Event Overview
Welcome to the 2014 (Spring) Hong Kong Trendy Shopping Expo, featuring the Year-End Sale and the inaugural Macau Wishing Festival. This major pre-Lunar New Year event combines shopping, entertainment, and cultural festivities, bringing a Hong Kong-style exhibition to Macau.
Key Details
- Date: January 16–19, 2014 (Just before Lunar New Year)
- Time: 12:00–21:00 daily (Closes at 20:00 on January 19)
- Venue: Hall A1, Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao
- Admission: Free entry with no registration required
- Expected Attendance: 90,000 visitors
Exhibition Zones
This comprehensive expo features multiple themed zones:
- Hong Kong International Household Appliances & Tech Expo: Home goods, furniture, electronics, and lifestyle products.
- Hong Kong International Baby & Children's Products Expo: Products and services for babies, children, and women, plus stationery and books.
- Hong Kong International Fashion & Leisure Expo: Apparel, leather goods, accessories, watches, eyewear, anime, entertainment, toys, sports, and travel items.
- Hong Kong Lunar New Year Market: Traditional New Year goods, festive items, nostalgic products, and food.
- Macau & European International Zone: Showcasing Macau and Western cultural products and private-label brands.
Event Highlights
The Macau Wishing Festival
Macau's first dedicated hub for blessings, wishes, and fortune-telling. Key attractions include:
- Wishing Tree Ritual: Experience the Hong Kong Tai Po Lam Tsuen tradition—write your wish on paper, tie it to an orange, and toss it onto the wishing tree. If it sticks, your wish is said to come true.
- Love Lock Bridge: Inspired by Paris's Pont des Arts, as seen in the drama "Triumph in the Skies."
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple Blessings: A Japanese-inspired祈福 experience.
The festival aims to become an annual tradition, bringing warmth and hope to Macau residents.
Shopping & Entertainment
- Year-End Clearance: The final day is designated as the "Final Clearance Day" for vendors.
- Grand Lunar New Year Market: The largest of its kind in Macau, featuring creative arts groups and non-profit organizations.
- Special Activities:
- Celebrity ambassador, Hong Kong singer Di Yi-Dat, attended the opening ceremony on January 18 at 3:00 PM.
- "Guaranteed Win" game with over 3,000 trendy home appliances and products given away.
- $1 promotional sales by exhibitors.
- Daily limited-quantity super sales.
- Performances by the "God of Fortune" handing out利是 (lucky money packets).
