Corporate Bits | Mia sees highest single-day traffic on record

The Macau International Airport (MIA) had a bustling start to the Chinese New Year (CNY), welcoming 160,000 passengers and handling 1,200 flight movements between February 8 and 14. The number of passengers grew by 23 percent compared with the same period last year, while flight movements edged up 6 percent year-on-year.
The airport also set the highest single-day record since operations began at MIA on February 13, recording over 29,000 passengers and 204 flight movements.
To enrich the seasonal atmosphere, MIA adorned the terminal building with festive CNY decorations and arranged a series of CNY-themed activities, including God of Fortune blessings and distributing candy in the terminal.
Additionally the airport organized calligraphy performances, quick portrait drawing, henna tattoos, and the offering of spring couplets to travellers.
In a press statement MIA said that it will continue to uphold its mission statement, “Safety, Efficiency, and Effectiveness,” in future in order to provide passengers with a comfortable and convenient travel experience.
It added that the airport will continue to cooperate with relevant organizations and operational partners to ensuring the smooth running of MIA, and in order to facilitate the expansion of its route network to offer passengers more travel options.

new reality tv show films episode at venetian

“Lady Bees,” a brand new reality TV show, was in Macau between February 13 and 16 filming an episode of its inaugural season. Supported by the Venetian Macao, the cast and crew spent three days at various locations around the city and inside the Venetian Macao casino resort.
Among those visiting the MSAR were Taiwanese singer-actor Nicky Wu, and award-winning actor, Nicholas Tse, the show’s contestants as well as five judges from the program.
Wu and Tse led the contestants around locations such as the San Luca Canal at Shoppes at Venetian, the main lobby of the hotel and the outdoor lagoon area. They were also taken to the ruins of St. Paul’s and other Macau attractions.
On Tuesday the cast participated in a press conference at which clips of the new TV show and its trailer were revealed to the media for the first time.
The first episode of “Lady Bees” will be broadcast via Zhejiang TV at 10 p.m. on March 12.