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Hospitality Qatar 2016, an exhibition for the hospitality and hotels, restaurants, and cafes (Horeca) sectors in Qatar, will be held on October 18-20 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), it was announced. The show, licensed by the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), will be one of the premier hospitality-related events in the region, as […]
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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker expects expansion to start at Doha’s state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport (HIA) by the year-end. “There is going to be an expansion of the airport to increase the capacity to over 70mn passengers,” al-Baker told Gulf Times on the side-lines of the 72nd IATA AGM at the Royal Dublin […]
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The five-day International Construction Technology and Building Materials Exhibition (Project Qatar 2016) that concluded here yesterday attracted a large number of visitors. The highlights of the third day of the event were tours of major construction sites, specialized conferences and workshops. On the third day of the exhibition, Project Qatar’s international exhibitors visited Lusail City, […]
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Despite the impact of low oil prices on the global economy, Qatar continues to remain upbeat in completing ongoing major infrastructure projects around the country, the organiser of the upcoming Project Qatar has said. IFP Qatar general manager George Ayache stressed that Qatar “is the only country in the Middle East with a mandate to […]
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After two years of construction, one of Qatar’s most environmentally-friendly office structures is finally open for business. In a sign of the changing times, the QR120 million (US$32.95 million) redevelopment is not located in the downtown financial district, but in Bin Mahmoud. There, an old cafeteria situated amid blocks of villas has been transformed into […]
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Msheireb Properties, a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, has awarded Qatar-based Traffic Tech (Gulf) the contract for a “car parking management system” for the Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD) project. The deal, signed by Msheireb Properties CEO Abdulla Hassan al-Mehshadi and Traffic Tech CEO Husam Musharbash, is seen as an “important operational milestone,” comprising the integration and future management of […]
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Siemens has won two contracts from Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) for the turnkey construction of three substations in Qatar and for the supply of air-insulated switchgears. The company will supply three 132/11kV substations as part of Phase II of the Qatar Power Transmission System expansion project, which has been devised to meet the […]
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The Doha Metro marked a major milestone at 9.08am on Thursday when Al Mayeda Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), one of the 21 such units assigned for the project, made a historic “breakthrough” at the main interchange station at Msheireb. “Al Mayeda, belonging to the Doha Metro Red Line, was launched at Al Khasa station at […]
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