Tribune News Network
Doha
The International Exhibitions Company
(IFP–Qatar) has announced the launch of the eighth edition of the “Qatar Hospitality” exhibition and conference, the most prominent international trade fair in the tourism, hospitality, hotels, restaurants, and cafes sector in Qatar.
The event will take place at the Doha
Exhibition and Convention Center from November 6 to 8.
The announcement of the date of this unique trade event in Qatar comes as the Qatari hospitality sector has recorded unprecedented growth in its history, making it one of the fastest-growing markets in the world.
Euro News confirmed, in its latest reports, that the hospitality market in Qatar is the fastest-growing market in the world.
The report expected this sector to continue moving forward during the coming period, despite the end of the most expensive sports event for the first time in the history of the Middle East and North Africa region.
This was attributed to Doha’s unique geographic location, which makes around 80 percent of the world’s population accessible within six hours by plane, which will undoubtedly increase the likelihood of turning Qatar into a prominent tourist destination in the Gulf region and enabling it to achieve its goals of hosting six million visitors annually by 2030.
According to the hospitality sector report in the Gulf countries issued by the Alpin Capital institution, the size of the hospitality sector in Qatar jumped from $1 billion in 2021 to $1.6 billion by the end of 2022, and it is expected to stabilize at $1.3 billion in the next two years.
The report of the Al-Asmakh Real
Estate Projects Company indicated that the hospitality sector developers are continuing their plans to build facilities consistent with Qatar’s interest in developing the tourism and hotel
sector.
This comes amidst the country’s efforts to enhance tourism revenues and improve the quality of service provided in hotels, in order to attract an increasing number of visitors and tourists coming from various countries of the world. Qatar is investing heavily in the tourism sector with the aim of developing it into the third largest contributor to GDP, after the oil and gas sectors and construction. Thus, business is not expected to slow down after the World Cup, with plans reportedly under way to build 20 hotels in 2023 and another six in 2024, for example, as well as a number of resorts and various recreational facilities.
Restaurants and cafés have expanded the size and quality of projects at all levels.
Haidar Mshaimesh, the manager of the company organising the event, said, “The dramatic transformation of the tourism and hospitality sector in Qatar is creating a massive growth in the various products and services covering all aspects of the hospitality sector, such as hotels and utilities, interior design and decoration, entertainment , travel , tourism, resorts and outdoor landscapes, hotel hospitality technologies and equipment, restaurants and cafes, and environmental-friendly hotel systems and solutions, food and beverages, and others.”
“Therefore, through the 8th edition of the exhibition, we look forward to welcoming exhibitors and visitors from local, regional and international hospitality markets to enable them to explore the promising prospects and commercial opportunities available within the Qatari hospitality sector, and to contribute to the development of their businesses and at the same time the development of the sector in
Qatar.”
According to the organisers, the event will feature a large programme of diverse activities, including a conference and training workshops for workers and professionals in the sector, a pavilion for international tourist destinations, a competition to prepare coffee (baristas), and live cooking shows with the participation of some of Qatar’s brightest chefs.
In summary, exhibition, conference, training workshops, ceremony honouring, various competitions and live shows covering the hospitality, tourism and food sectors are the ingredients of the recipe presented by the Qatar Hospitality Exhibition this year, making it an event worthy of observation.
For more information, visit
www.hospitalityqatar.qa
