QAFCO and Texas A&M University at Qatar, along with the Environmental Studies Center at Qatar University, have launched a one-year research project to study the environmental impact of cooling water discharge at Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC).

The new 60-storey InterContinental Doha West Bay is set to open in 2010, an official from the Doha InterContinental Hotel said.

It might just be a coincidence but an increasing number of trailers are involved in what seem to be avoidable accidents this summer.

The Pearl-Qatar is really living up to its name. One of the largest urban developments in the Middle East, the QR50bn project, has crossed a major milestone by unveiling The Tower-4 at Porto Arabia.

QTEL will organise Qatar’s largest summer camp in association with the Eid Cultural Centre with a series of sporting and activities for children in the 15–25 age group. The camp runs June 20–July 25. Registration started on Sunday and about 2,000 young people are expected to join in.

The Business Park aims to be the first project to fully meet the demands of successful professionals and companies that constitute the majority of today’s property seekers.

As many as 12 countries have confirmed participation in the eighth ministerial meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF), which will be held in Doha on June 30.

The health affairs department of the municipal ministry has launched an intensive campaign against eateries, the central market and beauty parlours ahead of the peak summer months.

The 23,000-sq-m Crowne Plaza Hotel Doha Business Park will be completed in September 2011, it was announced by officials of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Trans Orient Group after the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday.