www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 29 Fed’s Yellen Barshim on right trackack sees rate hikes for Rio gold with worldrld ahead leading leap TUESDAY 7 JUNE 2016 • 2 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6820 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir and Father Emir receive well-wishers Emir greets Number of Mauritania President DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani exchanged hotels likely with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, greet- ings and blessings on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, in a phone call yesterday. to double Emir condoles in next five years,” added the report. with Yemeni Increasing supply of hotel rooms Most upcoming in Qatar is good news for its hospi- President hotels to be ready tality sector because it will support in five years, tourism. Tourists flocking to Qatar DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim will get a lot of options to choose in bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent says report. terms of quality and variety. Qatar a cable of condolences to Yem- has emerged as an important desti- eni President Abdrabuh Mansur nations in terms of business tourism Hadi on the death of his brother because of increasing number of Mohammed Mansour Hadi, pray- By Sachin Kumar business events. The country is host- ing for Allah Almighty to bestow The Peninsula ing many international exhibitions, his mercy upon the deceased and seminars and conferences attracting to make him rest in eternal peace. Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani professionals from across the globe. DOHA: Qatar’s hospitality sector is “Between 2014 and 2015, due receiving well-wishers on the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan, at Al Wajba Palace, yesterday. Emir greets King expected to boom with the number to increase of 5.4 percent in Aver- → See also page 2 of hotels rising sharply in the com- age Daily Rate (ADR), the highest of Sweden ing years, say experts. Hotel numbers decrease in occupancy level was are likely to almost double in five noticed in 5-Star category at 10.4pc,” years, Al Asmakh Real Estate Devel- said the report. “Change of ADR in DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim opment Company (AREDC) said in a other segments remains stable bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable recent report. although occupancies were reduced First energy-saving AC arrives of congratulations to King Carl XVI Around 115 hotels with 20,688 in 3-Star and economy categories by Gustaf of Sweden on his country’s rooms are operational in Qatar. 7 percent to 8.5 percent. The 4-Star National Day, reports QNA. “Nearly 105 upcoming hotels category hotels performed unwa- The Peninsula “Today we are celebrating the Dr Mohammed Saif Al Kuwari, assist- with approximately 21,000 rooms veringly both in terms of ADR and entry of the first energy-saving air ant undersecretary for laboratories are at various stages of construction. occupancy between 2014 and 2015,” conditioner into the country imported and standardization at the ministry. RAMADAN The ratio between operational and added the report. DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality by Al Taadhod company (specialis- Consumers may have to a pay upcoming hotels is almost equal,” said Hotels in Qatar get more busi- and Environment yesterday marked ing in ACs). Soon more such units will a little more for the energy-saving TIMING the report. “Majority of the upcom- ness travellers as Doha is a major the arrival of the first energy-saving enter the market which will even- ACs but the additional cost will not ing hotels would be operated before business destination. air conditioner in Qatar, ahead of the tually replace the conventional air be more than 10 percent, he added. Today’s Iftar 6 : 25 pm 2021 that means the hotels and their July 1 deadline for a ban on conven- conditioners. We have started to enter Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am rooms would become almost double → Continued on page 2 tional ACs in the local market. the age of energy-(efficiency),” said → Continued on page 2 QIA buys office Desperate escape tower in Singapore Take a tour of HIA on for S$3.4bn Google Street View Bloomberg The Peninsula Burj Khalifa and Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh DOHA: Qatar Investment Author- Zayed Grand Mosque. It is also the ity agreed to buy BlackRock Inc’s latest in a long list of the region’s Asia Square Tower 1 for S$3.4bn DOHA: You can now have a landmarks available for the world in the biggest office transaction in 360-degree view of Hamad Inter- to explore online, including Petra in Singapore. national Airport (HIA) without going Jordan, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Qatar will purchase the office inside. The 600,000 square metre Liwa Desert in Abu Dhabi. tower in the central business dis- HIA has become the first airport in Ulf Spitzer, Head of Street View, trict in the largest single-tower sale the Middle East and North Africa to said: “The Google Street View team in the region, according to a joint be on Google Maps’ Street View. Be continues to go to amazing places statement from Qatar Investment it looking the 23-foot Lamp Bear around the world because we know Authority and BlackRock yester- sculpture in the eye or peeping into that our users love to see them and day. The building has been on the upscale Duty Free outlets, Google experience these locations online. market since last year. Maps can almost chaperone you From Urs Fischer’s Lamp Bear sculp- around the airport. ture to the international brands that Al Rayyan Stadium Street View is a feature of Google line Hamad International Airport’s Maps that lets users explore places duty free, travellers around the contractors named around the world like landmarks, world now have the airport’s board- natural wonders, as well as cul- ing gates, lounges, and much more turally and historically significant at their fingertips.” DOHA: The Supreme Commit- sites. The airport now joins other glo- A still image from video released yesterday shows Iraqi families trying to escape the besieged city of tee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) HIA is the latest indoor Street bal landmarks on Street View such announced yesterday that Qatari Fallujah by crossing the Euphrates. → See also page 6 View experience in the region and as London’s Big Ben and the Eiffel contractor, Al Balagh Trading joins other structures such as Dubai’s Tower in Paris. & Contracting, and India’s big- gest construction firm, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), have been appointed as the main contrac- tors to build the 40,000-seater Al Rayyan Stadium. Bottled drinks lose fizz; fruits and fresh juices are in → See also page 21 By Fazeena Saleem industry sources. demand for bottled juices and freshly “Sales of some flavoured bottled he added. Demand for snacks and The Peninsula Most people prefer traditional extracted juices is much high com- drinks have also increased over the cooked food items also increases dur- food and drinks during Ramadan, pared to the bottled ones. past two weeks. But it is less com- ing Ramadan especially from people with an ethnic flavour. However, some “People start buying fresh juices pared to the demand for fresh juices,” living here without families. DOHA: More people prefer healthy less conventional refreshments such and fruits from the first day of Ram- he added. Besides a large variety of “The demand for bottled juices food during Ramadan, as the jump in as bottled drinks are also served for adan. We had seen an increase of fruits, many leading shopping outlets increases between five to ten per- demand for most food items — espe- Iftar. sales by 10 to 15 percent during Ram- are also offering fresh juices, along cent, while sales of fresh fruits go cially fruits and juices — shows. With the hot weather and long adan in the past two years. We are with the canned and bottled ones. up by nearly 20 percent usually dur- Sales of fruits, fresh juices and hours of fasting — about 15 — the expecting a similar increase in sales Fruits like water melon, sweet ing Ramadan,” said an official at a >PAGE 19 yoghurt increases more compared demand for fresh fruits and juices this year and are prepared to meet the melon, oranges, avocado, peach and another popular hypermarket. to bottled drinks and flavoured bev- has shot up, say traders. demand ,” a senior official at a leading juices made of these fruits are in high erages with high level of sugar, say Hypermarkets claim that the hypermarket told this daily yesterday. demand, as well as fresh yoghurt, → Continued on page 2 02 TUESDAY 7 JUNE 2016 HOME Emir and Father Emir receive Ramadan well-wishers Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received scores of Ramadan well-wishers, including Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani; Sheikhs; Ministers; Advisory Council Speaker H E Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi and his deputy; undersecretaries of ministries; Advisory Council members; and scores of citizens at Al Wajba Palace yesterday. H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Personal Representative of H H the Emir, attended the reception along with H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, H H Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Thani, H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani; H E Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa Al Thani, and sons of Father Emir.