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Monday, 20 May 2013

Cityscape Qatar to reveal latest real estate developments and projects

Cityscape Qatar to reveal latest real estate developments and projects
Under the Patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Qatar’s leading real estate exhibition, Cityscape will be taking place from 27th to 29th May 2013 at the Doha Exhibition Centre. Cityscape Qatar will showcase an immense range of property development opportunities and infrastructure projects to investors and key...

Qatar plans to build hotels and resorts in Ecuador

Qatar plans to build hotels and resorts in Ecuador
The Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Ecuador Freddy Arturo Ehlers on Thursday described his visit to Qatar as ‘historic’ and said that Qatar was planning to build hotels and resorts in Ecuador as part of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in tourism sector. Addressing a press conference at the Ecuadorian embassy, Ehlers who is heading a tourism delegation to...

No Paper Day Qatar unites organisations across Qatar in drive to reduce paper waste

No Paper Day Qatar unites organisations across Qatar in drive to reduce paper waste
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) called for individuals and organisations nationwide to take part in an initiative today to reduce paper waste in the country, which is currently estimated at 5.4 million sheets of paper a day.  “No Paper Day Qatar” asked participants to record the amount of paper they use in a day and compare it to the amount they save on 4 April.  It also...

Drake and Scull Qatar signs over QR300m MEP contract

Drake and Scull Qatar signs over QR300m MEP contract
Drake and Scull Qatar (DSI Qatar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake and Scull International PJSC (DSI), a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of Civil Contracting, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Water and Power, Rail and Oil and Gas, has been recently awarded a contract worth over QR300m for the design, supply, installation...

Qatar Chamber extends deadline for the 8th World Chambers Congress Exhibition

Qatar Chamber extends deadline for the 8th World Chambers Congress Exhibition
Due to large demand, Qatar Chamber is extending the deadline for interested businesses to book their space at the side-line exhibition of the ICC WCF World Chambers Congress, the world’s largest biennial gathering of business leaders from around the world. The new deadline, 31 January 2013, aims to give the opportunity to businesses in Qatar to showcase their services and products to...

Enterprise Qatar announces Government Procurement and Contracting Program (GPCP)

Enterprise Qatar announces Government Procurement and Contracting Program (GPCP)
Enterprise Qatar (EQ), the State’s entrepreneurial support body, yesterday announced the first Government Procurement and Contracting Program (GPCP), a groundbreaking initiative that will transform the fortunes of Qatari small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) by drastically improving their ability to win business through tenders. The GPCP has been designed specifically to fit the...

Qatar Chamber to welcome the world at Historic Congress

Qatar Chamber to welcome the world at Historic Congress
Qatar Chamber, the host organization of the ICC WCF 8th World Chambers Congress and Exhibition, is diligently arranging to make the flagship chambers assembly one of the largest to date. At a press briefing held today at Qatar Chamber, the Director General, Remy Rowhani explained that extensive preparations are in full swing to welcome thousands of expected delegates from around the...

QDVC launches the first phase of an algae carbon sequestration project in Qatar

QDVC launches the first phase of an algae carbon sequestration project in Qatar
As part of Qatari Diar Construction’s (QDVC) commitment to sustainable development, the company is launching a major new carbon sequestration project in Qatar. With support and consultation from Creocean, this initiative will start with an analysis of the brown algae belonging to the species Hormophysacuneiformis in the North West of Qatar with the aim of determining to what degree...

Gulf Traffic Conference provides platform for 40 Qatar-based companies

Gulf Traffic Conference provides platform for 40 Qatar-based companies
Public and private companies in Qatar – an emerging destination for some of the world’s most prominent events – will share their growing expertise and innovation in traffic management at next week’s Gulf Traffic conference in Abu Dhabi. Gulf Traffic, organised by Informa Exhibitions at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre between 19- 21 November 2012, will be attended by...

Qatari led major Washington D.C. real estate project secures prestigious law firm

Qatari led major Washington D.C. real estate project secures prestigious law firm
TFI US Real Estate Fund, Hines and Archstone, developers of CityCenterDC, announced today the signing of a lease with Covington & Burling LLP (Covington) as the anchor office tenant of the landmark, mixed-use development in downtown Washington, D.C.  CityCenterDC is one of the largest downtown developments currently underway in the United States. With the execution of the...

Qatar to build $289m medical city in Yemen

Qatar to build $289m medical city in Yemen
Qatar’s Hamad Medical Corp (HMC) has unveiled plans to build a medical city in Yemen at a cost of $289m, the Peninsula has reported. To be fully funded by Qatar and implemented by Qatari Diar, the medical city will include four specialisations; heart disease, cancer, paediatrics and gynaecology and internal diseases. It will comprise a 1,000 bed hospital and is planned to be...

Qatar’s high end mixed-use project Al Jawhara City launched in Qatar

Qatar’s high end mixed-use project Al Jawhara City launched in Qatar
Al Jawhara City, a project of Khaleeji Commercial Bank BSC, Bahrain, is proud to officially launch its marketing campaign yesterday in Qatar with the presence of a number of key investors and leading businessmen. Al Jawhara City is an emerging urban development in the Al-Erkyah district of Lusail in New Doha. It aims to provide the highest standards of urban living with world-class...