Corporate Bits | Sands china holds ceremony to welcome CNY

Sands China welcomed the Year of the Dog with traditional cultural ceremonies at its properties on Saturday, with company executives participating in the annual tradition.

The gaming operator held worship rituals, eye-dotting ceremonies, and traditional lion and dragon dance performances at Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao, Sands Cotai Central and The Parisian Macao on the second day of the Lunar New Year to attract good luck and blessings to the properties and the region.

Sands China said in a statement that company executives will celebrate the New Year with team members later next week at back-of-house events at the four properties, featuring games, lucky draws and roast pig carving ceremonies.

Leading up to the Lunar New Year, team members were invited to participate in two activities for a chance to win gifts and prizes, one of which was a design competition that called for team members to submit creative designs for festive Chinese New Year banners.

Wynn macau lights a total of 800,000 firecrackers

Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace Cotai celebrated the arrival of the Year of the Dog with a series of festive activities, beginning with the dragon and lion dance and continuing with the lighting of 800,000 firecrackers at the resort on the third day and fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Ian Michael Coughlan, president of Wynn Macau, led the management team in officiating the lion eye-dotting ceremony, which symbolizes good luck and fortune for the coming year, according to a statement from the gaming operator.

Wynn has commissioned local illustrator Un Chi Wai to design Chinese New Year greeting cards for the God of Fortune to hand out during the festive period, as well as in-room postcard sets as souvenirs for guests at Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace Cotai this year.

Un’s illustration this year conveys a theme of “festive gourmet and family reunion,” demonstrating the rich tradition of how locals celebrate the  Chinese New Year.