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Santa Claus, helped by his elves, delights children from the Children’s Aid Society at Changi Airport |
SINGAPORE. Changi Airport had a special visitor from Lapland yesterday – Santa Claus.
Santa’s visit took place during the launch of Changi Airport’s Christmas shopping promotion, The Magic of Giving, which runs to 5 January 2007. The launch was officiated by Wong Woon Liong, Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).
During the launch event Santa, together with his elves, mingled with passengers at Changi Airport’s Terminals 1 and 2. His special appearance brought smiles to the faces of 20 children from the Children’s Aid Society, a voluntary welfare organisation specially invited to the event. And lucky passengers also received souvenirs from Finland.
Embodying the theme The Magic of Giving, a gift of S$2,000 – sponsored by Visa International – will be donated to a nominated charity by one lucky passenger every week. That passenger will also win a dream holiday for two to his or her choice destination.
To qualify, passengers have to spend at least S$120 in a single receipt, or S$60 using their Visa cards, at any retail or food & beverage outlet at the airport.
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CAAS Director-General Wong Woon Liong greets Santa |
Visa International Regional Head for Cross Border and Database Marketing S.N. Prasad said: “The Magic of Giving promotion is one more way where Visa continues to bring value to our association with the world’s best airport. Singapore’s Changi Airport is an extremely important touch point for international cross border spending as it services more than 30 million passengers a year.
“Through this promotion, we hope to sweeten the deal for all visitors to Changi with the knowledge that while they’re enjoying any one of the many special offers in this promotion, they could also be helping a charity of their choice.”
Wong added: “The year-end festive season is also a time of giving and sharing. This year’s event is special because we are extending the Magic of Giving to charities. We hope this will help to make the festive season more meaningful to passengers at Changi Airport.”
As part of the Christmas shopping promotion, passengers who present their boarding pass at the departure transit mall in Terminals 1 and 2 will be able to redeem a free gift card. This gift card will entitle them to special discounts at retail and food & beverage outlets at Changi Airport. The gift card can also double up as a gift tag for passengers to pen special messages.
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