Doha: The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, held a business dinner in Washington, DC, in th.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pleased to release this second edition of the U.S. Business Outlook in Qatar Report, which is intended to serve as a barometer of U.S. business sentiment in the State of Qatar.
07 Apr 2021 - 11:00
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker
By Lani Rose R Dizon I The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Airways is now positioned to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic extremely strong, and has set its sights to emerge as one of the top airlines in the world post-pandemic, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker said yesterday.
Addressing a webinar organised by the US Chamber’s US-Qatar Business Program, Al Baker said that the airline, which expects to receive its first three Boeing 777X passenger jets in 2023, has already surpassed the number of destinations in its pre-COVID US network. After launching flights to Seattle and San Francisco recently, Qatar Airways will resume its flights to Atlanta in June, bringing its US network reach to 12 destinations. Qatar’s national carrier plans to expand its global weekly flights to over 140 destinations during the summer.
Al Kharsaah Solar Power Plant to start operations this year
10 Mar 2021 - 8:24
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Lani Rose R Dizon / The Peninsula
Qatar’s 800 MW Al Kharsaah Solar Power Plant will start its operations this year, as the country’s first utility scale solar power plant prepares to supply solar power for the upcoming Qatar 2022 World Cup, an official has said.
Speaking at a webinar on ‘Carbon Neutral World Cup 2022’ hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Qatar Business Program in partnership with the Qatari Embassy recently, Bodour Al Meer, Sustainability Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), said Qatar has developed a unique hosting concept to deliver a World Cup like no other.