Sands China Wraps Up Successful Sands Shopping Festival
Visitation exceeds 100,000 during three days of family-friendly fun
(Macao,
August
11, 2020) –
Sands China Ltd. wrapped
up its successful Sands Shopping
Carnival Sunday, Aug. 9,
closing out a weekend of fun activities that
began on Friday, Aug. 7 with a grand opening
celebration officiated by guests of honour
from the Liaison Office of the Central
People's Government in the Macao SAR, the
Macao SAR government, and the finance and
business
sectors.
Visitation surpassed
100,000 at the three-day carnival at The
Venetian® Macao’s Cotai Expo. Several
sanitisation and safety protocols were in
place throughout the weekend event to ensure
a safe, healthy, and worry-free environment
for all, including temperature checks,
mandatory wearing of face masks, hand
sanitisers, online visitor registration, and
strict implementation of the Macao ‘health
code’ system at the entrance, among other
measures.
Featuring over 500
booths and offering the best deals to Macao
residents and tourists, the Sands Shopping
Carnival was the largest shopping event of
its kind in Macao. It provided a free
business platform for local SMEs and Sands
retailers amid the pandemic period, while
creating a new weekend destination for local
residents and tourists, in support of the
Macao SAR government’s Consume for
the Economy
initiative.
Exhibitors were able
to take advantage of free registration and
free booths – targeted at Macao retailers,
including local micro-small-and-medium
enterprises – and carnival-goers enjoyed
free shuttle service, free parking and free
admission.
“The Sands Shopping
Carnival represents our company’s continued
commitment to Macao, our confidence in the
city’s perseverance during the pandemic, and
our support for its recovery,” said Dr.
Wilfred Wong, president of Sands China Ltd.
“Our thanks go to the MSAR government, the
general public and local enterprises for
their earnest support. This successful event
was a chance for us to give back to the
community during these challenging times, to
bolster local SMEs, and to support the Macao
SAR government’s economic stimulus
initiative.”
One of the weekend’s
highlights was the ICBC ePay
Presents: Karaoke King Singing
Competition. Registering to
compete in the contest was free and open to
Macao residents. After preliminary rounds on
Friday and Saturday, Cheng Sam Yuet (鄭心悅)
was crowned the winner in the teen category
after the final round on Sunday, while Li
Yan Tung (李欣彤) won in the adult category.
Contestants won a total of close to MOP
80,000 in prizes, including cash, iPhone 11
Pro Max smartphones, and annual passes to
teamLab SuperNature Macao, the 3-D
interactive art experience at Cotai
Expo.
Another highlight
was the Luso International (LIB)
Presents: Little Master Chef
Workshop, where children spent
some quality time cooking with their
parents, making doughnuts, mini pizzas,
traditional northern handmade dumplings, and
cookies, and decorating cupcakes. More than
280 participants joined the fun culinary
workshop over the
weekend.
The carnival’s
diverse activities and attractions also
included an international-cuisine food area;
performances; lucky draws; MOP 1 products;
deals up to 80 per cent off; and
family-friendly activities and
games.
The Sands Chopping
Carnival was consumption e-voucher friendly
and featured six zones:
- BOC Macau Presents: Household and Lifestyle Products
- BNU Presents: Sands Retailers
- Family Workshops
- Gourmet
- Cultural & Creative
- Play and Fun
Sands China team members and their families and friends enjoyed an exclusive chance to experience the carnival on Saturday morning with even better offers and discounts, and Sands Cares Ambassadors hosted members of the Good Shepherd Sisters’ Women’s Mutual Help Centre and the Macao Down Syndrome Association for a special guided visit to the carnival on Friday afternoon.
The Sands Shopping
Carnival was organised by Sands China Ltd.,
co-organised by the Macao Chamber of
Commerce, supported by the Macao Economic
Bureau, the Macao Government Tourism Office
and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion
Institute (IPIM), and sponsored by Bank of
China Macau Branch, ICBC (Macau), Luso
International Banking Ltd., and BNU
Macau.
Photo caption: Crowds
enjoy the Sands Shopping Carnival, which saw visitation
upwards of 100,000 during the Friday-Sunday event at The
Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo.
Photo caption: Children
learn how to prepare food in the Luso International (LIB)
Presents: Little Master Chef Workshop and play games at
booths at the Sands Shopping Carnival at The Venetian
Macao’s Cotai Expo.
Photo caption: The winners
of the ICBC ePay Presents: Karaoke King Singing
Competition are crowned Aug. 9, as part of the
free-admission Sands Shopping Carnival at The Venetian
Macao’s Cotai Expo.