(AETOS Wire)-- Virgin Voyages, the new lifestyle brand set to disrupt the travel industry, today released several designs and images of their RockStar Suites. The new company is throwing out traditional clichés on luxury and formalities, and instead bringing Rebellious Luxe to life at sea with their RockStar Suites designed by Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio as the pinnacle of that experience.

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Qetaifan Projects Company, a subsidiary of Katara Hospitality, which was established to develop and manage Qetaifan Island North, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rixos Hotels to manage and operate the hotels, the souq, the water park and the beach club in Qetaifan Island North.

The MoU was signed by Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of Katara Hospitality and Fettah Tamince, Founder and Chairman of the Rixos"...

Despite facing economic and diplomatic siege for more than one and a half years and supply of additional room keys, Qatar’s hotel industry recorded solid performance over the last one year.

The 3-Star hotel segment registered a remarkable 14 percent growth in November 2018 compared to the same month in previous year.

The occupancy rates in almost all types of hotels"...

National Festival of Heritage and Culture, Janadria in its 33rd Edition, organized by the Ministry of National Guard, ended on January 9th, which was launched under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on Thursday 20th December 2018.

The festival, which carries the slogan ‘Faithfulness and Loyalty’ has been a great success for the past 21 days, with an integrated"...

The National Festival of Heritage and Culture in Janadria is a valuable opportunity to highlight the elements of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on an international level, especially with hundreds of local, Arab and international media racing to cover the various rich events of the festival.

The 33rd Edition of Janadria turned into a major regional and international event that attracts the attention of news"...

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Tofu lovers are in for a treat as Tofu & Cake Restaurant recently opened its third branches at Souq Al Wakra.
The opening ceremony was attended by Indonesian Ambassador to Qatar HE Air Marshal (Ret) Muhammad Basri Sidehabi and Madame Andi Una Sidehabi, accompanied by Talal, company’s sponsor.
The event was also attended by Indonesian Embassy’s staff with their spouses, a representative of the president of Indonesian Community Association in Qatar (PERMIQA), as well as the invitees from"...

The park currently receives 170,000 visitors a year and the number is expected to more than double in the run-up to the World Cup, he added.
“On Fridays and holidays, the park receives more than 3,000 visitors. This number will increase manifold during the period of the World Cup. So, we have many plans for the World Cup. Our idea is to make the park an ideal combination of entertainment, heritage and education,” he said.
Work on the new buildings will start soon, he said, adding that all expansion"...

• Hundreds of thousands of visitors take part in the event, which added to the pride of the nation and promotes Ras Al Khaimah as a tourism destination
• Guinness World Record for ‘Longest chain of fireworks’ achieved just before countdown to the New Year was a tribute to the Year of Zayed with the total length of fireworks chain at 4.6 km and using 11,284 devices
• Record for ‘Longest straight line of fireworks’ was achieved with colourful canopy of fireworks spanning an area of 13 km along Al Marjan Island
• Aerial shells, 600 mm in diameter,...

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Around 250 properties will be built for the hospitality sector in Qatar before 2022, most of which will be hotels accommodating 90,000 rooms, according to a report by Al-Asmakh Real Estate.
The report said additional 55,000 rooms will be built in different types of real estate projects, pointing out that spending on commercial buildings will remain at a high level over the next two years.
More than 8,000 housing units are under construction, and are expected to be completed in 2019. Most of these units"...

Doha: Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) has been working to leverage the country’s state-of-the-art sports facilities to bolster Qatar’s position as a world-class sports destination.

In 2019, Doha will host the World Corporate Games, which will be held for the first time in the Middle East and is expected to attract about 8,000 international and local participants. QNTC is also continuing its support for local sports events such"...