Qatar: Wyndham Hotel Group, one of the world's largest hotel companies as measured by approximately 7,210 hotels and one of three business units of Wyndham Worldwide, today announced the addition of the first Wyndham Grand property in the Middle East to the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts portfolio: the 246-room Wyndham Grand Regency Doha, centrally located in the Qatari capital's Al Sadd area. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar Foundation and WCMC-Q host international symposium on diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome in Doha
Qatar: More than 650 scientists, physicians, and other health care practitioners are gathering in Doha to present and share the latest scientific research on the causes and treatment of diabetes, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome at the XVII International DALM Symposium hosted by Qatar Foundation, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar and the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation. [AMEInfo.com]
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ictQatar releases social media white paper
Qatar: For organizations around the world, social media has emerged as a powerful form of communication that allows for unprecedented levels of two-way engagement. The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQatar) was one of the first government organizations in Qatar to enter the social media realm when it established a basic presence on Facebook and YouTube in 2008. Since then, ictQatar has expanded its outreach to fourteen social media outlets, finding different benefits and challenges with each. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar Islamic Bank shares dive while QIA completes 10% purchase
Qatar: The QE Index, the benchmarkt of the local bourse in Doha, lost 1.84 to close at 8,301.55 points. Shares of Qatar Islamic Bank plummeted 6.77% to close at QR78.50. Earlier in the Qatar Exchange announced the completion process of adding Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) subscription shares in Qatar Islamic Bank's share capital by 10%, equivalent to 19,691,100 shares. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar Holding to become strategic partner of Iberdrola and one of its major shareholders
Qatar: Qatar Holding LLC and Iberdrola, S.A. are pleased to announce today that they have signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding setting forth the framework for collaboration in developing their respective business activities through the establishment of a long-term, mutually beneficial, strategic partnership. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar enables online registration for doctors
Qatar: Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has launched a new online service that enables private healthcare practitioners to apply for licences to practice in the country, the Peninsula has reported. The service would be expanded soon to include more services such as issuance of the Good Standing Certificate for practitioners and other documents, SCH said. [AMEInfo.com]
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Wyndham Hotel Group signs two deals in Qatar
Qatar: Wyndham Hotel Group is set to expand its worldwide portfolio with two management deals in Qatar. The first contract involves the addition of the first Wyndham Grand property in the Middle East to the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts portfolio; the Wyndham Grand Regency Doha, while the second agreement will see the chain manage the Planet Hollywood Hotel Entertainment City in the Qatari capital, the first new-construction Planet Hollywood hotel in the Middle East. The 246-room Wyndham Grand Regency Doha is expected to open in the spring of 2011, and the 300-room Planet Hollywood Hotel Entertainment City is scheduled to open in 2014. Both properties are owned by Qatar-based Regency Group. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qtel's fibre network extends 510 kilometres across Qatar
Qatar: Qtel's fibre deployment project is making rapid progress, with more than 200 kilometres laid in the past month. The speed of the fibre roll-out in Qatar is currently faster than parallel projects in neighbouring countries, as Qatar surges ahead to bring the fastest Internet speed, HD television and crystal clear voice to the home and small business. [AMEInfo.com]
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Industry, bank shares drag Qatar market down
Qatar: The QE Index in Doha declined for the second day on Tuesday, closing off 1.41% at 8,184.71. Qatar National Bank and Qatar Islamic Bank both declined by 1.15% to finish at QR137.90 and QR77.60 respectively. General Insurance surged 7.73% to reach QR46.00. [AMEInfo.com]
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Barwa, Qtel sign strategic agreement
Qatar: Qtel today concluded a strategic partnership agreement with Barwa Real Estate, one of Qatar's leading real estate investment companies in Qatar and the region. The agreement sets out the terms and conditions applicable to the delivery of telecommunications services on estates being developed by Barwa, including the provision of fixed and mobile telecommunications infrastructure and services, the installation of copper cable, fibre cabling and active and passive equipment required to manage, operate, and maintain their communications network. [AMEInfo.com]
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Microsoft CIO roundtable focuses on cloud computing in Qatar
Qatar: Microsoft Qatar in association with its partners HP and Citrix held a Cloud roundtable for CIOs from prominent Qatari organizations to offer them a perspective on the best approach towards moving their IT infrastructure into the Cloud. The roundtable also provided the CIOs with insights into how they could make the shift to cloud computing with a private cloud architecture which can dynamically allocate IT resources across business units, so that services can be deployed quickly and scaled out to meet business needs whenever they occur. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar exchange in talks for foreign ownership
Qatar: Andre Went, CEO of the Qatar stock exchange, has said the bourse is in discussions with authorities to allow foreign ownership in the exchange as it eyes an emerging market tag from index compiler MSCI, Reuters has reported. "We are discussing it with the relevant authorities. There's no decision so it doesn't make sense to speculate (on a timeframe)," Went told reporters. [AMEInfo.com]
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Top organizations give students opportunity to explore job placements at Carnegie Mellon Qatar's Professional Day
Qatar: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar held its fifth annual Professional Day on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Professional Day is a career and networking fair that provides a unique opportunity for students to meet face-to-face with employers and explore job opportunities. The event brings together private and public companies looking to hire bright and talented students. [AMEInfo.com]
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Middle East recognised as key growth market by BMW M GmbH President
Qatar: Dr. Kay Segler, President of BMW M GmbH, a subsidiary of the world's leading premium automotive manufacturer for sports and high performance vehicles, visited Doha this week to hold meetings with Alfardan Automobiles, BMW Group importer in Qatar. The visit marks strong recognition by BMW Group for the positive M sales results achieved across the region in 2010. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar Airways sponsors Career Fair in London
Qatar: As part of its ongoing recruitment drive fuelled by the airline's robust expansion, Qatar Airways recently participated in the '4th Annual Career Fair for Qatari Students studying in the UK' where airline recruiters met potential candidates to discuss job prospects. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar Airways goes live at Qtel Data Centre
Qatar: Qatar Airways and Qtel announced the successfully completed migration of the National airline's primary IT infrastructure to the purpose-built Qtel Data Centre. As Qatar Airways primary IT infrastructure business partner, Qtel will provide a broad range of strategic enterprise services, enhancing the performance and redundancy of the airline's IT systems. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatar railway construction to begin in May
Qatar: Qatar Railways Co has said construction of the QR130bn integrated railway network project in the country is set to start in May, the Peninsula has reported. The recently formed Qatar Railways Development Co, a 51-49 joint venture between Qatari Diar, represented by QRC and DB International, is the sole entity responsible for developing and integrating the railway network, which will connect the local network to neighbouring countries via the Bahrain-Qatar causeway, to create the region's first fully integrated railway system. "The entire project will be completed by 2026 but the network needed for the World Cup 2022 will be finished by 2020," Eng Geoff Mee, QRC chief business development director, said. [AMEInfo.com]
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Shares in Doha gain across the board
Qatar: The Qatar Exchange's benchmark composite, the QE Index, added 0.83% to reach 8,456.17. The country's largest bank by assets Qatar National Bank gained 2.10%, closing at QR137.20. Cinema posted the largest declined, closing 4.76% lower at QR40.00. [AMEInfo.com]
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MAC DDB Qatar appoints David Crisp as Chief Executive Officer
Qatar: MAC DDB Qatar, the advertising agency in the State of Qatar, has announced the appointment of David Crisp as Chief Executive Officer of MAC DDB Qatar. [AMEInfo.com]
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Qatalum encourages environmental awareness at Qatar Petroleum Environment Fair 2011
Qatar: Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter being built as a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro in line with Qatar's long-term economic diversification strategy, will be participating in the upcoming Qatar Petroleum Environment Fair 2011, which will be taking place from 1 to 3 April at the Doha Exhibition Centre in Qatar. [AMEInfo.com]
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