of over 2000 rooms. Projects currently under development will add 1500 rooms to our total supply, and we continue to explore other opportunities in the region. The hotel segment in Qatar showcases luxury and iconic hotels, upmarket or budget business hotels, serviced residences and new properties that target niche markets. Over the next few years, several hotels and resorts...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, CEO, Katara Hospitality from The Report: Qatar 2014
Chapter | Tourism & Culture from The Report: Qatar 2014
Articles & Analysis | Untapped abundance: Sector operators are beginning to create new ecotourism offerings from The Report: Panama 2014
Although Panama is only slightly larger than Ireland, it is home to an abundance of biodiversity that has helped support the nascent ecotourism industry. Indeed, ranked 118th globally in terms of geographic area, Panama punched well above its weight in the World Economic Forum’s “Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013”, ranking 11th in...
Articles & Analysis | Growing significance: The government’s efforts to boost the tourism sector are paying off from The Report: Panama 2014
The stable economic and political progress that followed the country’s return to democracy in 1989 has had a lasting impact on the development of the tourism sector. After planting the seeds of growth throughout the 1990s, the tourism sector has experienced rapid development in the first decade of the new millennium alongside broader economic...
Articles & Analysis | Enticing developments: A review of the fiscal incentives used to promote tourism investment from The Report: Panama 2014
Coupled with a supportive investment incentive framework, Panama’s innate strengths in the tourism industry have made it a natural destination for investment, both foreign and domestic. While in recent years much of that investment has been channelled into Panama City and its growing cadastre of three-, four- and five-star hotels, funds are now...