For full coverage of Middle East business, see MEED Qatar has cut its planned spending on health projects following the drop in oil prices but expenditure on World Cup-related projects should be unchanged, Reuters reported lead adviser for contracts and project management…
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Qatar to keep on bidding for sports events: AFP
Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, secretary general and CEO of the Qatar Olympic Committee, said in an interview published by AFP earlier this week that Qatar will continue bidding for large-scale sports events. This could theoretically mean bidding for a…
No stopping Qatar 2022 World cup now
Doubts about Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup Finals in 2022 have been decisively dispelled after allegations of corruption were dismissed by FIFA this morning. A FIFA report, which examined the behavior of nations bidding for the next two editions of…
Doha’s World Cup Fan Zone tests 2022 cooling technology
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) is using the Fan Zone in the Katara Cultural District in Doha to test open-air cooling technologies being developed for the FIFA 2022 World Cup finals, the Qatar daily The Peninsula reported…
Qatar statement on Sunday Times World Cup allegations
The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SCDL) has denied any wrongdoings after the latest allegations made by The Sunday Times with regard to Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup finals. “The Qatar 2022 Bid Committee always upheld the…
AHIC told GCC mega-events should be symbols of future change
World Expo 2020 and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2020 should become inspiring symbols of positive future change in the GCC, the 10th annual Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) was told this afternoon. “This part of the world is…