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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 PPrivater sector can Confident Qatartar pplayl major role in eye quarter-finalsfinals fofood programme berth MONDAY 18 JANUARY 2016 • 8 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6679 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir arrives in Moscow New law allows Online ticket non-Qataris to be founders of sales surged sports clubs By Mobin Pandit and last year Mohammed Osman The Peninsula “Q-tickets aims to provide a sin- 100,000 tickets gle online space for people of Qatar DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim to discover and purchase tickets to bin Hamad Al Thani issued Law per month were movies, cultural and sports events. No 1 of 2016 yesterday. purchased online With that vision in mind we started It gives the Cabinet the authority with online booking of movie tickets.” to induct non-Qataris as founders for entertainment “Using the website movie lovers of sports clubs with citizens on the events in 2015 can now book movie tickets online suggestion of the Minister of Youth for City Center, Villaggio, The Mall, and Sport. It also allows merger of Landmark, Royal Plaza and Westend existing sports clubs. Park and tickets for upcoming events, The law makes it mandatory for By Sachin Kumar concerts and night life,” he added. a sports club to be licensed to have The Peninsula Compared to other coun- at least 20 founder-members and tries, Qatar’s e-commerce sector all of them must be Qataris above is in infancy and has huge growth 18, with no criminal record. potential. E-commerce market in However, in public interest, the DOHA: Online ticketing in Qatar Qatar, currently pegged at $1bn, is above conditions can be waived by got a boost last year with surge in likely to double in the next five years. the Cabinet on the advice of the demand for online bookings. Peo- “There are tremendous opportu- Minister and non-Qataris can be ple in the country booked close to nities in e-commerce sector in Qatar. inducted as founder-member of a 100,000 tickets per month for enter- People in Qatar have so far focused sports club being established. tainment-related events in 2015. The on traditional business such as real Legal entities (including pri- tickets booked were mainly for mov- estate, banking, telecom and oil and vate firms) can establish sports ies, other entertainment events, and gas,” said Dr Singh. clubs if they fulfil the terms and sports. “If you look at the consumer side, conditions as laid out in this law if Online booking of tickets saves there is not much technology avail- special approval is provided by the time and efforts of viewers which is able to people. People still have to Minister in consultation with the encouraging people to go online to call or go physically to avail many Prime Minister. Such entities can book tickets. Increased use of smart services. So there is a lot of space of individually, or jointly with others, phones and tablet computers has also aggregators,” said Singh. also acquire existing sports clubs boosted online buying. According to the Ministry of with approval, says the law, reports Currently, there are three major Information and Communications QNA. The law has taken immediate players in Qatar’s online ticket book- Technology (ictQatar), this market is effect and will be published in the ing for entertainment-related events. expected to grow at Compound Annual official gazette. It has 59 articles in Q-tickets is the market leader in Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17 percent over eight chapters. If there are enough Qatar’s online ticket booking mar- the next five years. number of clubs for a sporting activ- ket commanding a market share of E-commerce refers to the use of ity or activities, then permission to around 80 percent. Virgin Tickets is Internet to conduct business trans- open a new club will not be given. A another player in Qatar that provides actions between individuals and club’s premises should be suitable tickets for events and not for mov- organisations. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Moscow last evening on an official visit. The for a sporting activity for which it is ies while Novo Cinemas has a portal Sale of airline tickets and con- Emir and his delegation were welcomed at the Vnukovo International Airport by Deputy Minister being licensed or it wouldn’t qual- for its tickets. sumer electronics occupy around of Foreign Affairs and the Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and North ify for licensing. If licensed, such “We are doing about 100,000 tick- 40 percent share in Qatar’s e-com- Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, senior Russian officials, Qatar’s Ambassador to Russia, Saud bin Abdullah a club will lose its licence. Clubs ets per month. In the last two years, merce market. Air travel market has Al Mahmoud, and Russia’s Ambassador to Qatar, Noor Mohammad Julov. for sporting activities that are not we have sold over 1.5 million tick- 22 percent share while consumer elec- → See also page 2 needed will not be licensed. ets in Qatar,” said Dr Tejinder Singh, tronics has 18 percent share in Qatar’s Founder of Q-Tickets.com. e-commerce market. → Continued on page 6 US, Iran hail deal implementation IS militants kidnap more than 400 civilians in Syria TEHRAN: US and Iranian presidents AFP The shock attack comes despite The dead included 85 civilians and Rahman said. He said they had been with regime forces backed by Rus- yesterday hailed the implementation a Russian air campaign targeting the 50 regime fighters, according to the taken to areas under IS control in the sian air strikes trying to recapture of Tehran’s nuclear deal as historic, group that began in September, and monitor, which said yesterday that IS west of Deir Ezzor province and to lost ground. even as new US sanctions threat- more than a year of strikes by a US-led had also kidnapped more than 400 the border with Raqqa province — Syria’s state news agency SANA said ened fresh tensions. BEIRUT: Jihadists from the Islamic coalition against the jihadists in Syria. civilians from captured territory. the main IS stronghold in Syria — to at least 300 civilians, “most of them → See also page 8 State group have abducted more than The Britain-based Syrian Observ- “Those abducted, all of whom are the northwest. women, children and elderly people,” 400 Syrian civilians after capturing atory for Human Rights said IS had Sunnis, include women, children and The monitor said at least 42 IS fight- had been killed in the assault. new ground in a major assault on the killed at least 135 people in the multi- family members of pro-regime fight- ers had been killed in the attack, adding It denounced the deaths as a city of Deir Ezzor that left dozens dead. front attack that began on Saturday. ers,” Observatory chief Rami Abdel that fighting was ongoing yesterday, “massacre”. Travel & Tourism PAGE | VIMAINMAIN SPONSORSSPONSORS PAGE | X Qatar Airways: Record 8.4 Going Places million travellers Together transit HIA SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT MONDAY 18, JANUARY 2016 Australia beat Vietnam Qatar and China Extending warm hospitality to all THE S f Q h hf dkdThllfQTAAlShVlldSffdh f launch Cultural Year Today’s edition QNA in the countries, especially Qatar Museums includes the first of Authority and the Chinese Ministry of Cul- a 12-page special ture have prepared for the event. He added that the event will contribute to supplement on Travel BEIJING: The Embassy of Qatar in China the coming together of the two peoples and in association with the Chinese Ministry of enhance mutual understanding and knowl- and Tourism in Qatar. Culture announced yesterday the launch of edge, stressing that the Cultural Year coincides The supplement will the Qatar-China 2016 Cultural Year. with ongoing cooperation for implementa- Speaking at a press conference in the main tion of the New Silk Road Economic Belt. come out every month hall of the National Museum of China, Qatar’s The Deputy Director of the External Rela- with more features Ambassador to China, Saqr bin Mubarak tions Department of the Chinese Ministry of Alexander Gersbach of Australia and Nguyen Van Toan of Vietnam in action during their AFC Al Mansouri, underlined Emir H H Sheikh Culture, Lu Yanvi, stressed the importance of and articles. U-23 match at the Grand Hamad Stadium of Qatar SC in Doha yesterday. Australia won 2-0 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Chinese the Cultural Year, pointing out that the two Pic: Salim/The Peninsula → See also page 36 President Xi Jinping’s full support for the Cul- sides have signed an agreement this year to tural Year. He pointed out that authorities organise cultural activities in both countries. 02 MONDAY 18 JANUARY 2016 HOME Emir arrives in Moscow Emir receives message from Saudi King Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Moscow last evening on an official visit to the Russian Federation. The Emir and his delegation were welcomed at Vnukovo International Airport by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Russian President’s Special Representative Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a written message from Custodian of the for the Middle East and North Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, senior officials, Qatari Ambassador to Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia on fraternal relations Russia Saud bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Russian Ambassador to Qatar Noor Mohammad Julov between both countries, means of advancing them and issues of common concern.