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Qatar's hotel capacity is set to increase from the current 4,300 rooms to over 29,000 by 2012, Grand Hyatt Doha said quoting Qatar Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (QTEA).

Soaring house rents were the single largest driver of higher inflation in the country last year, contributing a massive 73 percent to price rise, the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) said in its annual report for 2007.

n easy-to-remember mobile phone number — 6000000 — was sold for QR7.5m ($2.06m) during an auction organised by Qatar Telecom (Qtel) on Wednesday.

QATAR has been urged to ratify the UN Convention on the elimination of all forms of violence against women (CEDAW).

The much awaited Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) opening ceremony will be a simple, yet unique event according to officials of Qatar Museum Authority. The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will inaugurate the museum on Saturday, November 22.

House rents are expected to dip sooner than later as real estate prices have already come down by almost 30 percent due to the world economic meltdown, a top industrialist told The Peninsula yesterday.

The House of Cartier yesterday inaugurated its second branch at the Villaggio Mall with plans of opening another branch in the Middle East this month.

Hosts Qatar and Asian powerhouse Japan clash in a crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Al Sadd Stadium today with the coaches of both teams under pressure to produce positive results after recent slip-ups.