Qatar Telecom (Qtel) yesterday opened its 20th store and sixth concept store at Al Khor, developed at an estimated cost of QR20m. The service centre will offer its usual services, a wide range of consumer landline, mobile, broadband and entertainment services, including BlackBerry solutions and Enterprise hosting.
The National Leasing Holding Company (NLHC) released the names of Qataris who had won a raffle held to receive plots to construct villas in Lusail City, yesterday. Last year, the company had signed an agreement with Qatari Diar to purchase the property at Lusail to create an exclusive community for Qatari citizens. One of the major inspirations behind the project was to create a community that would ensure the preservation of Qatar’s unique cultural identity well into the future.
The look of the Nobu Doha restaurant, which will open in the later part of 2010, was unveiled yesterday by celebrated architect David Rockwell, CEO of Rockwell Group, which is doing the interior and exterior design of the restaurant.
The General Directorate of Civil Defence (GDCD), in cooperation with the Mosques Affairs Department at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, organised a two-day training course on the “Safety and security procedures” for imams and preachers of mosques.
Qatar National Bank (QNB) yesterday announced 50 percent discount on Qmiles redemption (the reward points of Qatar Airways’ loyalty programme) for the bank’s co-branded MasterCard credit card customers.
Legal luminaries from across the world are to gather in Doha to discuss the ‘Global Commitment to the Rule of Law’ from May 29-31.
The research team working on Hala the roboceptionist project at the Carnegie Mellon Qatar is teaming up with a US-based company on a solution that will allow people to type in their requests in Arabic using Latin letters, Senior Systems Scientist Brett Browning told Gulf Times.
A low cost housing plan that is aesthetically pleasing and looks like conventional masonry construction is likely to win a good number of customers from the region for an Australian company.
