Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is leading a Qatari delegation of 21 local industry partners to participate in the 37th World Travel Market (WTM) taking place this week at London. Qatari delegation will shed light on Qatar’s natural, cultural and historic landmarks and to promote the country as a tourism destination among travel professionals and tourism...

Friday 04 November 2016; Lausanne: The Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC) today announced that five world-class musical and dance performances will be interspersed throughout the ANOC Awards 2016 in Doha taking the ceremony’s global audience on a journey through music and sport and reflecting the power of sport to unite the world. The ANOC...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) - Emir of State of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Chairman of Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment Qatar chaired today the council's fourth meeting held at the Emiri Diwan. Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani, Vice-President of the Council, attended the meeting along with Prime Minister and Minister...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) The third edition of Katara European Jazz Festival started on Wednesday amidst significant presence of heads of diplomatic missions of participant countries and a large crowd. Following the inauguration ceremony, Jazz lovers experienced the spectacular Saharan music that blend with rock sounds, African pulse, rhythmic trances and groove during the performance...

Doha, Qatar, 3 November 2016: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) has announced Professor Dame Sally Davies, England’s Chief Medical Officer, as the second keynote speaker for the 2016 Summit. Dame Sally will join renowned economist Lawrence H Summers, the Charles W Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University, as a keynote...

QNA Doha, November 03 (QNA) Shingo Tsuda, out-going ambassador of Japan called on Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AlThani this morning at Diwan-e-Emiri on the occasion of end of his tenure in Qatar. Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad AlThani presented ambassador Shingo Tsuda Sash of Merit in recognition of his role in enhancing...

Doha, November 02 (QNA) GCC news agencies launched on Wednesday in Doha the single mobile application for all GCC news agencies. The application available on all smartphones in Arabic and English features news from GCC states at one place to facilitate access to official news and data. Directors, board chairmen and representatives of GCC news...

Doha 2nd Nov. 2016 Qatar-based Abuissa Holding, one of the leading conglomerates in the Middle East, expands its operations in Dubai with the opening today of its first restaurant in the Emirate, Divan Patisserie at Dubai Mall. The company manages diversified business interests in segments ranging from arts and photography to high-end retail, distribution and...

Doha, Qatar, 2 November 2016: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) and Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Department of Geriatrics collaborated recently on a community engagement event to raise awareness about dementia. The event, held at Qatar Foundation Headquarters in Education City on 26th October, was designed to evaluate the increasing effects and growing challenges...

Doha 02 November 2016 Qatar welcomed 2.18 million visitors* in the first nine months of 2016, including 1,087,846 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nationals, according to Qatar Tourism Authority’s Tourism Performance Summary for the third quarter of 2016. 746,598 visitors from Saudi Arabia arrived in Qatar between January and September this year 2016; an 8% increase...