Macao, July 14, 2017: Sands® Resorts Macao recently hosted a four-day familiarization experience entitled The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination for 150 international convention and exhibition professionals including 20 media from around the world to highlight the latest range of impressive offerings at the integrated resorts’ seven world-class hotels, as well as Macao’s wider cultural and heritage attractions.
Meeting professionals and media from Australia, USA, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore, India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China were invited to attend the ambitious initiative, held between June 26–29, where they could experience Sands Resorts Macao’s extensive range of meeting packages, facilities and services first-hand.
The event, which was two years in the planning, incorporated numerous activities across the four days, including sales presentations from The Venetian® Macao; The Parisian Macao; Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip; The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central; Conrad® Macao, Cotai Central; Holiday Inn® Macao, Cotai Central; and Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central. Topics included updates on all of the entertainment, dining, transportation, retail, audio-visual available to meeting organizers.
Ruth Boston, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Brand Management, Sands China Ltd. said, ” The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination has offered a great opportunity to showcase not only our world-class hotels, but also everything we can deliver in the meetings, conference and incentives arena. Nowhere else will you find seven international hotels with 13,000 guest rooms and suites, 850 stores, 150 restaurants, three the atres, an arena and 150,000 square metres of meeting space all under one roof.”
“One of the other key messages we wanted to get across to the participants was the wonderful culture and heritage of Macao, including its UNESCO world heritage sites. The event also allowed us to strengthen our ongoing relationships and future cooperation with this influential group of convention and exhibition professionals from around the globe.”
The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination kicked off with Bon Vivant – a French themed welcome cocktail party at The Parisian Macao poolside area. It also included Ultimate Connect, a mini-conference with Q and A session covering a range of meetings and events industry hot topics, Ulti-Mart which showcased Sands Resorts Macao’s world-class properties and other offerings as well as Macao itself as a destination and Ultimate Chef, which saw delegates form teams to take part in a thrilling cooking competition.
The final event was Ultimate Show Time – a gala dinner which demonstrated Sands Resorts Macao’s amazing range of products and services, including gourmet dining, world-class entertainment acts and state of the art audio-visual (for detailed event information see appendix – The Ultimate Download – Highlights).
The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination also focused on green meetings programme, Sands ECO360˚, offering delegates environmentally responsible choices, a fast-growing trend in the meetings industry.
The many dining sensations available at Sands Resorts Macao were also showcased across the event, from a Macanese and Portuguese fiesta luncheon at Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Cotai Central, to The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Central’s signature Midnight Supper, a Gala Dinner at The Venetian Macao, and a Michelin Experience lunch at Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip.
Another of the integrated resort’s key pillars is entertainment, as well as meeting professionals and the media enjoyed the Michael Jackson tribute show THRILLER LIVE currently being performed at The Parisian Theater, and a unique cocktail party set in Ice World, Asia’s largest indoor frozen wonderland, now taking place at The Venetian Macao, which features a host of colourful new Dream Works Animation characters.
The event also catered to the fitness fans with morning yoga, tai chi, boot camp and pool activities, as well as other bespoke activities such as:
·Discover Macao via a Sky walk on the top of the 338-meter Macau Tower
·Get back to nature with a Macao trail hike and trek
·Traditional Macanese/Portuguese egg tart culinary class
·Learn about Macao’s history and culture with a guided walking tour
The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination experience enabled meeting professionals and media guests to enjoy a world of exciting integrated resorts, with an unrivaled mix of accommodation choices for every budget, along with over 150 award-winning local and international restaurants, 850 duty free stores and world-class entertainment during their stay.
Photo caption: Ruth Boston, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Brand Management, Sands China Ltd. welcomed international meetings professionals to Sands Resorts Macao’s The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination event.
Photo caption: Ultimate Connect , a mini-conference covering a range of current industry topics, was held as part of The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination at Sands Resorts Macao.
Photo caption: Ulti-Mart mini-expo introduced participants to Sands Resorts Macao’s facilities and services.
Photo caption: Winners of the Ultimate Chef cooking competition which took place at Sands Resorts Macao as part of four-day event The Ultimate Download – Asia’s Leading Meetings & Events Destination , also helped highlight the wide range of dining options at the integrated resort.
Photo caption: The four-day event concluded in glamorous style with a Gala Dinner entitled Ultimate Show Time which allowed attendees to enjoy world-class entertainment, performances and cuisine.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
