Passengers who wish to stay a little longer can book a second night’s stay for a $50 booking fee. Passengers can choose from hotels such as The Four Seasons, Marriott Marquis, Radisson Blu and Oryx Rotana.
Qatar Airways has launched a stopover package in partnership with Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), offering transit passengers across its network the opportunity to discover Doha with free luxury hotel stays and complimentary transit visas.
The offer is part of a broader campaign called +Qatar which looks to encourage all transit passengers to consider adding Qatar to their itinerary.
The national carrier, with the support of QTA, will give passengers the chance to turn a layover into a stayover by offering a free one-night hotel stay from a selection of the country’s best four- and five-star hotels in the capital, Doha.
Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said, “Qatar Airways is more than just a national flag-carrier for Qatar; we are proudly patriotic and want to share Qatar’s many exciting attractions with our passengers from around the world.”
Chief tourism development officer, Qatar Tourism Authority, Hassan Al-Ibrahim, said, “We launched the transit visa last November and have already seen a surge in stopover passengers, with a 53 per cent increase recorded in March 2017, compared to the same month last year.
“With the launch of +Qatar, we aim to convert a larger portion of the 30 million passengers passing through Hamad International Airport into stopover visitors.”
Passengers who wish to stay a little longer can book a second night’s stay for a $50 booking fee. Passengers can choose from hotels such as The Four Seasons, Marriott Marquis, Radisson Blu and Oryx Rotana.
The free hotel accommodation, available throughout the summer, will offer passengers the opportunity to explore Doha and experience city tours, desert safari adventures or a dinner cruise aboard a traditional dhow.
To be eligible for this offer, passengers need to book their flight on www.qatarairways.com, select ‘multi-city’ and choose their hotel once they receive their flight confirmation.
The online transit visa application is also free and is eligible for those in transit between five and 96 hours. This ground breaking offer is available for all Qatar Airways passengers, both Premium and Economy.
Qatar Airways’ newly created destination management company, Discover Qatar, has launched this offer with QTA.
Terms and conditions of free Stopover offer
• Booking validity: 1 May to 31 August 2017.
• Travel validity: 7 May to 30 September 2017. All travel must be completed by 30 September 2017.
• Offer is valid for flights booked with Qatar Airways on qatarairways.com with Multi-city ticket booking.
• Offer valid for Qatar Airways confirmed ticket holders only.
• Qatar Airways E-ticket number is required to be entered at the payment page. Maximum of one booking is allowed per E-ticket number.
• Offer is available on Qatar Airways flights transiting through Doha during onward or return journey. (E.g. London – Doha – Bangkok).
• A minimum transiting time of 12 hours is required to be eligible for this offer.
• Not applicable on codeshare flights.