Qatar Airways and Qatar Duty Free (QDF) are pleased to sponsor the Qatar
ExxonMobil Open 2019 tournament on its 27th edition taking place at the
Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, from today.
The Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019 tournament, one of two ATP World Tour
events held in the Middle East, hosts many of the world’s best tennis
players including world number one Serbian tennis player, Novak
Djokovic.
Qatar Airways Senior Vice-President Marketing and Corporate
Communications, Salam al-Shawa, said: “Qatar Airways is thrilled to
bring the world’s top tennis players to Qatar to compete at the
state-of-the-art Khalifa International Tennis & Squash complex.
Being the Official Airline Sponsor of the world renowned Qatar
ExxonMobil Open 2019 tournament is a major highlight on Qatar’s sporting
calendar and marks a great beginning to the start of the new year.
“We continue to support the emergence of sports in Qatar and being the
bridge to welcome world champions to our country. Our longstanding
sponsorship of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open tournaments each year shows our
commitment to the Qatar 2030 vision to become a global sports
destination. We look forward to showcasing our world-class hospitality
and wish all the players the best of luck.”
Qatar Duty Free Vice President Operations, Thabet Musleh, said: “Qatar
Duty Free is once again proud to sponsor the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019
tournament.
“Sport brings people together and we are delighted to be able to
contribute to bringing this significant global sporting event to people
around the world. We have participated in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for
more than 10 years and we are committed to supporting the Qatar 2030
vision. We look forward to hosting visitors in our booth at the public
village for some entertainment before and after the matches, and to
welcoming players and spectators alike through our home and hub Hamad
International Airport. We wish them a successful tournament.”
Qatar Airways and Qatar Duty Free will mark their presence at the
tournament by hosting special booths, offering visitors a taste of their
award-winning services. The Qatar Airways booth will feature an
interactive green screen where tennis fans can get their photos printed
in virtual backgrounds such as upcoming destinations and on an aircraft.
The QDF booth will feature a guessing game accompanied by a photo
opportunity, visitors will have to guess the number of branded balls in
an acrylic box and share it on social media for a chance to win prizes
offered by Qatar Duty Free.
In May 2017, Qatar Airways announced a groundbreaking sponsorship deal
with FIFA, which saw the award-winning airline become the Official
Partner and Official Airline of FIFA until 2022.
The partnership, one of the biggest sporting sponsorships in the world,
will give Qatar Airways extensive marketing and branding rights at the
2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
The agreement also sees Qatar Airways become the Official Airline
Partner of the 2019 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup, the FIFA U-20
World Cup, the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and
the FIFA eWorld Cup.
The airline has an existing sponsorship strategy with premier sporting
clubs around the world. Qatar Airways recently revealed multi-year
sponsorship agreements with several sports entities, which includes
being official airline sponsor of CONMEBOL professional football
competitions across South America for the next 4.5 years including the
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana and the CONMEBOL
Recopa.
In addition to the tennis, Qatar Duty Free has also sponsored the
Commercial Bank Golf Masters since 2009 and, this year, extended its
sponsorship of this sport to the annual TFWA conference in Cannes which
welcomes more than 3,000 duty free and travel retail brands and 500
international exhibitors, reaching over 2,000 key executives from major
landlords and duty free retailers.
Qatar Duty Free was awarded ‘Airport Retailer of the Year’ at the 2018
DFNI Global Awards. In April, the leading airport retailer was
recognised at the PAX International Readership Award, when Qatar Airways
won ‘Best In-Flight Duty-Free Program’ for the Middle East and Africa
and was acknowledged as an industry leader for its outstanding in-flight
duty-free service, which is operated by Qatar Duty Free.
The national carrier of the State of Qatar is one of the world’s
fastest-growing airlines, with a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft
flying to over 160 business and leisure destinations across six
continents.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic has reached Doha for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019 yesterday.