‘qatar News’ Archives
One year later: Qatar, 2022 World Cup
It’s easier said than done: Being magnanimous in defeat. After Doha lost out to London last month in the race to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Qatar newspaper The Gulf Times said in a November 12 editorial, “There’s no reason to brood over the decision or get worked up over it,” but soon the paper couldn’t help itself. [...]
Qatar’s sports boom is a family affair
DOHA: Qatar’s booming sports industry is run by a handful of men and women from the Gulf state’s ruling Al-Thani family, the success of which is fuelled by money and an eye for recruiting foreign talent. The crown prince and son of the current Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, is the driving force behind the transformation of the sandy [...]
The Grand Heritage Doha Hotel & Spa in Qatar From a Grand Vision, J/Brice Design Created a Grand Reality in a Burgeoning Arabian City
DOHA, Qatar and BOSTON, Nov. 29, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Over five years in the making, The Grand Heritage Doha Hotel & Spa, is now a reality and has already become a style setter as the super luxury hotel property in Doha, Qatar where the pace of new hotel openings reflects the city's emergence as a world-class travel destination. (Photo: [...]
300 take part in Doha College fun-run contest
United Development Company (UDC), developer of The Pearl-Qatar and sponsor of Doha College 30th anniversary, was the host of the 2011 Doha College 10km fun-run held recently. With a route that circumnavigated the waterfront of The Pearl, 300 competitors across 30 nationalities participated as part of Doha College’s 30th anniversary [...]
Qatar’s star rises in the Middle East
WINNIPEG (CUP) — As I prepare to head back to Doha, Qatar, after a six-month hiatus in lovely Winnipeg, I appear to be going back to a much different place than I left. Physically, not much has changed; there is still a lot of sand, and the temperatures during the summer can still be hot enough to bake cookies in a parked car. But politically, [...]
Federer, Nadal for Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Swiss maestro Roger Federer and Spanish ace Rafael Nadal will be the star attractions at the $1.24mn Qatar ExxonMobil Open tennis tournament beginning on January 2, 2012, organisers announced yesterday. Nadal, the World No. 2 and Federer, the World No. 4, will be joined by Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (World No. 6) and Gael Monfils (World No 15). [...]
Qatari stand-up comedian to tickle the funny bone on Nov 26
DOHA: Mohammed Fahad Kamal, the first Qatari stand-up comedian, looks forward to tickle the audience’s funny bone, as he shares the stage with international and local comedians at the upcoming The League of Extraordinary Comedians Vol. 5. To be held at the Sheraton Doha Hotel on November 26, the show will also feature internationally known [...]
Biggest mall in Qatar to come up in QR6bn Doha Festival City
DOHA: Qatar is set to have its biggest mall when Doha Festival City, a major state-of-the-art retail, entertainment and leisure destination in the country, is fully completed. The QR6bn complex is being constructed on a 433, 847sqm plot which includes a 260,000sqm gross leasable area, the largest in Qatar, according to Marwan Shehadeh, Group [...]
Oil and gas to remain major player: Al Sada
DOHA: Qatar’s oil and gas business in future will be in need of a more knowledge-based development and new technology, said the Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, yesterday. Therefore the challenge could be overcome by transforming the oil and gas business into one based on knowledge and technology, he said [...]
Doha Bank bets big on India
Mumbai: After waiting for five years for a Reserve Bank of India approval, Qatar-based Doha Bank is now readying to start banking operations in the country. The lender, the largest in the state of Qatar, expects to receive clearance from the Indian apex bank in the next few months to begin its commercial banking operations in the world’s second [...]
