The 12th Macau Shopping Festival is slated to be held from December 1-31 under the theme “Shopping Privileges from Macau Brands Alliance”.
The festival exclusively collaborates with tourism promotion platform Ctrip Global Shopping and comprises 28 organisation committee members. It is chaired by the Macao International Brand Enterprise Commercial Association and is supported by Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and the Economic and Technological Development Bureau (DSEDT).
During a press conference held yesterday at the Grand Lisboa Palace Macau resort in Cotai, Director General of the 12th Macau Shopping Festival Organisation Committee Vincent Tung Chi Yuen told reporters the committee hopes that the event “can contribute to Macau by bringing in more visitors who will stay overnight in Macau and start shopping, dining” and tour around the city.
Tung is also the chairman of the Council Board of the Macao International Brand Enterprise Commercial Association.
Discounts totalling over 26 million patacas will also be offered at the festival, which will be focused on “high-end shopping”, Tung said. He added that the festival coincides with the DESDT-organised Macau Consumer Carnival, noting that these two events could “complement each other.”
Meanwhile, when asked if there were COVID-19 pandemic concerns that might affect the upcoming event, Tung told The Macau Post Daily he believes that the entire city will “stick to the preventive measures” and policies set out by the Macau government, with the organisers also heeding what may be required of them in holding the festival. “I think that is the best way to go.”
Those interested in joining the 12th shopping festival can download the Ctrip app and log in. They can also get e-coupons from participating merchants’ pages and present them upon paying.
Yesterday’s event was attended by a number of guests, including Yang Hao, deputy chief of the Economy Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and MGTO Deputy Director Ricky Hoi Io Meng.
Director General of the 12th Macau Shopping Festival Organization Committee and Chairman of Council Board of Macao International Brand Enterprise Commercial Association Vincent Tung Chi Yuen speaks with reporters after yesterday’s press conference. – Photo: Rui Pastorin
