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Fancy a First Class Flight - Free? 2009-01-20 23:55:37 Well, not quite free - first you will need to book and purchase a business class ticket. Then, providing your ticket is booked on or before February 28th, you can upgrade to first class for free. You can then enjoy a flight which, according to Skytrax, is the best in the world, and you can gorge yourself on a ten course meal which includes champagne, caviar, lobster and chococolate. If you are Read more:Fancy
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Pressure on Property Firms 2009-01-19 23:33:32 Two Qatar property firms are merging to withstand the economic pressures of the credit crunch.The latest firms are Barwa Real Estate BRES.QA, an affiliate of state-owned Qatari Diar, and Qatar Real Estate Investment Co QREC.QA.It is not the first merger to take place in Qatar, where property prices are plunging - with some prices falling by 50% in some outlying areas.The two companies have a combi Read more:Pressure
Qatar's Media Connected Conference 2009-01-18 00:20:37 Techies, journalists and techie journalists got to enjoy the Media Connected
conference at the Sharq Village and Spa yesterday, which featured an array of speakers from the Economist, The BBC, Al Jazeera, The Arab Advisory and Now Public.The talk that grabbed everyone's attention was by Leonard Brody, the co-founder and CEO of Now Public. Now Public is pioneering the use of citizen journalism: the Read more:Qatar
Qatar Airways Racks Up the Pressure 2009-01-15 05:56:22 Qatar Airways
has no plans to halt its growth despite the economic conditions. While regional competitor Emirates reports an 88% drop in profits, Qatar's national airline is showing no voluntary signs of slowing down its expansion, with new flights to Houston starting next month. Their expansion plans may, however, be hindered by delays in the delivery of 30 Boeing Dreamlines. With plunging real Read more:Pressure
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Qatar's Green Energy Charge 2009-01-13 23:59:35 There can be little doubt that Qatar
is a major polluter.City lights blaze out from high rise buildings 24 hours a day 7 days a week 52 weeks a year, electricity and water for Qataris is free and petrol costs 20 cents a litre. Qataris favourite hobby is charging up and down sand dunes in giant SUVs that people in other parts of the world are increasingly unable to afford. Yet, at the same time, Read more:Green
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Qatar Hotel Rooms 2009-01-12 02:07:07 Hotel rooms in Qatar
could grow by 400% by 2012 if Qatar Tourism and Exhibition Authority plans come to fruition.Current plans see 29,000 hotel rooms available by 2012 with a total investment of seventeen billion dollars over a five year period. The number of hotel rooms is then seen as rising to 80,000 in 2016.According to the Peninsula and Zawya.com, which ran the story today, the authority is t Read more:Hotel
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Qatar Internet Advertising: The Future 2009-01-11 03:21:52 The full effect of the credit crunch on internet advertising in Qatar
has yet to be gauged.Broadly speaking, though, there are two predictions of how internet advertising will be affected. One is that in a downturn online advertising will be adversely affected in line with standard advertising.The other argues that, as internet advertising offers better reach, value and targeting, spend on interne Read more:Internet
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Vodafone's Coming! 2009-01-08 09:06:54 Vodafone is setting a new date for its Qatar IPO in February after being told to delay its launch last year because of market conditions.The company, which aims to compete with existing operator Qtel in terms of quality and service rather than on price, aims to sell 40% of the company with another 15% going to local institutions.The company’s arrival in Qatar is eagerly awaited by many consumers Read more:Vodafone
Setting Up a Business in Qatar 2009-01-08 00:44:15 Companies can take a number of different options if they wish to set up a business in Qatar
. However, for those looking to invest in Qatar for the long term, with the exceptions of certain industries, it will be difficult to avoid the 51-49% rule. This refers to the establishment of a local joint-venture company, in which a Qatar partner must own a minimum of 51% of the share capital of the compa Read more:Setting
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Qatar Property Sector 2009-01-06 06:36:47 Despite falls of up to 50% in property prices in some areas of Doha, massive developments currently coming online, predicted falls in rents and a global drying up of credit, property developers in Qatar
are upbeat, at least according to an article in the Peninsula today. Company director of The Land, Hussain Fakhri, at the launch of luxury tower Porto Vista, stated that Qatar's 'fast growing ec
Who to connect with in Qatar 2009-01-06 05:41:15 In many countries you need to get to know the locals with the local power and influence - with, as they say here, Wasta. Wasta refers to having the power, relations, connections, influence or clout to get things done. Knowing people with Wasta can help in all areas of life, from getting a traffic accident dealt with quickly to pulling off a business deal or leaving the country after an exit permit Read more:Qatar
Qatar Princess Leads Fraud Action 2009-01-06 05:40:47 A sharp smart head on a Qatar
princess's shoulders lead to a Sheikh regaining some of the millions of euros he lost to a former employee.The employee had been withdrawing €4m a month from the sheik's personal bank account - a fact that wasn't noticed until the Sheikhs wife, Princess
Kasia Al-Thani, noticed some suspicious papers lying on her husband's desk.The employee had set up a bank account Read more:Leads
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Qatar, Gas and the Credit Crunch 2009-01-06 05:38:49 Oil prices have fallen over a hundred dollars, credit has dried up and neighbor Dubai is already experiencing severe problems.Yet one small gulf country is hoping that its huge gas reserves will mean that it will escape the worst of the credit crunch.Huge Gas ReservesQatar
has the third largest gas reserves in the world, and for years it has been investing heavily in its infrastructure and gas pro Read more:Crunch
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