Another trip around the Middle East last Wednesday, this time a short hope on the plane over to Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, for a morning of meetings. So you don't think it's all fun and travel, and hard work is actually invovled, the first meeting was at 7.30am, the second at 9.00am, the third at 10.00am, the fourth at 10.45am, then back to the airport for the 12.40 flight back to AD for another meeting at 3pm! Saying that, a few of our meetings were in the top hotels, and we were treated to a much needed and very welcome breakfast at the Sharq Village and Spa (check it out here www.sharqvillage.com). Work wise it was actually a good day. I'd have thought that out of 5 meetings, at least one wouldn't have been fruitful, but they all went very well and in some cases better than expected!
Like Bahrain, Qatar was dusty and also seemed underdeveloped, and didn't seem as there was as much wealth as Dubai and AD, more normal cars on the streets rather than Porsches, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Hummers etc. which is quite suprising as Qatar has one of the highest and fastest growing GDPs in the world and is the richest of all the GCC states.
Good thing for us is it offers a great opportunity with potential, which I am pretty confident will happen in the next few months.
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