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What Marketing Strategy Is Needed to Deliver a Successful World Cup in 2022? College of Business and Economics, Qatar University White Paper Volume 1 No. 2 2016, PP.1-7 What Marketing Strategy is Needed to Deliver a Successful World Cup in 2022? Osama Al-Kwifi College of Business and Economics, Qatar University Abstract: Sport is a rapidly evolving industry, therefore event managers need complex ad- vertisement strategies to estimate and encounter market requirements. This condition be- comes even more sophisticated when a global sports event is managed, especially when it is hosted by a country that does not have the essential infrastructure and tourism foundation. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to describe how Qatar is aggressively working to accommodate a successful World Cup in 2022, and then to explore the marketing challenges that face Qatar in effectively promoting its event at the international level. Based on that, a set of steps are defined to manage an effective marketing strategy, which can significantly increase the level of world cup participation. This can help Qatar deliver its world cup bid- ing slogan: “Expect Amazing.” INTRODUCTION ists, something that can add significant advantage The majority of the previous international sport when promoting the event at the global level. events took place in countries that are well devel- oped in terms of adequate infrastructure and eco- Qatar had drafted a comprehensive national vision nomic development. These ingredients are essential for 2030, even before bidding to host the World Cup to prepare for and host a global event that lasts for in 2022. Therefore, it was clear to FIFA that Qatar one month, because such event requires significant had the competence and commitment to organize preparation and planning in order to meet the high this global event, which led to including Qatar in the standard requirements at different levels, including list that reached the final voting. After being selected transportation, safety, accommodation, media cover- to host the event, Qatar made it clear that World Cup age, and security. 2022 is just an important landmark to promote itself as a distinguished hub for sport activities and an ul- Since in developed countries most of these compo- timate destination for tourist activities. The Qatar nents are already available, Qatar has to make major national vision endorses building the infrastructure adjustments to arrange for the global event. of the country and redesigning it to make Qatar a developed state by 2030. The vision is focusing on However, when FIFA selected Qatar in 2010 to host diversifying the economy to generate income from World Cup 2022, it was on the promise by Qatar that various sources other than oil and gas. Thus, host- it would make all the required arrangements to build ing the World Cup will help to build a global brand the entire infrastructure and associated sport facili- image showing Qatar as an attractive business and ties needed to host such a global event. During the tourist destination, in addition to showing the coun- negotiation to select the future location for the World try as a progressive nation looking for prosperity and Cup, Indonesia›s bid was ineligible due to lack of recognition. governmental support to meet all commitments, and Mexico withdrew its bid due to high financial costs. When Qatar received the green light to host the sport These examples demonstrate the reason behind host- event, it started a huge number of mega projects to ing this event frequently at countries known to have build state-of-the-art facilities, including a compre- a high level of development, in order to be able to hensive transportation system that provides easy organize all aspects related to a global gathering. access to all event locations. Qatar also started to Additionally, all countries that hosted previous sport gain the experience and knowledge to manage and events are known to be global destinations for tour- organize the sport events by inviting many sport WHAT MARKETING STRATEGY IS NEEDED champions and competitions at the regional and in- tional reach considerably by 2022. Due to excellence ternational levels, such as the international handball in operation strategy and service quality, Qatar Air- federation, the FINA world swimming champion- ways received the Five-star airline award and won ships, and the international volleyball competitions. the World’s Best Airline award for 2015, having also The increase in the number of sport events hosted held the title in both 2011 and 2012. Massive expan- in Qatar during the last few years clearly indicates sion is taking place for building new road systems. that Qatar is becoming an international hub for or- Additionally, a state-of-the art metro is currently ganizing world class sports events. For example, Qa- being constructed to connect the airport with the tar hosted in 2015 over 10 regional and international major sport sites, and provide 113 km of tunneling events of various sport activities (1). Handling such for Doha city’s important sites. This metro project global events has increased the knowledge and expe- received the Guinness World Record for operating rience to manage and deliver successful events. the highest number of tunnel-boring machines in a single city at one time (2). This award confirms the In 2015, FIFA moved the World Cup event from high level of coordination activities among large en- summer season to February-December 2022. This gineering companies to build the metro in the short- decision came as a result of different logistical and est possible time. environmental issues that are related to the severe weather conditions in Qatar during summer. This ac- A new city, Lusail, is under construction to host the tion was supported by scientific evidence from re- opening and closing ceremony of the World Cup searchers, indicating that players and fans from Eu- event. This city is located on the coast, about 23 km rope and places with similar environments who are north Doha. It is planned to have ports, residential not accustomed to Qatar’s extremely hot and humid areas, island resorts, luxury malls, business district, conditions would not be able to tolerate the heat in and large entertainment facilities there. Lusail city Qatar during summer events. There were similar con- has received the Global Recognition at International cerns about heat and humidity during the World Cup Property Awards, recognizing the highest levels of in Brazil, where a match on June 22 between the U.S. industry achievement and using the highest technol- and Portugal made history for being the first world ogy in building the city. Upon completion, Lusail cup competition to take an official water break. This will be one of the most advanced and unique cities shift in timing in Qatar was a good decision, because in the world. It will be a symbolic tourism city with the extreme heat in summer would pose a significant advanced facilities, which use the latest information challenge to finding an appropriate technology to technology trends and tools to support an exclusive cool the large stadiums. Even fans would be largely lifestyle (3). constrained from travelling around to explore Qatar and see attractive sites. To make the experience of the World Cup memora- ble and exceptional for fans, they will be able to visit WORLD CUP PREPARATION many tourist sites that have unique characteristics, in Since 2010, Qatar has undertaken a massive spend- addition to attending sport events. Thus, Qatar is in- ing program to build the infrastructure needed to host vesting considerably in the leisure industry by build- the World Cup. Currently, much of the capital city ing new tourist sites and renovating traditional ones. Doha looks like a huge construction site. Qatar has In addition, the current capacity of hotel rooms, committed to spend over $200 B for investment in which stands at around 60,000 rooms, will increase the country’s infrastructure: $20 B for roads network, to 95,000 rooms by 2022. $40 B for trains and metro system, $4 B for stadiums, $8 B for new port, $16 B for new airport, in addition Finally, Qatar has promised to build around eight to financing many other projects related to the tour- state-of-the-art stadiums to host over 32 teams and ism and leisure industry. produce an extraordinary experience for those who will visit Qatar. Each stadium will have a spectacu- Some critical projects have already been completed, lar design that uses impressive and groundbreaking such as Hamad International airport, which can ac- structures, reflecting an architecturally iconic vision. commodate up to 50 million passengers per year All stadiums will be accessible by modern transpor- at full operational capacity. Recently, the airport tation systems, and have different attendance capaci- is ranked among the best ten airports in the world. ties, while the largest stadium will be reside in Lusail In addition, Qatar Airways continues to expand its with capacity of 80,000. Outstanding efforts have global network to reach more than 155 destinations been initiated to start construction on most of the sta- by mid-2016, and is expected to increase its interna- diums, and build all surrounding facilities. College of Business and Economics, Qatar University 2 WP/CBE Vol. 1, No. 2, 2016 OSAMA AL-KWIFI It is important to mention here an important fact re- and technological challenges; (2) the fans’ thought garding the case of Qatar World Cup 2022. Qatar of spending a month inside air-conditioned hotels, case is much different from that of other countries shopping malls and stadiums is unlikely to have uni- that hosted previous world cup events, because all versal appeal, and could prevent many from attend- those countries had the required infrastructure to ing the World Cup.
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