Doha: Taking part in the world’s largest tourism and hospitality trade show, Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) took central stage at UK’s World Travel Market (WTM) at ExCel in London.
Qatar is strongly represented by a large number of strategic partners including the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Cultural Village Foundation, Katara, Souq Waqef, the Diplomatic Club, in addition to a range of tour operators and hotels such as Discover Qatar, Regency Holidays, Century hotel, Coral Hotel Doha, Ezdan Hotel & Suites, Grand Hyatt Doha, InterContinental Doha - The City, La Cigale Hotel, LaVilla Group of Hotels, Moevenpick Tower and Suites Doha, Oryx Rotana Hotel, Retaj Hotels & Hospitality, Swiss-Belhotel Doha, The Ritz-Carlton Doha, The Torch Doha Hotel, Unique Choice and the Wyndham Grand Regency Hotel.
Hosted by QTA, the Qatar pavilion is located on stand ME 240 and will help position Qatar as the world’s most upcoming destination and a central hub in the region for business, leisure, culture, education and sport. QTA is showcasing a series of traditional Qatari cultural activities as well as henna and Arabic hospitality with coffee and dates.
Staged annually in London, WTM is the leading global event for the travel industry. A vibrant four-day business to business event, WTM presents a diverse range of destinations from all over the world and travel industry sectors to UK and International travel trade professionals. It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business under one roof.
The Qatar Pavilion highlights the unique aspects of Qatar that mark it as an evolving luxurious twenty first century tourism destination – the latest global stop-off in the region to welcome the world with its distinctive hospitality, culture and heritage.
Issa bin Mohamed Al Mohannadi, Chairman of QTA, commented:” Our continuous participation in WTM falls in line with QTA’s strategy to represent and promote Qatar to the rest of the world as today’s latest quality tourism destination for leisure, business, education, and sport. Ideal for the tourist’s agenda, Doha offers a unique combination of world class services and luxurious hospitality as well as superb international award winning leisure provision with state of the art facilities to appeal to travelers from around the world. The year 2011 saw a massive jump in the number of visitors to Qatar with a considerable increase in the number of arrivals coming from Europe and a significant jump in the total number of tourists coming from all around the world.”
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