The tournament will take place at Education City Golf Club for the first time
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Duty Free is delighted to be the official retail partner of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament, which will take place at Education City Golf Club (ECGC) from 5 to 8 March 2020. The tournament will bring together an exciting line up of the PGA European Tour players including last year’s European Tour title winner Justin Harding.
As well as watching the golf against a stunning backdrop of Doha’s skyline and Education City FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ stadium, visitors and spectators can enjoy a range of pop-up gourmet eateries and entertainment at the ECGC’s public village including interactive games, fun shows and exhibits. Qatar Duty Free will host a booth featuring a miniature golf course, a photo opportunity and live streaming of the tournament. The award-winning airport retailer will also run a social media competition for visitors and its online followers, to give everyone a chance to win a QAR 5,000 voucher to spend at Qatar Duty Free.
Qatar Duty Free Vice President Operations, Mr. Thabet Musleh, said: “Qatar Duty Free is delighted to have sponsored the Commercial Bank Golf Masters since 2009 at Doha City Golf Club and to extend its support this year to Doha’s newest golf club at Education City. In October, we hosted a very successful golfing event at ECGC to welcome delegates for the Trinity Forum 2019 and we are pleased to be able to welcome players once again to a new challenge at Qatar’s second 18-hole championship course. We wish all players a successful tournament.”
In October, Qatar Duty Free co-hosted the 2019 Trinity Forum – the world’s most influential airport commercial revenues conference – along with Hamad International Airport (HIA) and Qatar Airways. The forum, which was hosted by The Moodie Davitt Report, ACI World and ACI Asia-Pacific, was inaugurated with a social game of golf and lessons for non-golfers at the Education City Golf Club.
Along with Qatar Airways, QDF has also sponsored the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and the Qatar Total Open 2020 tennis tournaments this year.
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About Qatar Airways:
Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the State of Qatar, is celebrating more than 20 years of Going Places Together with travellers across its more than 160 business and leisure destinations on board a modern fleet of more than 250 aircraft. The world’s fastest-growing airline will add a number of exciting new destinations to its growing network in 2020, including Osaka, Japan; Santorini, Greece; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Almaty and Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan; Accra, Ghana; Cebu, Philippines; Lyon, France; Trabzon, Turkey; Siem Reap, Cambodia and Luanda, Angola.
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was named ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 World Airline Awards, managed by international air transport rating organisation Skytrax. It was also named ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’, ‘World’s Best Business Class’ and ‘Best Business Class Seat’, in recognition of its ground-breaking Business Class experience, Qsuite. Qatar Airways is the only airline to have been awarded the coveted “Skytrax Airline of the Year” title, which is recognised as the pinnacle of excellence in the airline industry, five times.
Qsuite, a patented Qatar Airways product, features the industry’s first-ever double bed in Business Class, as well as privacy panels that stow away, allowing passengers in adjoining seats to create their own private room, a first of its kind in the industry.
Qatar Airways was the first Gulf carrier to join global airline alliance oneworld, enabling its passengers to benefit from more than 1,000 airports in more than 160 countries, with 14,250 daily departures.
Oryx One, Qatar Airways’ in-flight entertainment system offers passengers up to 4,000 entertainment options from the latest blockbuster movies, TV box sets, music, games and much more. Passengers flying on Qatar Airways flights served by its B787, B777, A350, A380, A319 and select A320 and A330 aircraft can also stay in touch with their friends and family around the world by using the award-winning airline’s on-board Wi-Fi and GSM service.
Qatar Airways proudly supports a range of exciting international and local initiatives dedicated to enriching the global community that it serves. Qatar Airways, the official FIFA partner, is the official sponsor of many top-level sporting events, including the FIFA 2022 World Cup, reflecting the values of sports as a means of bringing people together, something at the core of the airline’s own brand message - Going Places Together.
Qatar Airways Cargo, one of the world’s leading international air cargo carriers, serves more than 60 freighter destinations worldwide via its world-class Doha hub and also delivers freight to more than 160 key business and leisure destinations globally on more than 250 aircraft. The Qatar Airways Cargo fleet includes two Boeing 747-8 freighters, 21 Boeing 777 freighters and five Airbus A330 freighters.
Qatar Executive is the private jet charter division of Qatar Airways Group. Luxury jet services are available for worldwide charter on board the operator’s wholly-owned business jet fleet. Qatar Executive is the launch customer for Gulfstream’s G700, the world’s first commercial service operator of the Gulfstream G500 and largest commercial operator of the G650ER worldwide. Qatar Executive's service portfolio also includes aircraft management, maintenance and Fixed Based Operator services.
For further information, please contact:
Qatar Airways Group, Corporate Communications Department
Tel: +974 4022 2200