Doha Metro

Call it Qatar’s two-track real estate development strategy. The gleaming new high-rises in the upscale West Bay enclave answer to Qatar’s need for a swanky real estate profile that is in tune with its soaring global aspirations. At the same time, the Gulf state is not about to let go of its traditional moorings, and a newly unveiled development — Musheireb — and its masterplan offer a sneak peek of how this is going to be achieved in the capital, Doha.

By Colin Foreman www.meed.com 
While years behind Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha are at last taking public transport schemes seriously.
The past five years have clearly demonstrated that when Dubai builds something, its rivals quickly try to follow with their own schemes. Dubai was the first city to start building super-high-rise towers. Now, Doha, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kuwait [...]

Source: www.gulf-times.com 
 The UITP (International Association of Public Transport) Second Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Congress starts in Doha on October 25, a senior official has said.
Mowasalat Director of Business Development Ahmed al-Ansari said that at least 300 delegates representing various transport companies, regulatory authorities, vehicle manufacturers, government departments, local civic bodies and planning forums [...]

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MEED reported that trying to devise realistic economic plans is fraught with difficulties at the best of times, let alone in the middle of a global economic downturn. But that is the task facing officials at Qatar’s Urban Planning & Development Authority and Japan’s Oriental Consultants which are due to finish [...]

By Elie Milky and Hala Matar Choufany  www.4hoteliers.com
This article sets forth an insight into economic developments, tourism investments and the characteristics of the hotel market in Doha and although 2009 looked set to outperform 2008, itself a record year, Qatar began feeling the effects of the economic recession, specifically in the [...]

MEED reported that Qatar is preparing to tender construction work on one of the 5 rail networks it plans to build over the next 10 years.
The New Doha International Airport Steering Committee has invited contractors to pre qualify for a contract to build a train station at the USD 11 billion airport [...]

The Lusail Real Estate Development Company has said that its iconic waterfront development, underway in Doha’s north, will be bigger than Beirut when completed and accommodate close to half a million people.
“The future city of Qatar”, as the chief executive officer Mohamed bin Ali al-Hedfa calls it, is also right “on [...]

DOHA: Mowasalat, Qatar’s public transport provider, plans to increase the number of points where taxis pick up customers in the city to 60. There are currently only 15 taxi stands in Doha.
The bus system has grown, with the number increasing from 20 buses in 2005 to 260 at the beginning of the year. “We [...]