Doha
World-class malls have made Qatar a paradise for both local and international shoppers, Al Asmakh Valuations and Research Director Gaurav Borikar has said.
“Qatar has about 24 shopping malls with net leasable area of around 1.5 million square metres. Furthermore, five prominent malls with almost 60,000 square metre additional net leasable area are almost complete and ready to be operational in the near future,” Borikar said.
By the end of the first quarter of 2020, he said, Qatar would have"...

Qatar is all set to host various high-profile international conferences for the first time in the Middle East region next year, a senior official of Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) has said.
“Doha will host the tenth edition of the All Together Better Health (ATBH) conference in 2020, bringing the biennial event to the Middle East for the first time,” Ahmed al Obaidli of QNTC told Qatar Tribune.
The conference is expected to gather more than 500 health and social care professionals, medical educators,"...

Doha
Aimed at placing Qatar on the map of world-class destinations for both in-bound and out-bound tourism, the country’s first travel and holiday exhibition kicked off in Doha on Tuesday.
Inaugurated by Qatari Businessmen Association Chairman Sheikh Faisal bin Kasim al Thani, the two-day Qatar Tourism and Holidays Expo evoked a good response from visitors on the first day.
More than 20 exhibitors from across the world are participating in the expo to attract visitors from Qatar, where people are known"...

Efforts in boosting the performance of Qatar’s hospitality sector have yielded positive results. The average revenues of hotels, except 5-Start category, witnessed a fair growth (year-on-year) in June 2019 (year-to-date, YTD), with the budget hotels recording the highest 23 percent rise in their revenues.

The average revenue of hotels, measured by per available room, increased to QR242 in June 2019 (YTD), up by nearly 3 percent, or QR7 per"...

Doha
THE Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) has announced that its new season will kick off with a concert of Dvorak Symphony No 8 at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on September 7, Saturday.
The new concert season marks the start of the 12th year since the orchestra’s inauguration and brings with it a mature musical family.
In a press release, QPO said: “The season of concerts is innovative and broad, a continuance of our commitment to bridge Arabic and Western music; but we’re"...

Doha
Centara West Bay Residences & Suites Doha, the first hotel to open in Doha for Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hospitality Group, has recently received the 5-star official classification by Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC), after almost 6 months of its opening on February 28, 2019.
Before awarding the classification, QNTC representatives inspected the hotel to ensure its compliance with all the facilities and services that must be available for qualifying for the classification....

Doha
Alwadi Hotel Doha MGallery Hotel Collection is offering its guests the ultimate luxury at its opulent rooms suited for business travellers or leisure vacationers.
The hotel has 213 rooms and suites, each with thoughtful amenities addressing every detail that matter for guests to ensure the most comfortable, luxurious and memorable experience. All rooms feature the hotel’s unique cocoon MyBed concept, as well as special products and amenities for female travellers chosen as part of the brands ‘Inspired"...