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The Women’s Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, jointly organized by the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Galaxy Entertainment Group, and the Volleyball Association of Macao, China will be held at the Galaxy Arena from 28 May (Tuesday) to 2 June (Sunday). Teams Brazil and Dominican Republic arrived in Macao today (22 May) to prepare for the competition.
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Michael Hui, vice rector of the University of Macau (UM), interim director of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics & Management, and chair professor of the Department of Management and Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of marketing.
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In view of the goal of holding 1,500 MICE events in 2024, the Macao SAR government has been planning and implementing the relevant work in an orderly manner. According to the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), many conventions and exhibitions in 2024 are themed on “health and medical care”, “information technology”, “modern financial services”, which are in line with the “1+4” development strategy for appropriately diversified economy.
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The first ordinary plenary meeting of the Committee for the Development of Conventions and Exhibitions in 2024 was held on 20 May. The meeting was presided by Lei Wai Nong, Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Conventions and Exhibitions and Secretary for Economy and Finance.
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Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 14.4% year-on-year to 2,600,717 in April 2024, recovering to 75.8% of the figure in the same month of 2019; yet, the number represented a month-on-month drop of 4.4%. Same-day visitors (1,349,927) and overnight visitors (1,250,790) showed respective growth of 23.0% and 6.3% year-on-year. The average length of stay of visitors held stable year-on-year at 1.2 days; the duration for overnight visitors (2.3 days) rose by 0.1 day, while that for same-day visitors (0.2 day) went down by 0.1 day.
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The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) set up the “Macao-Hengqin Pavilion” at the “IMEX Frankfurt 2024” held in Germany from 14 to 16 May. During the event, IPIM and ten Macao MICE companies, including convention and exhibition service providers and integrated tourism and leisure enterprises, held seven Macao-Hengqin MICE Environment Promotion Seminars and facilitated over 280 business matching sessions. The Seminars aim to promote Macao-Hengqin unique advantages in MICE environment and facilities, entry and exit policies and measures, logistics and support services, in order to expand international MICE customer base.
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The Women’s Volleyball Nations League 2024 Macao presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group, jointly organized by the Sports Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, Galaxy Entertainment Group, and the Volleyball Association of Macao, China will be held at the Galaxy Arena from 28 May (Tuesday) to 2 June (Sunday). The Chinese team, backed by the support of fans, arrives in Macao today (21 May) to prepare for the competition. The remaining teams, namely Brazil, Italy, Dominican Republic, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand and France will also arrive in Macao to fight for the best ranking in order to qualify for the finals.
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With the ongoing Macao Courtesy Campaign, the “Together We Deliver Exceptional Hospitality as Tourism Ambassadors” Training Series is jointly launched by Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) and MGM today (21 May) to enhance service quality in tourism and other related sectors and instill the spirit of hospitality in local residents and students, in parallel with the “1 + 4” development strategy for adequate economic diversification and reinforcing Macao’s status as a world centre of tourism and leisure.
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