ITAQAM – Associazione per il commercio ITALIA – QATAR in collaborazione con la Qatar Promotion Board (QPB) sta promuovendo la prima fiera mondiale per la ricerca di un partner locale e di un franchising (ITE – International Trade Exhibition) per ampliare il business e penetrare il mercato qatarino e quello dei paesi GCC.

La fiera si svolgerà a Doha presso il QATAR NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER (QNCC) dal 9 al 12 maggio 2012.

ITE sarà una grande opportunità per le aziende di promuovere sul mercato internazionale nuovi prodotti, tecnologie e servizi grazie anche alla visibilità che avrà l’evento.

Le aziende italiane avranno la possibilità di usufruire di una piattaforma internazionale l’ITE per:

- Trovare dei partner locali
- La ricerca di nuovi agenti
- Firmare nuovi accordi di franchising
- Costituire nuove joint venture
- Esplorare nuovi mercati
- Trovare distributori locali

il Qatar è una destinazione internazionale che sta crescendo molto rapidamente. Il governo ha commissionato la costruzione di infrastrutture di prima classe che saranno in grado di incontrare i bisogni e la crescita della sua popolazione, in particolar modo costruzioni nei campi delle abitazioni, parchi, strade, ferrovie, metro, infrastrutture, stadi etc.

Il Qatar nel 2022 ospiterà i mondiali di calcio e il governo qatariano investirà più di 250 miliardi di dollari nei prossimi dieci anni per lo sviluppo del paese e per avere i requisiti necessari ad ospitare la coppa del mondo;

ITE si svolgerà presso il nuovo QATAR NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER (QNCC)
QNCC è la più grande e prestigiosa location per conferenze e fiere in QATAR e dei paesi arabi.
La fiera è organizzata su un area di 20.000 metri quadri.
Le sale conferenze possono ospitare fino a 4.000 persone

A leading Italian design group has unveiled plans for a first-of-its-kind mixed-use resort in Qatar, called Amphibious, which contains hotels that are partially submerged in the Arabian Gulf.
According to the plan released by Rome-based Giancarlo Zema Design Group (GZDG), the semi-submerged hotel resort resembles a big aquatic animal stretching out from the land into the sea horizontally for 1km with two “arm” landmasses. The initial cost of the resort was put at $500mn.
The project is composed of both land and sea sections. According to information available on GZDG’s website, residential and office buildings and a marina with a modern harbour will be located on the land area. All the structures will be situated in a semi-circle around the tower with a “panoramic” restaurant.
The sea section contains four “innovative” semi-submerged hotels with underwater halls that give “fascinating” views.  “The four hotels remind us of the soft lines of the super yachts anchored on land,” according to the website. “Large diagonal glass windows make the hotels unique, each with 75 luxury suites arranged around the perimeter of the building so each has a big terrace that overlooks the complex. The activities of the hotel take place in the underwater area that is surrounded by aquariums.”
Hotels are situated around a central public welcome area with an interactive museum on water life and water exhibition galleries and a glass tunnel that leads to the underwater observatory in the centre of the marine park.
Connected to the welcome area by the long arms are fitness centres, gardens and a special outdoor theatre with a moving stage that opens out on the sea.
To the smaller floating platforms will be anchored 80 floating suites, called Jelly-fish, with underwater views within the artificial reef. At the end of each platform are lighthouses. It is possible to move everywhere thanks to electrical vehicles “that respect the eco-system philosophy”.
Water transport is  provided by 20m aluminium yachts, called Trilobis, that are equipped with hydrogen engines and an underwater observatory globe. The main structure is in steel complete with all the necessary lighting systems and the floor is in teak.
The Trilobis is a 20-m long eco-yacht for six people, described as ideal for bays, atolls and sea parks. It helps occupants to live in a “fantastic, unusual” environment in a self-sufficient and non-polluting habitat. It consists of four levels connected by a spiral staircase.
The hull of the Trilobis is made of steel and the superstructure in aluminium which means it is 80% recyclable.
The photovoltaic panels on the top catch and store the solar energy necessary for the instruments inside. The electric engines are driven by hydrogen fuel cells that only produce water as waste material, making it a non-polluting project.
The GZDG is an architecture studio in Rome, specialised in semi-submerged architectural structures, marine parks, floating habitats and yacht design. It was founded in 2001 by the architect Giancarlo Zema.
The project calls to mind the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel and Resort, a proposed hotel in Dubai, that would have been the world’s first underwater luxury resort. The project was originally set to begin construction in 2005 but has met with constant delays.

(Gulf Times)

DOHA: Qatar will complete one of the 10 stadiums it has promised to build from scratch or renovate for 2022 FIFA World Cup by 2015, a top official said yesterday.

Last December, Qatar won the rights to host football’s showpiece event in a historic FIFA vote in Zurich, beating rivals Australia, Japan, the US and Korea.

Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi said: “We are in the process of finalising development plans to host the World Cup in 2022 and we are looking to complete the first stadium with cooling system technology by 2015.”

Al Thawadi who played a key role in Qatar winning the bid to host the World Cup as the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar 2022 Bid Committee, which was disbanded after the successful bid, added: “Qatar is looking to assign programme management by the end of 2011 to set the ball rolling for the major project in the first quarter of next year.”

It remains to be seen if completing the project would add to Qatar’s cost of building or renovating stadiums ahead of the 2022 football gala. Once complete, the stadium will require massive additional maintenance cost, according to a construction industry expert.

Regarding infrastructure development schedules of the mega project, Al Thawadi said: “Our intention is to host a major football tournament by 2020 as a first dress rehearsal. We can then host the Confederation’s Cup in 2021 so by 2022 we would be ready for the big one.”

The stadiums will be built under our supervision he said and reiterated Qatar’s commitment to stage carbon-neutral World Cup by using the latest environment-friendly energy sources like solar energy.

The World Cup 2022 will spur economic development here under public private partnership as well as give opportunities to engage small and medium enterprises in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030, Al Thawadi said.

“We see 2022 World Cup project as a great opportunity for development,” Al Thawadi said and added that a project of this size will see the growth of hospitality, entertainment and media sectors as well as cultural initiatives.”

Al Thawadi was part of the team that was astutely led by H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani, who was the Chairman of the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee.
The new decision to complete the stadium comes just days after Qatar’s Mohammed bin Hammam withdrew his name from the FIFA Presidential race which was controversially won by Sepp Blatter on June 1.

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DOHA: The posh West Bay area of Doha, described by many as Qatar’s Manhattan, will have its own railway network, besides being linked to the metro rail system of Greater Doha.

This was disclosed during a tour given to mediapersons to the Qatar Railways Development Company’s (QRDC) facility at Lusail yesterday. QRDC is launching the multi-billion dollar railway venture in partnership with German giant Deutsche Bahn.

Qatar plans to have three major railway systems: one crisscrossing the country and connecting to other GCC states like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the metro rail covering Doha and its suburbs, and a freight network.

The entire project will see some 7,000 jobs created once the networks are in operation by the year 2026, a senior QRDC official said yesterday.

The freight network will link the industrial areas of the country like the Ras Laffan Industrial City, Dukhan and Mesaieed Industrial City, and connect to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The metro rail link will cover the whole of Greater Doha, including the Pearl-Qatar and the New Doha International Airport.

“We will operate and maintain the railway networks,” Sheikha Lulua Al Thani, a senior official of QRDC, which is part of Qatari Diar, told reporters.

QRDC has 51 percent equity in the joint venture with its German partners who hold the remaining 49 percent stake.

Al Thani said Lusail will have its own railway network consisting of ‘Light Rapid Transit’ system.

Construction work on the railway projects is slated to begin in 2013. All railway stations will provide Internet services to commuters and long distance passengers, as well as ample car parking facilities.

“It will be the best railway network in the whole of the region,” Al Thani said of the Qatari project. (The Peninsula)

Il Paese è ricco ma dopo le vicende della crisi finanziaria le autorità monetarie restano prudenti: con l’obiettivo di contenere i rischi, Banca centrale del Qatar ha imposto nuovi limiti agli importi che potranno essere erogati dalle banche a privati. I prestiti personali agli stranieri non potranno superare i 400mil Riyal (120mila dollari) anche in caso di livelli retributivi elevati da parte del richiedente e l’intero ammontare dovrà essere restituito entro 4 anni. Più generosi i limiti imposti ai cittadini del Qatar che potranno chiedere fino a 2 milioni di Riyal (549 milioni di dollari) restituibili in un periodo massimo di 7 anni.
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