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Qatar Airways partners with tour operators
Qatar Airways has partnered with four tour operators from Russia, Italy, the Czech Republic and Ukraine to promote Qatar as an elite destination, Qatar News Agency reported on Tuesday. There will be multiple flights available weekly from these four countries to the Middle Eastern nation, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker said, adding that “we are thrilled to sign agreements with these four major tour operators.” “The Qatari people openly welcome citizens of these countries to come and learn the peacefulness of the Arabian hospitality,” he said. In August, Qatar opened its borders with visa-free entry to more than 80 countries worldwide. from major markets to other DHL operations across the country,” it said in a statement. Fleet operator J B Hunt and retail giant Walmart have also said they would buy the Tesla Semi. Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Semi earlier this month, and promised the electric truck would hit the roads in 2019. Asia, is the engine of chemical demand. It is expected that China will contribute to around 50 percent of all incremental chemicals growth between 2016 and 2025,” said Yousef Al-Banyan, chief executive officer of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. He made the remarks during his keynote speech at the ongoing annual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association forum on Tuesday. synchronized improvement in growth rates across most countries,” the OECD said. Expected robust growth in key European countries would drive the euro zone figure higher to 2.4 percent in 2017 and 2.1 percent in 2018, it said. “The revised projections reflect stronger-than-expected performance in the first half of 2017, in the context of rising employment, accommodative monetary policy and stronger consumption growth and investment,” the OECD said.