Win a Million @ Changi Airport in Singapore

There is now even more reason for travellers to look forward to their next visit to Changi Airport in Singapore. The airport, frequently voted the best in the world, has launched a ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’ promotion and extended GST-absorbed shopping to all of the airport’s main terminals.

The ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’ Draw will see one very lucky Changi shopper or diner made a millionaire at the start of the new year in 2011. The promotion, which kicks off today, 1 June 2010, offers a Grand Prize of Sin$1 million in cash. In addition, 188 other winners will win cash prizes totalling more than Sin$200,000.

To qualify for the Millionaire Draw, passengers and visitors simply need to shop or dine at Changi Airport, with a minimum spend of just Sin$60 (although some transactions do not apply). The number of chances increases exponentially with the amount spent. Additional chances are given to ‘Changi Rewards’ members or those who pay with Visa cards. Purchases made in both the public and transit areas of Changi Airport qualify for the Draw. The qualifying period is 1 June 2010 to 30 November 2010.

The ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’ promotion will see a daily prize of Sin$1,000 given over the 183 days of the qualifying period. After the close of each month, a monthly draw will be conducted to shortlist one finalist for participation in the Grand Draw.

 Apart from the chance to win Sin$1 million, the finalists will win Sin$5,000 in cash, plus a three day / two night stay in a luxurious hotel in Singapore, with airfare provided for non-Singapore residents. From among the six monthly finalists, the Changi Millionaire will be selected in an exciting Grand Draw that will take place at Changi Airport in January 2011.

Ms Lim Peck Hoon, Executive Vice President, Commercial, Changi Airport Group, said, “We are extremely excited about ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’. Combining the pleasures of shopping and dining with the chance of winning one million dollars will appeal to many. This campaign is yet another example of CAG supporting our retail concessionaires and providing more value to our guests. It will serve to strengthen Changi Airport’s position as one of the world’s most attractive and vibrant airports for shopping and dining.”

Shop and Save

 The GST-absorbed shopping programme, ‘Flying Or Not, You Shop We Absorb’ – currently applicable only at Terminal 3 – has been extended to Terminals 1 and 2 as well.

 Under this programme, over 40 retail stores, representing over 80% of the retail outlets located in Changi Airport’s public areas, will absorb the Goods and Services Tax on all purchases made at their stores. These stores include Candy Empire, Carlo Rino, Chomel, Eu Yan Sang, Mini Toons, Swatch, SK Jewellery, Samsonite and Watsons.

Changi Airport has seen steady growth in passenger movements since August 2009. For the first four months of 2010, passenger movements totalled 13.2 million, an increase of 15.5% compared to the same period last year.

Concession sales at Changi Airport have been improving in tandem with the turnaround in passenger and flight numbers. For the last quarter of 2009, concession sales rose 6.2% year-on-year. This improved to a healthy 15.9% increase year-on-year for the January-April 2010 period.

 “As a responsible and proactive landlord, one of our goals is to create an attractive and retail-friendly environment at Changi Airport to support our concessionaires. Our latest ‘Be a Changi Millionaire’ campaign and GST-absorbed shopping programme are good examples of innovative and dynamic promotions and onsite activities that we have designed to create awareness, boost spending at our concessions, as well as draw footfall to the airport. We are confident that these latest initiatives will enable us to continue to improve Changi’s retail performance,” Ms. Lim added.

Both promotions are subject to CAG terms and conditions.

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