Comprehensive Review of Event Venues and Importance in Qatar

This report provides a comprehensive overview of event venues in Qatar, highlighting their significance in hosting various types of events. It lists prominent venues such as the Dana Club, Sheraton Grand Doha Hotel, Msheireb Enrichment Club, Shangri-La Hotel, and Regency Halls, detailing their unique features and suitability for different occasions, ranging from corporate meetings to weddings. The report also emphasizes the importance of venues like the Museum of Islamic Art and Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence, showcasing Qatar's diverse range of well-facilitated, beautifully furnished, and technically advanced event locations. This document is available on Desklib, a platform providing study tools and resources for students.

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Executive Summary
Events and functions are one of the most common in the lives of the people living in
Qatar. Therefore, there is wide array of buildings, built in a manner to welcome each and
every need and requirement of the people related to their event design and management. This
paper is has presented a list of all those event venues present in Qatar. Furthermore, it has
also discussed about the importance of those venues in terms of events.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
List of all significant venues in Qatar....................................................................................2
Importance of some of the event venues located in Qatar.....................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References:.................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Events have always played a very important role in the human society (Kwoczek, Di
Martino & Nejdi, 2014). It is referred to as a planned act and performance and has its origin
from the ancient era. They have always been serving as an important function for the society
by providing the participant with several opportunities for asserting their respective identities
and for sharing their rituals and celebrations with others. However, no event can be organized
without a specific venue (Palmer et al., 2013). This paper shall elaborate on a list of events
related venues in Qatar and their importance.
Discussion
List of all significant venues in Qatar
There is a huge array of venues present in the Qatar that are widely been used for
organizing several events. These venues are listed below:
 Dana Club
 Sheraton Grand Doha Hotel
 Msheireb Enrichment Club
 Shangri-La Hotel
 Regency Halls
 Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum
 Doha Golf Club
 City Centre Rotana Doha
 Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence
 Global Business Centre
 Servcorp- Tornado Tower

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 Museum of Islamic Art
 Assaha Hotel
 Qatar Bowling Centre
 Sumaisma Youth Center
 Skills Development Centre
 Gondolania Entertainment City
 Servcorp- Commercial Bank Plaza
 Regus- Doha Airport
 Aspire Zone
 Mondrian Doha
 Oryx Rotana
 The Diplomatic Club
 Qataar Racing Club
 Regus- Doha West Bay
 New York Steakhouse
 Albandar Group of Restaurant
 The Cultural Village- Katara
 Crowne Plaza Doha The Business Park
 Doha Marriott Hotel
 Intercontinental Doha
 La Cigale
 Sharq Village and Spa hotel
Importance of some of the event venues located in Qatar
1. Dana Club- Dana Club is located in Al Khuwair in Doha. This club caters world class
venue for organizing conferences with sufficient and secure parking along with a

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close proximity to the business district of Doha (Yusuf, 2014). The conference rooms
provided by them facilitate about eight floor plans for the seating arrangements.
2. Sheraton Grand Doha Hotel- It is located at the Al Corniche Street of Doha (Furlan,
2016). It falls under the chain of Marriott International heestotels and was built in the
year 1980. Along with a space of 80,000 sq. ft., this place is best suited for grand
events, attracting millions of people towards its mesmerizing charm and beauty.
3. Msheireb Enrichment Club- It is a landmarked location that is at present located at the
picturesque Doha Corniche, in a very close proximity to the Sheraton Hotel. The club
is complemented with huge contemporary conference facilities (Hotel & Paradise,
2015).
4. Shangri-La Hotel- With a total meeting space of 15,000 sq.ft, and 272 guest rooms,
this hotel is serving its best to conduct several types of wedding, business or any other
corporate events since its emergence in 2015. The facilities and services that it
provides include onsite catering, onsite restaurant, rental car service, business centre
and AV capabilities. There is also access to outdoor pool and health club. It also
offers seven outlets of creative food and beverages along with nine protean meeting
spaces.
5. Regency Halls- The Regency Halls offers a large range of elegantly designed venues
along with impeccable services and creative cuisines, creating an ideal condition for
almost all types of events and functions ranging from corporate meetings, banquets to
gala dinners and weddings.
6. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum- It has undoubtedly always been a
popular location for entertaining the corporate guests. It is a perfect venue for private
parties and hosting events.

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7. Doha Golf Club- With its tranquil and picturesque landscape, this club is best suited
for business meetings.
8. City Centre Rotana Doha- It is recently opened five star hotel that is located in the
heart of Doha (Mtapuri & Giampiccoli, 2017). It is just few steps away from the
newly built Doha Exhibition and Conference Centre. It is also a hotel, not so much of
meeting spaces but is well furnished and well equipped with a huge number of events
facilities and services. It is best for corporate events.
9. Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence- It is a special event hotel, which offers its
Aspires that has meetings, conference and office rooms along with VIP corporate
rooms and suits. The venue has the potential to host about thirteen different sport
events concurrently.
10. Museum of Islamic Art- It is located at Ad Dawha and is used as a stunning venue for
each and every type of events that ensures an unforgettable experience to the guests
(Salama & Wiedmann, 2016). It has an auditorium that is specially used to press
conference, lectures, product and service launches etc.
11. Qatar Bowling Centre- It is entertainment venue. It caters several kinds of events such
as birthday parties, meetings, corporate events, seminars and various different social
gatherings at a very reasonable price to its customers.
12. Skills Development Centre- It is based in New Salata and caters meeting rooms in
order to conduct workshops, seminars, exhibitions and training programs (Wadi &
Furlan, 2017). It is a special event venue.
13. Mondrian Doha- Mondrian Doha is one of the frequently chosen venues for wedding
events and functions. It has a total space of 30,000 sq. ft. and is well equipped with
loading Dock, Dance floor, Staging area and portable walls.

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14. Oryx Rotana- It is closer to all International airports of Doha and the banking district.
This location allows very easy access to conference, shopping facilities and
entertainment that is offered in the capital city of Qatar. It has total meeting space of
11,000 sq. ft, along with easy access to dance floor, portable walls and Staging area.
15. New York Steakhouse- It is a premiere restaurant located in the region of Doha,
Qatar. It is one of those restaurants to come to for any celebration, event or occasion.
It offers places to the guests in accordance to the events and occasions.
16. Albandar Group of Restaurant- It is one of the reputed groups that serves for each and
every types of multi functional occasions and classes of the guests. It consists of 3
levels at the recently renovated and redesigned Souq Waqif and gives the guests the
most spectacular insight of the central city of the district of Qatar, Doha.
Conclusion
Hence, to sum up, it can be said that Qatar is serving the national and international
guests will a large list of destinations for all kinds of events they want to organize. It has a
real bunch of versatile event venues that have the capability to serve every needs and
requirements of the guests in context to their events. Starting from Dana Club, Oryx Rotana
to Albandar Group of Restaurant and Museum of Islamic Art; the capital city of Qatar is
loaded with the top rated event venues that are well facilitated, beautifully furnished and
technically advanced.

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