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Arabian Travel Market • May 5-8 • Dubai
ABU DHABI. AIRLINE.
Emirate banks on festival
THE ABU DHABI Tourism Authority will treble
Qatar sticks to growth
efforts for its “Summer in Abu Dhabi” initiative in
a bid to attract 150,000 visitors to the festival. QATAR AIRWAYS is ploughing ahead with The terminal, Doha International, will include
The festival attracts regional and international expansion plans despite the global downturn, two hotels, a public mosque, swimming pool and
visitors, and runs from July 31 to August 31. making its debut in Australia and promising two an in-concourse people-mover to transport
The tourist board said the international new routes from Europe. passengers. The developers are also promising
market was very much a focus for key events Chief executive Akbar al Baker revealed at “something never seen before in an airport
later in the year, including Abu Dhabi’s first Arabian Travel Market that the state-owned anywhere in the world”.
Formula One grand prix, in November. airline would start six routes over the next Al Baker said Qatar Airways’ growth was in
The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will 10 months, including two in Europe, to be tandem with the destination’s growth strategy.
be “the largest event ever held in the emirate”. announced in June. “Qatar is a real success story. It has the high-
Annual hotel-guest arrivals to the emirate are Expansion would also include Goa and est GDP growth in the world and infrastructure
projected to increase from 1.5 million last year Amritsar in India from Doha, and the airline’s developments have been accelerated,” he said.
to 2.7 million by 2012. first route to Australia, launching from Doha to “Even hotel occupancy has not gone down
A massive building programme is under way Sydney and Melbourne. compared with elsewhere in
to accommodate them, with plans to double Flights to Kuala Lumpur, the world. And the country
bed-stock from 12,500 to 25,000 rooms. Algiers and Tunis will all get has not sent home a single
Abu Dhabi’s exhibition area was the largest at capacity boosts. labourer since the downturn
ATM and featured 40 stand-holders. The airline’s fleet is to because all of Qatar’s devel-
It showcased the seven hotels being built on expand from 68 aircraft to opments have been designed
Yas Island by development company Aldar. They more than 110 by 2013 and with a long-term view.”
include the first Aloft hotel in the Middle East, a new airport is due to
and are due to open in time for the grand prix. open in 2012. ■ Air news, p28
INTRODUCING THE
TOP OF THE PARK LANE.
We cordially invite you to experience a
higher level of luxury and service at the
newly redecorated Top of the Park Lane.
Charming evenings, elegant surroundings
and sunrise on Central Park—all at a
CLASSIC
surprisingly affordable rate.
GLAMOUR
WITH A
MODERN SPIN
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