Known as the Oscars of the travel industry, the World Travel Awards 2013 took place at the Le Royal Meridien Resort & Spa in Dubai, UAE on 5 May 2013. Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards (WTA) acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry. The results are based on 167,000 travel agencies, industry professionals […]
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Lufthansa Wins Best European Airline in the Middle East
Lufthansa received the ‘Best European Airline in the Middle East’ title during the recent gala ceremony of the Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2013. The renowned magazine holds its annual awards based on independent polls from readers in the Middle East. Peter Pollak, General Manager UAE and Director Gulf, Afghanistan & Iraq said: This award […]
Qatar Airways Voted the Best Cabin Crew
Qatar Airways has been honoured in Dubai with the Best Cabin Crew in the world award as voted by readers of the Middle East edition of the industry magazine Business Traveller. The Doha-based airline was voted ahead of neighbouring airlines for its five-star service to take the coveted award. Guests from across the regional and […]
About 80 Pedestrians Die in Qatar Every Year
Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users in Qatar with 71% of pedestrians dying at the scene, according to new road traffic injury statistics released for the Second United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week. Road traffic injuries cause one out of every eight deaths (12.5%) in Qatar and they are the leading killer, causing […]
Qatar Airways’ 787 Dreamliner is Back
Qatar Airways has resumed its Boeing 787 services after a worldwide grounding of the aircraft in January. The airline’s first Boeing 787 redeployed operated flight QR116 from Doha to Dubai on Wednesday 1 May 2013. The airline’s fleet of five Dreamliners was grounded earlier this year following a directive from both the Federal Aviation Administration […]
Qatar Tourism Authority Welcomes 700 Tourists from the USA
Qatar Tourism Authority recently organised a welcoming event for cruise ship, ‘MS. Pacific Princess’, which was carrying 700 American tourists on its deck who had arrived in Qatar for the first time. MS Pacific is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil-based Viagens CVC. She was built in 1971 by Nordseewerke, Emden, West […]
Harley-Davidson Doha Launches New Bikes
Harley-Davidson Doha launched its latest motorcycles for the year 2013 with the urban prowler, Harley-Davidson Breakout, and the special edition of the Harley-Davidson Dyna-based, Street Bob, at the company’s showroom located on Salwa Road with the presence of the Harley-Davidson Owners Group (H.O.G.) Qatar Chapter and members of the media. Robert Andrew Kelly, Harley-Davidson Doha […]
QMA Launched Shuttle Bus Between MIA and Mathaf
Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) launched a free shuttle bus service called the Mathaf Shuttle Bus service, which will operate between the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Sponsored by Occidental Petroleum of Qatar (Qxy Qatar), the service aims to increase awareness and patronage of Mathaf in addition to adding […]
Education City Students Study Conflict Resolution in Rwanda
Rwanda, a country scarred by invasion, war, genocide, and a country that is now in a state of reconciliation, justice, and renewal, was the destination of 15 Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) students as they embarked on a recent eight-day Zones of Conflict/Zones of Peace (ZCZP) learning trip. Before landing in […]
Qatar Foundation Launches a 60-hour Social Media Competition
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has unveiled its latest social media competition to celebrate its ongoing partnership with FC Barcelona (FCB). Beginning tomorrow at midday Doha time (9:00 GMT) QF is inviting the global community to enter its ‘Passion Drives Our World’ contest for a chance to fly to Barcelona, travel […]
Legal Graffiti Finds A Place on Qatar’s Walls
Qatar’s walls go under the sprays of one of the Arab region’s most talented calligraffiti artists. Tunisian-French eL Seed came to Qatar for a four-month project to paint calligraffiti murals on the four tunnels of the partially-open Salwa Road. Qatar Museums Authority’s (QMA) Public Art Department and the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) commissioned the 31-year-old […]
Qatar Airways to Offer Over 100 New Positions For Qataris
Qatar Airways is offering over 100 new positions for nationals as the carrier takes part in the Qatar Career Fair. The national airline said it was offering positions across the business including its subsidiaries and the country’s new aviation gateway – Hamad International Airport – in different fields including commercial, finance, operations, administration, human resources, […]
Majesty Yachts Exclusive Preview in Qatar
Gulf Craft returns to Doha with its second exclusive display of Superyachts and yachts for the Qatari market. The ‘Majesty Yachts Exclusive Preview’ event docked at The Pearl-Qatar from 28 March – 30 March 2013, showcasing the Qatari premiere of a new Majesty 125, Gulf Craft’s third-largest superyacht model, and a brand new Majesty 105, […]
New Road to The Pearl-Qatar
The section of Lusail Street heading north from the south canal crossing to the Legtaifiya Lagoon Roundabout will be closed as of today Monday 1 April 2013 as part of the development works on the Lusail Highway, announced the Public Works Authority, also known as Ashghal. Motorists on Lusail Street traveling north from the South […]
Doha Bus: Qatar’s First Tourist Bus
Have you already seen this colourful bus around and wondered what it is? It’s called the Doha Bus. A product of the Doha Bus Company, a Qatari private company, the Doha Bus is the first double-decker tourist bus in Qatar. According to Qatar News Agency, the company will officially launch these buses beginning Sunday 7 […]
QTA and Stenden University Qatar Offer Tourism Programme
Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) and Stenden University Qatar signed a Letter of Agreement to initiate a new training programme to develop professional tour guides for Qatar. The Letter of Agreement was signed by QTA Chairman, Issa Bin Mohamad Al Mohannadi, and Stenden University Qatar President, Wayne Johnson. Also in attendance from Stenden University Qatar were […]
Qatar Airways Announces Two New Routes to Iraq
Qatar Airways plans to launch scheduled flights to a further two destinations in the Republic of Iraq from this summer. The addition of the port city of Basra in southern Iraq, and Sulaymaniyah in the northern part of the country, will take the number of destinations, served by the airline to Iraq, to five. Flights […]
BehneMar Yachts Made it to Qatar
Marhaba was invited to have a look inside of two of BehneMar’s most prestigious yachts, Sapphire and Nasima, which sailed from Dubai, UAE to The Pearl-Qatar last month! TRINITY 50 M FAST YACHT ‘SAPPHIRE’ Builder Trinity Model 50 M Year 2009 Engines 2 x 3.650 hp MTU 16V4000M90 Max. Speed 24 knots Cruising Speed 21 […]
10 Airlines Moving to Hamad International Airport
Effective 1 April 2013, Hamad International Airport (HIA) – the State of Qatar’s brand new airport – will begin soft opening operations for the following 10 passenger airlines: 1. Air Arabia 2. Air India Express 3. Biman Bangladesh Airlines 4. flydubai 5. Iran Air 6. Nepal Airlines 7. Pakistan International Airlines 8. RAK Airways 9. […]
Hamad International Airport Carries Out Trials for 1 APRIL 2013 Opening
In preparation for the soft opening of Hamad International Airport (HIA), Qatar’s brand new airport on Monday 1 April 2013, a series of advanced passenger trials have been taking place at the new facility. More than 1,000 men, women and children have gone through the trials to test the operations of passenger facilities from check-in […]
