of this year, an increase of five percent over the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced Monday. Hotels’ average occupancy rate in the first six months stood at 82 percent, up 3.3 […]

<Macau, China, 12 Aug – Shun Tak-China Travel Shipping Investments said in a statement Thursday that it has entered into a sales and purchase agreement with New World First Holdings, to acquire all shareholdings in New World First Ferry Services ( Macau ), The Macau Post Daily reports today. The transaction includes acquisition of vessels […]

Macau, China, 8 Aug – The 23rd Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, organized by the Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO), will be held on 10, 12, 17, 24 September and 1 October 2011 at the sea area in front of the Macau Tower. Nine out of the ten teams this year have taken part in […]

Macau, China, 8 Aug – Sands China has announced that its newly branded “Sands Cotai Central” project will feature 6,000 rooms and suites from the Conrad, Sheraton, Sheraton Towers and Holiday Inn brands as well as meeting and convention space, two casinos and a wide range of retail outlets and entertainment and dining options. The […]

Macau, China, 3 Aug – The government announced yesterday the upcoming cancellation of its ferry departure tax, for which each passenger departing Macau by sea must pay 19 patacas, The Macau Post Daily reports today.   Leong Heng Teng, spokesman for the Executive Council (ExCo), announced the decision in a press conference at Government House […]

Macau, China, 27 Jul – A total of 13 people were injured in a suspected gas explosion in a restaurant in Macau’s Outer Harbour area Tuesday, the government said. Eight of the injured required hospital treatment and only one remained in hospital for observation. The injured included five men and eight women, one of whom […]

Macau, China, 26 Jul – Pansy Ho Chiu King, co-chairwoman of MGM China Holdings, told Taiwan ’s Want Daily in an interview published yesterday that her company was making plans to invest in Taiwan ’s hospitality and tourism sector, The Macau Post Daily reports today, citing the island’s Central News Agency (CNA).   The CNA […]

Macau, China, 25 Jul – Visitors from Asia made up 97.4 percent of all visitor arrivals in the first half of this year. In the same period of last year Asian visitors accounted for 97.3 percent of all arrivals, The Macau Post Daily reports today.   Macau recorded 13.2 million visitor arrivals in the first […]

Macau, China, 24 Aug – Macau logged a record 2.55 million visitor arrivals in July, up 18 percent year-on-year, The Macau Post Daily reports today, quoting data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC). The daily average of visitor arrivals reached 82,286 last month, corresponding to nearly 15 percent of Macau ’s population. The […]