Project Name: Silhouette Tower
Height: 290 meters
Floors: 59 floors
Project Start: 2006
Project End: 30 months (2009)
Location: West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Function: 324 Residential Apartments
Car Parking: 534 Cars
Cost: $100 million

Hi, this is an amazing tower, hope it gets built. I've translated the french text, excuse my french, didn't use it in a long time so it will for sure have grammatical mistakes, but oh well. Looks like this one could be just under 300m with that spire:

This tower is defined as follows: 59 stages including/understanding: 52 stages of technical residences 5 stages (17-38-56-57-58) 1 rez-of-fitted. and a first stage intended for the activities and 3 buried levels of carpark for a total of 282 places Apartments: The 52 levels of appartements break up as follows: 35 levels of 8 apartments 2 levels of 5 apartments 2 levels of 4 apartments 13 levels of 2 apartments is a total of 324 apartments Height of the last apartment 208m.

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WOW! thanks alot!

I think they are calling it doha tower, coz a very similiar building in a very close location is being built. I really need to go around with my camera, there is alot going on!!

But i knida hate the location, it will clash with its surrondings!

so this one is u/c already. any ideas of the exact height qatar4ver? Besides the fact that the last floor is at 208 m.

great, this is what i have waited for!
qatar4ever, would be great if you could some photos when you're back

This is an amazing tower!! All-glass, no balconies, amazing design. Doha's towers are much better looking than Dubai's, IMO.

qatar4ever - any news on the status?

QIB to finance Silhouette Tower

doha • Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has signed a contract worth QR365m for financing the 'Silhouette' Tower project.

The 59-storey tower will be located in the West Bay. It will feature a ground floor and a two-level basement and will house 351 flats of different sizes and a car park to accommodate 520 vehicles.

The project's planned completion period is 30 months, after which it will be rented via a denominated lease contract.

The relevant performance documents were executed between Salah Al Jaidah, QIB Chief Executive Officer; Prof Abdullatif Al Meer, QIB's Business Group C O; Adel Hassan, QIB's Executive Manager, Corporate Financing and Mohammed Ajaj Al Kobaissi, owner of the project.

The contracting agreement was signed on behalf of 'Al Seif' Trading and Contracting, by its General Manager, Eng Ala'uddin bin Abdullah and the consultant agreement was signed on behalf of Sesco, consultant for the project, by its General Manager, Eng Ahmed Sheikha.

Speaking on the occasion, Al Meer said the contract was the largest funding made to a local property project and noted that it would consolidate the bank's participation in financing macro projects.

Hassan said that the project constituted a qualitative addition to the bank's achievements in the field of property financing.

This tower is already up to 6 stories high!

how do u know?

how do u know?

Ummm... I saw it! I took a photo, but as you know, I'll upload it later when I reach UAE.

lol so you were in doha thats good and its good to here that its rising

It's exellent how tall it is

It was taken in the night, so it might not be very clear:

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^^ Well it is clear they are kind of advanced! And it is clear this tower is gonna be one of the best in West Bay! :)

I didn't know that they reached this level .... good job ! :)

Halawala... Just a tip.
At night, with ineffective flash (or none at all) plus motion... Always use manual settings in your cam :)
But, thanks for the pic anyway! :D

Halawala... Just a tip.
At night, with ineffective flash (or none at all) plus motion... Always use manual settings in your cam :)
But, thanks for the pic anyway! :D

Thanks for the tip. Im just a begginer though in digital photography. Anyway, the building is like 3 buildings away from the Criminal Courts building so I couldnt take my time and take better shots.

I realized something. I accidently took a photo of Silloutte tower while taking a shot of the Qatar Navigation Tower.
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They still have a long way to go... :)

cool pics...

March 03, 2006

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Its rising up fast, and becoming a true beauty. Thanks Suzan!

Guys, any updates? How tall is it now? Does it show in the skyline? Also, the height for this tower is a soaring 290 meters--making it the tallest residential building in Qatar, and the third tallest residential tower in the world!*

1. Q1 Tower Gold Coast City 323 m 1,058 ft 78 2005
2. Eureka Tower Melbourne 297 m 975 ft 91 2006
3. Millennium Tower Dubai 285 m 935 ft 60 2006

*if the true final height of the tower is 290 m. then it will fit in as the 3rd tallest in the world based on the listings in http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/ty/rs/

WOW!!!!!!!
Here we goo!!!

that's one cool info! and wasn't this named 'Zubara tower' b4?? i guess i heard it..

Is it the same as Zubara Tower?

Is it the same as Zubara Tower?

after going through Zubara Tower, i guess its not..though tey resemble somewhat similar..

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=alzubaratower-doha-qatar

Guys, any updates? How tall is it now? Does it show in the skyline? Also, the height for this tower is a soaring 290 meters--making it the tallest residential building in Qatar, and the third tallest residential tower in the world!*

1. Q1 Tower Gold Coast City 323 m 1,058 ft 78 2005
2. Eureka Tower Melbourne 297 m 975 ft 91 2006
3. Millennium Tower Dubai 285 m 935 ft 60 2006

*if the true final height of the tower is 290 m. then it will fit in as the 3rd tallest in the world based on the listings in http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/ty/rs/
Great news! 3rd is pretty good!
But we need some new pics!!

Another source says it would be a 300m tower! donno, if they rounded off to make it look simple......if this is true, it should be 2nd tallest res tower in d world!! ya Allah!

this tower is rising very fast. can someone take some pictures and post.

i think dubai is going to build worlds tallest residential tower ...heard that it is under construction

you are right......Nowadays, Dubai enjoy being second to none..

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It's already very high - 20 floors.

^^ If 20 floors and its high, how will it look with 59 floorsssssssssssssss :crazy:

^^^ yeah, imagine city center towers are only 50 stories high and they are already high. Then imagine how it will looks when this building is 50 floors high I bet it will looks like the tallest thing in the skyline.

Not so recent but better than nothing!! :)

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great picture atleast its more updated than the 20 floors pic:banana:

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great...can't wait for this tower to get completed...

how many floors is this now?

i think around 35 floors :banana:

thats really sweet.....how long does it still need to get over with........less than year right.....?

well since they have 24 floors to go plus pot the facade and the wiring of the towers a/c's blahblah blah i would say at minimum 7 months at maximum 10 months

they have already started on the S/C.....but yeah i would give it about the same time......MAX a year though.....it will look lovely...

S/C ????? what that !!!!

A/C.........my bad

thank god because i was waiting for a reply i never new that S/C exsisted btw i still cant wait for this tower to finish it looks so modren and lots of facade:cheers:

yea, one of the best towers indeed....

i am just imaging how is it like to live on the 55th storey for example.........woooow wonderful........over-viewing the whole cityyyy.........isn't that amazing

not really it will be scarey for me to be up there but yes the view will be really nice

this thing is buiding very fast ... infact silently...

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mabrook suzan on making the update :D thanks for the picture this tower will be among the best including convention tower barwa tower and dubai towers :D

WoW! Impressive progress there!!

Looks massive, especially when you are going towards City Center Round About from 4 seasons roundabout.

nice............

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I could count 40-42 stories on this giant! Still, I predict this will be tallest building when completed in Doha after the Aspire Tower. (not including Dubai Towers, and Barwa tower, which are due to complete next decade)

wow high indeed LOL at the next dacade thing but yeah i hope barwa tower is built but what about the convetion center and tower ?

Its 220 meters in height, and it was originally intended tobe 250 meters but they had to curtail the height due to runway approach purposes! Its also a hotel.

Source: Architect in the project.

Tall baby!
Thx Massilia

a hotel !!!!!!!11 i thought it was a resedential tower oh well the more the better

Its 220 meters in height, and it was originally intended tobe 250 meters but they had to curtail the height due to runway approach purposes! Its also a hotel.

Source: Architect in the project.

interesting!, in that case i believe the oryx tower will also have the same issue.

Hello everybody.

And, yes. It's now a program for a hotel . A decision taken little time ago by the client. in the current of July or June.

^^I'm not surprised. Like I said the other day, hospitality business is currently a gold mine in here. Owners are lured into turning their buildings into hotels, even at the last minute...it's worth it. I've seen some hotel financials: more profitable you die!

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this tower is very fast rising compared to its huge size !!!!!!!!!! :D:D:D

merci suzan ;)

WooooooooooooW

very tall !!

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Giant tower!!
This is what we should call it! :lol:

That is indeed a giant! Im sure it looks more massive in person!

yeah when i pass by that area i could see that hude, wide, concrete white tower rising !lol it seems the lower part of the tower is getting some kind of facade, thanks bert :D

Merci pour les photos Massilia. Heureusement que vous êtes là pour que je puisse regarder grandir mon bébé.
Oups, sorry.
Thanks for the pictures Massilia. fortunately, you are there so that I could watch my "baby" grow up.

^^ please TRANSLATE that ! not everybody understands french ! i only got it till Massilia the rest.... nope.

Q-Son, the 2 sentences are the same, the first one in french the second in english lol

De rien Alcyone : )

^^ thats because he edited it :D

Its really huge!!

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yeah really huge...

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts

January 22, 2008


InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with H.E. Mohammed Bin Ajaj Al-Kubaisi to develop InterContinental Doha West Bay in Qatar. Targeted to open by March 2009, the 60-storey tower will be located in the city center close to both the main shopping precinct and business district.

The 540-room property, which will comprise both hotel rooms and serviced apartments, is the second InterContinental in the Qatari capital and will cater to the rapidly increasing demand from both the intra-regional and international luxury business and conference sectors.

Andy Cosslett, Chief Executive, InterContinental Hotels Group, said, “Having hosted the Asian Games in 2006 and invested extensively in the tourism sector, Doha has established itself as a key player in the Middle East with a high international profile. The fact that we are developing a second InterContinental in the city is testament to Doha’s progression and its ambitious plan to invest US$15 billion in the tourism infrastructure and increase the number of tourists by 150% by 2010.”

“There are currently 10 further InterContinental properties in the development pipeline across the Middle East and Africa region and with a Holiday Inn hotel also set to open in the city, InterContinental Hotels Group is clearly committed to the expansion of this exciting destination,” continued Cosslett.

H.E. Mohammed Bin Ajaj Al-Kubaisi, who signed the agreement with Cosslett, said, “We are delighted to partner with InterContinental Hotels Group on this prestigious project and we look forward to creating a market-leading product that exactly meets the demands of the increasingly sophisticated traveler arriving in Doha every day. InterContinental Doha West Bay will stand out as an iconic building in the centre of this thriving city and we’re confident it will quickly build a global reputation for excellence.”

InterContinental Doha West Bay will have a state-of-the-art conference center, which is expected to attract corporate and government-related businesses to the city, looking for high-quality meetings, incentive, conference and exhibition (MICE) facilities. Doha is also diversifying its product, by pursuing specialized markets such as education and sports-related tourism.

A Club Lounge and business center will be made available to business class guests and the property will also offer luxurious rooms and amenities as standard, focusing on giving guests insider knowledge on Doha, allowing them to discover the best the destination has to offer.

Food and beverage outlets will include an all-day dining restaurant and lounge (seating more than 200 guests) a steak house, and a Sushi and Dim Sum venue. Further restaurants will be located on the 55th and 56th levels.

While a gourmet shop at the lobby level is being specially designed to support Residence Suites guests, a gym, spa and outdoor swimming pool will be integrated into the contemporary hotel design on the 46th floor.



I think this will be the new Intercontential Doha West Bay, since the owner is Ajjaj Al-Kubaisi?

^^
Yes, that must be it :)

^^ Great! More hotels in West Bay. Its going to be huge, already this tower is dominating the skyline--the tallest building in West Bay currently.

^^
And the good thing is that everything is high-end. Shangri-La, W, Intercontinental, Grand Hyatt etc. There are not many luxury chains now missing. Maybe Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula.
Doha rocks :banana:

wasn't suppose to be Residential Apartments.........? i though it was the 3rd highest Residential Apartments building in the world

check 3 pages back and you will understand.... they changed it from a residential tower to a hotel :) which is much better

ohh wooow.....that a high one then......they already started with the cladding.....i saw it going to work yesterday.........will try taking pics of that and post them ASAP....

ohhhh so that article is basically talking about this tower......so this is the new intercontinental....?

They already started the claddingg........notice at the bottem.....they had more glass on the other side.....but weren't able to take a pic......maybe next time i am there......

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Wow so this is hoing to be one huge black coloured tower ? it will look like sears when completed with black facade

Deal signed for 60-storey hotel

INTERCONTINENTAL Hotels & Resorts has signed an agreement with Mohamed bin Ajaj al-Kubaisi to develop InterContinental Doha West Bay in Qatar.
Targeted to open by March 2009, the 60-storey tower will be located in the city close to the main shopping precinct and business district.
The 540-room property, which will comprise hotel rooms and serviced apartments, is the second InterContinental in Doha and will cater to the rapidly increasing demand from both the intra-regional and international luxury business and conference sectors.
Andy Cosslett, chief executive of InterContinental Hotels Group, said: “Having hosted the Asian Games in 2006 and invested extensively in the tourism sector, Doha has established itself as a key player in the Middle East with a high international profile. The fact we are developing a second InterContinental in the city is testament to Doha’s progression and its ambitious plan to invest $15bn in the tourism infrastructure and increase the number of tourists by 150% by 2010.”
“There are currently 10 further InterContinental properties in the development pipeline across the Middle East and Africa region and with a Holiday Inn hotel also set to open in the city, InterContinental Hotels Group is clearly committed to the expansion of this exciting destination,” Cosslett added.
Mohammed bin Ajaj al-Kubaisi, who signed the agreement with Cosslett, said: “We are delighted to partner with InterContinental Hotels Group on this prestigious project and we look forward to creating a market-leading product that exactly meets the demands of the increasingly sophisticated traveller arriving in Doha every day. InterContinental Doha West Bay will stand out as an iconic building in the centre of this thriving city and we’re confident it will quickly build a global reputation for excellence.”
InterContinental Doha West Bay will have a state-of-the-art Conference Centre.
A Club Lounge and business centre will be made available to business class guests. Food and beverage outlets will include an all-day dining restaurant and lounge, seating more than 200 guests, a steak house, and a sushi and dim sum venue. Further restaurants will be located on the 55th and 56th levels.
While a gourmet shop at the lobby level is being specially designed to support Residence Suites guests, a gym, spa and outdoor swimming pool will be integrated into the contemporary hotel design on the 46th floor.
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has just opened its 150th hotel globally at Dubai Festival City and currently has 35 properties and 10,584 rooms in the Middle East and Africa region alone.

This is a giant, and its going to be a hotel, fantastic news.


I have been in Doha almost 2 years and seen these buildings come up, its really exciting everytime you goto Westbay there are another 10 stories on every building.


In 2 years Doha has gotton better and better, in another 2 years who knows what it will be like.


Really exciting times here. :)

Don't hold your breath sunshine!

Looks HUGE from far away!

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Excellent photo halawala :D I'll give A+ for it. hehe

can't imagine this tower in Doha, just too huge comparing with the others.

like whoa thanks for the pictures but is that black facade ??? or is it just the picture....

wow looks amazing
but this tower tock long time to build

like whoa thanks for the pictures but is that black facade ??? or is it just the picture....

No maybe the low sunlight being reflected from the glass.

Well the cladding is indeed dark shaded glass...it certainly is different from the render (which is blueish). I'll wait to see more in order to have an opinion. However I totally agree, this tower is so fat and tall, a real monster! : P

^^ hmmm maybe it will be somthing like doha's own sears tower !! and your absolutly right it does dominate the skyline ! visible from all angles in the west bay area even from alsadd !

Just a quick update on this tower: the contractor has been fired from the project after asking for variation orders of a huge amount, however the owner was subsequently proved right in doing so by the court. A new tender is being organized for finishing up the tower now that this story has been cleared legally...

So I assume no March 2009 opening? :ohno:

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WTF, no the state will not allow that to happen, they will do the same thing as what happened to Alnasr towers, pass it on to another company which was ICT Qatar..... this is not that hotel in Korea that was dormant for 20+ years which suprisingly is getting finished now...

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we will see, oh and betting is haram, just to let you know...

Duh, obviously its North Korea dom dom....

Lol, just look at the peninsula and it says industries qatar posts a profit (not for last year)

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Dude wtf, make a thread, dont put everything on another topic !!

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^^dude what's your point exactly in ruining the threads??
Everybody knows that Qatar is on planet earth and has been affected by the crisis. You just have to look at the stock market index, which is standing at -50% from just a year ago, which is reflecting the overall investors' sentiment. Nothing is hidden my friend. All these economic data are available in any newspaper daily! Everybody's aware of the overall economic climate! Stop making things up, this is urgent!!

The funniest is that what happened to this tower has nothing to do with the economic crisis. Yep, zero relationship with all the articles you posted :lol::rofl:

Aviduser, ur latest posts in this thread are good, but has nothing to do with this thread. I would suggest creating a thread called the Economic Crisis in Qatar or something like that and you can post those articles there. Be optimistic man! Why so down all the time? :D

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http://www.ameinfo.com/207894.html
Qatar: Saturday, August 29 - 2009 at 12:00
The InterContinental Doha West Bay will open in December 2010, an official from the Doha InterContinental Hotel has told The Peninsula. West Bay hotel will cater to businessmen and corporate events, offering 60-stories with 540 hotel rooms and serviced apartments. The business hotel will have a conference centre, a club lounge and business centre available to guests.

^^The tower is being re-tendered, as a dispute arose between the original contractor and the owner of the tower. Maybe these press releases about the hotel opening in 2010 mean that the contract has been awarded?

Hill to finish Qatar's Silhouette Tower
by Benjamin Millington on Dec 23, 2009

Global consultancy Hill International has been awarded a contract to provide project and construction management services for the Qatar Silhouette Tower – Intercontinental Hotel and Conference Centre in Doha.

A recent statement from Hill said the company’s role is to manage the completion of the 59-storey tower, which has suffered several delays and internal problems since construction began in late 2006.

The statement did not reveal the cost of the contract, but said the current construction cost is estimated at $400 million (QR 1.5 billion), with a completion period of 16 months.

The tower, which includes 365 hotel rooms and 180 serviced apartments, was previously expected to open in March 2009.

Qatar Islamic Bank is financing the project for the owner Mohamed Bin Ajaj Al Kubaisi.

Hill was also recently awarded a contract to provide project management services during the construction of the Al Waab Mall project in Doha.

A statement from Hill said the Al Waab Mall will be a 3-storey retail development with parking facilities for 1,300 cars located in the Fereej Al Amir District at the centre of Doha City.

The $110 million project is expected to be completed by January 2012.

The contract was awarded by HH Sheikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the statement said.

^^ WOOOOOOOW! 1.5 billion riyals for this tower!! Maybe a typo or something!

^^ ????? so ? Qatar railways in 100 Billion Riyals... to be honest.. money is nothing these days...

they have started working on it again . . i saw a piece of a glass being fitted to a window today!

woah, i just though for a second that you typed i saw a piece of glass falling LOL, good its about time it restarts.

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it will be another intercontienental hotel.

cool enterence! . . i think its more than 25% covered by glass now . . i will take a picture when possible!

cool enterence! . . i think its more than 25% covered by glass now . . i will take a picture when possible!

its not on hold anymore :eek2: when did it start construction again ???? this is great news.

its not on hold anymore :eek2: when did it start construction again ???? this is great news.

don't know, but they are putting the glass on since a while now . . i will take a photo today inshalla . . !

Taking on 28 August

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This building really seem tobe going full-paced after being stagnant for a while!

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taken today, almost done with the glass!! . .and i think it's topped out (or is it topped up) XD . .!
sry for the quality it was a bit dark and i was driving PLUS iphone's camera really sucks sometimes! LOL

About time !! So this is definitely another Intercontinental hotel ?

About time !! So this is definitely another Intercontinental hotel ?
yea! . . Intercontinental signs are all around it . . will try to take a pic a post it sometimes ltr :)

It will be nicer than the other Intercon inshalla!

Make a place ya'LL a new InterContinental is in town :)


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The back side :

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The front :

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The Podium:

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Thanks a lot Omar, I didnt know that the glass is darker in the first few floors !!

anytime ;)

The lobby will look pretty big with the metal structure in the bottom! I think its also a ball room with the lobby on top like as in the Grand Hyatt.

Excellent hotel, I think it will be the next "W" Hotel. I never thought the W would be this popular and bring life to that area.

any news about how the work is going in the hotel?

any news about how the work is going in the hotel?

I am not sure about work in the hotel, but on the outside, the glass is fast progressing and the external structure seems to be fast progressing.

yes i mean from outside and the back :)
any new pic?
Thanks Halawala

mm . . i think there isn't a huge amunt of change to take another pic!, they're mainly working on the interior!
it has a nice neon light coming from down till the top of the tower, but they don't switch it on these dayz!
oh, and they have the InterContenintal sign up since few days now! :)

^^ And you say there isnt a lot of change -_-

mm . . i think there isn't a huge amunt of change to take another pic!, they're mainly working on the interior!
it has a nice neon light coming from down till the top of the tower, but they don't switch it on these dayz!
oh, and they have the InterContenintal sign up since few days now! :)

once they do, i'll take a pic! heheeh
otherwise, you'll only see a half-covered logo as a change!! :lol:

once they do, i'll take a pic! heheeh
otherwise, you'll only see a half-covered logo as a change!! :lol:

Well I took a lousy photo, the logo is up!

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cool pic :pp . . merci for sharing

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Nice picture Salman :)

woow
nice
hope the hotel will be fashonable

podium ready, enterence built:
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the name changed to intercontinental The City.

now its better its so beautiful i went into it last week and i went at the top of it i so the best view ever if i go again i will take a pic;)

i love the hotel i was waiting for it to finish since i was little and my dad always showed me the planner and explained it to me and now i dont need a planner i could go inside it next week they are going to show how they will serve things CANT WAIT i want to go tomrrow i will tell my dad

i love the hotel i was waiting for it to finish since i was little and my dad always showed me the planner and explained it to me and now i dont need a planner i could go inside it next week they are going to show how they will serve things CANT WAIT i want to go tomrrow i will tell my dad

Its officially tomorrow! Cant wait to see your pics ;)

InterContinental readies for Qatar opening in Q1

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) will open its new InterContinental Doha The City hotel in the first quarter of 2012.

The new five-star property will be 58 storeys and located in the West Bay business district.

General manager David Todd said: “Our name reflects the style and ambience of the hotel itself and our prime location, in the heart of financial and diplomatic districts of the exclusive West Bay area, will ensure that InterContinental Doha The City mirrors the bold ambitions of the surrounding city.

Todd added: “It is an exciting time for us all as InterContinental Doha The City comes together in the final stages before opening. We are strengthening an established brand in an ambitious and forward-looking city and we are confident with our offering as we look to welcoming our first guests.”