SINGAPORE. Changi Airport has organised a series of activities and promotions this Chinese New Year at its various dining and retail outlets, the majority of which will remain open throughout the festive period.
It will be business as usual for about 40 dining and retail outlets (more than 80%) at Changi’s public areas over the Chinese New Year holiday, which runs from 3 to 6 February.
In addition airport visitors can kick-start the Year of the Rabbit with savings on their shopping purchases with the return of Changi’s popular “˜Save 2 X 7% GST on Shopping’ promotion.
Dining establishments that will remain open throughout the holiday period include food & beverage outlets such as Paradise Inn, Pizza Hut and Quiznos in Terminal 1; Swensen’s, Soup Restaurant and Ananda Bhavan in T2; and Dian Xiao Er, Lerk Thai and Secret Recipe in T3. Over half of these outlets will be open round-the-clock to cater to visitors looking for a late-night coffee or snack after hours.
Visitors will also be able to shop at the over 30 retail stores that will remain open at Changi Airport’s public areas. These include Watson’s, Hudson News and Nuance-Watson’s perfumes and cosmetics stores at the main terminals.
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To complement the festive spirit and atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, Changi Airport’s terminals have been decorated with traditional New Year plants and flowers, as well as and gold bunny sculptures and giant bunny topiaries |
To top off the festive celebration, the popular “˜Save 2 X 7% GST on Shopping’ promotion will be specially relaunched. From 28 January to 27 March 2011, visitors shopping at the public areas of Changi Airport can enjoy savings equivalent to double the GST amount (about 14%) on their purchases at participating retail outlets. These include Mini Toons, Watsons, Hudsons, Candy Empire, Bengawan Solo, Eu Yan Sang, SK Jewellery, Carlo Rino and Chomel.
Changi Airport’s terminals have also been decorated with traditional New Year plants and flowers such as pussy willows, pots of tangerine trees and cherry blossoms. Accompanying these plants are gold bunny sculptures and giant bunny topiaries, beckoning a warm welcome to the Year of the Rabbit.
Activities and performances for passengers
From now till 16 February passengers departing and transiting at Changi Airport can also experience Chinese New Year festivities at the Departure Transit Malls of T1, T2 and T3. During this period traditional goodies such as ting tang candy and dragon beard candy can be sampled for free, and passengers can try their hand at calligraphy, opera mask painting, Chinese paper cutting, and even have their New Year’s fortune told.
Special cultural performances will also be held twice every evening including Sze Chuan Opera mask changing performances and plate spinning acts. Other programmes in the line-up include traditional Chinese dance and a Chinese drum performance.
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