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Qatar Airways Becomes Largest Passenger and Cargo Airline Globally

2020-06-08 by Argophilia Travel News

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Qatar Airways continues to succeed in demonstrating the airline’s strength and resilience despite the illegal blockade imposed by neighboring countries on 5 June 2017.

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Albania Renews Visa Free Travel Regime for Gulf States

2017-06-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

In news from Tirana, Albania has renewed a visa-free travel regime for nationals of three Gulf countries in order to boost tourism.

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Accor Hotels’ First MGallery in Downtown Doha

2012-04-03 by Phil Butler

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Accor Group, the world’s leading hotel operator with some 4400 plus hotels in 90 countries, has just announced a deal with Qatar’s Msheireb Hospitality for operating the Msheireb Downtown Doha project., an Accor Hotels MGallery hotel in the city’s prime business district. This luxury boutique offering expands upon traditional Qatari hospitality with a truly original thematic scheduled to open in 2015.

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Al Mohannadi, Asia hotels, China hotels, Denis Hennequin, Doha tourism, hotel industry, Ibis, Latin America hotels, Mercure, MGallery, Msheireb Downtown Doha, Novotel, Pullman, Qatar, Singapore hotels, World hotels

Portugal’s Travel Agents Sinking Fast

2011-01-18 by Phil Butler

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Portugal’s travel sector is in grave trouble, perhaps far more serious than previous reports have suggested. The industry that represents 11 percent of the country’s GDP has lost fully one third of its travel agents to insolvency. The economic times and pressure from online travel agents have made the situation there untenable. But a double sided government effort has not helped either.

Tags: agent decline, EU economies, FDI, insustry news, Ministry of Finances, Portugal government, Portugal images, Portugal jobs, Portugal tourism, Portugal travel, Qatar, travel agents, travel investment

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