25/10/2017
In the interest of developing and supporting productive families, Qatar Chamber (QC) announced that it will organize the “SOUQ HAL QATAR” exhibition in cooperation with Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall.
This came during the press conference held on Wednesday 25th October, 2017 at the chamber’s headquarter in the attendance of Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall’s chairman HE Sheikh Suhaim bin Khalid Al Thani, QC’s Assistant Director-General for Governmental and International Relations Ali Bu Sherbak Al Mansouri , Vice Chairman of the group of Companies Mohamed Hussein Al Ali and Feroz Moideen, General Manager of Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall.
The exhibition is scheduled to be held from 8th November to 8th December 2017 at Hyatt Plaza.
The month-long expo aims to support productive families and home-made and handcrafts entrepreneurs, through providing a platform for local micro-enterprises to showcase a wide range of goods produced by home-based businesses including clothes, food, perfumes and accessories
It provides a platform for local micro-enterprises to showcase a wide range of goods produced by home-based businesses including clothes, food, perfumes and accessories.
Commenting on the exhibition, Hyatt Plaza chairman HE Sheikh Suhaim bin Khalid Al Thani said that: “We believe in supporting the Qatari productive families, as they play a vital role in creating a sustainable and diversified economy,”
He added that Souq Hal Qatar exhibition is part of providing a suitable environment to market Qatari home-based products and to support and encourage home-based projects in compliance with the wise leadership’s vision to diversify economy and achieve self-reliance in various industries.
Ali Bu Sherbak Al Mansouri, QC’s Assistant Director-General for Governmental and International Relations, said that the expo comes as part of the chamber’s commitment to supporting 32 productive families and helping them to promote and develop their own products.
He noted that the exhibition aims at developing Qatari home-made businesses and providing a good opportunity for entrepreneurs to display their products to reach all local consumers.
Al Mansouri pointed out that the chamber is always keen to extend all its support to productive families, enhance their skills and assist them in marketing their products locally and internationally.
QC has already facilitated the participation of productive families in a number of exhibitions such as Made in Qatar, Made in China and Expo Turkey, he added; assuring that this helped them to develop their products and opened new external channels for marketing their products.
In his turn, Mohamed Hussein Al Ali, Vice Chairman of the group of Companies owned by Sheikh Suhaim bin Khaled Al Thani, said: “We are keen to implement many community projects like “SOUQ HAL QATAR”, all of which aim to serve the Qatari population and Qatari productive families,”
He hoped that the exhibition would support Qatari products and Qatari productive families, calling upon other organizations to make similar efforts in supporting such projects.
“We are committed to providing all possible means of support to Qatari productive families through upcoming events,” he noted.
Feroz Moideen, General Manager of Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall, said that “SOUQ HAL QATAR” is a strategic project that would support the Qatari home-based businesses and provide them an opportunity to promote their products in a well-established mall like Hyatt Plaza Shopping Mall.
He pointed out that Hyatt Plaza, which consistently focuses on serving the community, is the perfect place for micro businesses to reach out and introduce their products to the public.
We are excited to support this initiative and we strongly believe that this will be one destination that shoppers in Qatar cannot afford to miss, he added.
