Entertainment and a host of signature activities were enjoyed by everyone as they feasted on the wonderful 5 star dishes served up some of Qatar’s finest hotels and restaurants.
A huge crowd pleaser was the Qatar Airways Cooking Theatre which was filled with enthusiastic audience members, happy to participate in cooking demonstrations conducted by a number of chefs over the four days, including Chef Ramzi Choueiri and Chef Vineet Bhatia, both of whom are culinary ambassadors for Qatar Airways.
His Excellency Eng Issa Al-Mohannadi, Chairman of Qatar Tourism Authority, commented: “We at QTA have been thrilled with the turn out on each day of this year’s festival, which exceeded everyone’s expectations. It is events like the festival that really highlight what Qatar has to offer visitors. This festival introduces visitors to our culture and really solidifies Qatar’s reputation as an upscale, family friendly tourist destination, complete with 5 star restaurants and entertainment. The Museum Of Islamic Art Park was the perfect location for this year’s festival, and we wanted to promote it as a unique tourist destination in the country. We are already looking forward to next year’s event.”
His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, said: “Qatar Airways is extremely pleased with the fantastic turn out at this year’s festivities which proved to be a record in the history of the festival. We worked hard with our partners QTA to bring our standard 5 star quality to the festival and hope that everyone and their families enjoyed their experience. Qatar Airways was happy to part of such a great community event and look forward to more in the future.”
QTA and Qatar Airways launched a contest on twitter to promote the event on social media. The response was enthusiastic with close to 2,000 tweeters participating from Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The three lucky winners; Linzi Gaston, Ahmed Fahed Al Kuwari and Jason Suen, each won a ticket to Dinner in the Sky, where they enjoyed a 3 course meal catered by W Hotel Doha seated at a table suspended 50 metres above ground.
