Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category
Qatar Motorshow 2012
24 Jan 2012With VIP passes hanging around our necks, Mavis and I visited the VIP preview of 2012 Qatar Motor Show which opened to Media and VIP Guests yesterday, January 23. We didn’t bother to go yesterday as a lot of the cars would only be unveiled late at night and this afternoon. From experience in attending [...]
Emirates cancels Global Sale in Qatar
In: Abu Dhabi|Middle East|News|Qatar|Qatar Airways|Transportation|UAE
30 Dec 2011I got an email from Emirates regarding their cancellation of their “Global Sale” in Qatar “due to the requirement of governmental pre-approval.” This is quite alarming since “Global Sales” or promotions, especially if done online means you need to have pre-approval from the Qatari Government to conduct them here? Or does this have to do [...]
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- Tags: Emirates, Global Sale, qatar airways
Abu Dhabi to Philippines
In: Abu Dhabi|Middle East|Qatar|Qatar Airways|Transportation|UAE
16 Jul 2011My previous post was cut short as I was called for my turn at the Six Senses Spa in the Pearl Lounge in Abu Dhabi. For those who are going there, my tip is to get a schedule early upon arriving at the lounge. The lounge is quite good but may be small especially when [...]
The Flight so far…
In: Abu Dhabi|Middle East|Personal|Transportation|Travel|Uncategorized
30 Jun 2011It’s the start of our vacation and everything starts wit5h the flight back home. As I’ve blogged a couple of weeks back, we’re taking Etihad this time. We agreed that we’d sleep in the afternoon of yesterday so we’d have enough rest for our red-eye flight at 4:30 AM (Doha Time). Xiane and I were [...]
Qatar Airways 2 day Seat Sale!
In: Bahrain|Middle East|News|Qatar|Qatar Airways|Saudi|Transportation|UAE
27 Jan 2011I got this email from Qatar Airways about their 2-day Seat Sale. The Seat Sale is actually nice if you really do intend to go to Dubai, Bahrain or to the other GCC countries mentioned as the base fare does come out lower than what you typically pay for. However, these rates don’t include any [...]
