{"id":939,"date":"2019-10-31T04:40:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T04:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/?p=939"},"modified":"2019-10-31T04:52:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T04:52:57","slug":"2600-participants-to-join-2019-mgm-macau-eco-trailhiker-this-saturday-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/2600-participants-to-join-2019-mgm-macau-eco-trailhiker-this-saturday-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"2,600 participants to join 2019 MGM Macau Eco TrailHiker this Saturday Celebrating the 10th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macau,&nbsp;30&nbsp;October&nbsp;2019&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;The\n10th&nbsp;edition of&nbsp;MGM Macau Eco&nbsp;TrailHiker&nbsp;will take place\nthis Saturdayat MGM COTAI.&nbsp;650&nbsp;teams&nbsp;are&nbsp;registered,&nbsp;and&nbsp;around\n200 volunteers&nbsp;will assist throughout the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MGM Macau\nEco&nbsp;TrailHiker&nbsp;is the largest&nbsp;group-hiking event in Macau. The\nevent is&nbsp;organized by Macau&nbsp;TrailHiker Ltd,&nbsp;title-sponsored by\nMGM,&nbsp;and&nbsp;supported by the Macao\nGovernment Tourism Office (MGTO)&nbsp;and other government departments. This\nannual event is born out of a vision to organize a group based, eco-friendly\nsports event in Macau. This year,&nbsp;Macau TrailHiker\nsuccessfully&nbsp;attracted 2,600 participants from a total\nof&nbsp;650&nbsp;teams.&nbsp;Participants will be challenging themselves and\nbuilding their team spirit in courses from 10km Family &amp; Fun Course, 20km\nand 30km corporate challenge. The race will start outside the Lion Lobby at MGM\nCOTAI&nbsp;and participants will run along&nbsp;the nature&nbsp;trails\nin&nbsp;Coloane, exploring the greener side of Macau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaching to its 10th anniversary, Macau\u00a0TrailHiker\u00a0strives\u00a0to promote eco-friendly concept throughout the event.\u00a0With the mindset of \u201cThink Reusable, Not Disposable\u201d,\u00a0Macau TrailHiker becomes the first sports event that brings in reusable cups to the race in Macau and the\u00a0participants\u00a0of 20km and 30km\u00a0events will\u00a0have\u00a0to bring their own\u00a0hydration system\u00a0for refilling at the water stations\u00a0aside the trails. With implementing this eco-friendly measure, over 9,000 paper cups can be saved for the planet. Moreover, the Eco Teams have been recruited and the volunteers will assist on the trails to keep the environment clean and safe. Macau TrailHiker\u00a0will continue to reduce their carbon footprint with the joint effort and contribution from\u00a0title sponsor, event organizers and participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MGM Macau Eco&nbsp;TrailHiker&nbsp;has been proven to be a\ncontinuous success with teams coming regionally, ranging from Mainland China,\nMacau, Hong Kong to Malaysia.&nbsp;In the spirit of giving back to the\ncommunity,&nbsp;MGM&nbsp;Macau Eco&nbsp;TrailHiker&nbsp;has accumulated nearly\nMOP$3M in donations for charity over the past&nbsp;nine&nbsp;years.&nbsp;This\nyear,&nbsp;all net entry fees will be donated to the Salvation Army Hong Kong\nand Macau Command and the Cradle of Hope Association&nbsp;to support their\noperations in Macau for the daily operational expense and upcoming projects.\nBoth charity&nbsp;organizations will be participating in the event to further\nspread their message in the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/650-teams-will-join-the-MGM-Macau-Eco-TrailHiker-Event-this-year.-3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"950\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/2600-participants-to-join-2019-mgm-macau-eco-trailhiker-this-saturday-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary\/650-teams-will-join-the-mgm-macau-eco-trailhiker-event-this-year-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/650-teams-will-join-the-MGM-Macau-Eco-TrailHiker-Event-this-year.-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/650-teams-will-join-the-MGM-Macau-Eco-TrailHiker-Event-this-year.-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/650-teams-will-join-the-MGM-Macau-Eco-TrailHiker-Event-this-year.-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Participants-will-start-outside-the-Lion-Lobby-at-MGM-COTAI-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"951\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/2600-participants-to-join-2019-mgm-macau-eco-trailhiker-this-saturday-celebrating-the-10th-anniversary\/participants-will-start-outside-the-lion-lobby-at-mgm-cotai-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Participants-will-start-outside-the-Lion-Lobby-at-MGM-COTAI-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Participants-will-start-outside-the-Lion-Lobby-at-MGM-COTAI-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Participants-will-start-outside-the-Lion-Lobby-at-MGM-COTAI-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macautrailhiker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.macautrailhiker.com<\/a> and also check out Macau&nbsp;TrailHiker\u2019s&nbsp;Facebook page at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MacauTrailHiker\">www.facebook.com\/MacauTrailHiker<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About MGM Macau Eco TrailHiker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MGM Macau\nEco TrailHiker was founded in 2010. It has grown rapidly in scale each year and\nhas become one of the major sports events in Macau. From the inaugural event\nthat was held at Hac Sa beach in 2010 with 560 participants, this year aims to\nreceive a total of 2,600 participants for the 2019 event. Over 16,200\nparticipants have joined the event over the past nine years, raising more than\nMOP 3 million in donations to the local community and charitable organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><br> MM Marketing Communications Consulting Ltd.<br> Ms. Jessica Lei \/ Ms. Kate Wong  <br> Tel: 853 \u2013 8797 3920, 6306 6638<br> Fax: 853 \u2013 2835 5507  <br> Email: <a href=\"mailto:jessica@mm.com.mo\">jessica@mm.com.mo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:kate@mm.com.mo\">kate@mm.com.mo<\/a>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MM Marketing Communications Consulting Ltd.<br> Ms. Jessica Lei \/ Ms. Kate Wong  <br> Tel: 853 \u2013 8797 3920, 6306 6638<br> Fax: 853 \u2013 2835 5507  <br> Email: <a href=\"mailto:jessica@mm.com.mo\">jessica@mm.com.mo<\/a> \/ <a href=\"mailto:kate@mm.com.mo\">kate@mm.com.mo<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 10th edition of MGM Macau Eco TrailHiker will take place this Saturdayat MGM COTAI. 650 teams are registered, and around 200 volunteers will assist throughout the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-macau-trailhiker"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mm.com.mo\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}