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Qatar Airways introduces Travel Festival deals

31 Aug 2016 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

Qatar Airways’ enormously popular Travel Festival is back, giving travellers across the world the opportunity to enjoy dream deals to inspiring places – as well as having the chance to win fantastic prizes.


From August 29 to September 5, 2016, the Qatar Airways Travel Festival will take travellers to some of the world’s favourite holiday destinations, with companion promotions offering two-for-one fares, discounts of up to 45 percent and book more and save more, all available on travel between September 15, 2016 and June 30, 2017. The Festival also includes special deals for hotels, as well as discounted holiday extras such as car rental.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club Members can also earn triple Qmiles for bookings made during the Travel Festival. 


As well as benefiting from the Travel Festival’s phenomenal prices, travellers also have the chance to win special prizes throughout the eight-day event. More than 600 prizes will be given away throughout the Festival, with highlights including a pair of ‘around the world’ air travel tickets in collaboration with Qatar Airways and oneworld, and the chance to win a pair of tickets to attend Qatar Airways-sponsored FC Barcelona matches, as well as signed football jerseys. Complimentary upgrades will also be awarded, giving travellers the opportunity to experience the World’s Best Business Class service. Free Economy Class flights for travel on the airline’s global network will also be up for grabs, as well as five Qatar Airways Holiday packages, shopping vouchers to spend in Qatar Duty Free and 
much more.


Qatar Airways Chief Commercial Officer Dr. Hugh Dunleavy said, “The Qatar Airways Travel Festival first launched in January this year gaveour customers a unique platform through which to enjoy some of the very best deals available. This time throughout the Travel Festival, our passengers will be able to choose from some even more  incredible packages and travel deals, empowering them to explore the world, and offering them the chance of winning some incredible prizes too. We want to inspire people to not only dream about travelling, but to makethose dreams a reality.”


Offers available throughout the Travel Festival will be applicable on Economy and Business Class return airfares to the more than 150 destinations worldwide that Qatar Airways flies to, including in the Americas, Middle East, Europe 
and Africa.


To avail the Travel Festival offers, customers can visit qatarairways.com/travelfestival. Alternatively, they can visit any Qatar Airways sales office and any appointed travel partner to book. 
Travellers will enjoy going places on Qatar Airways’ expanding network of more than 150 destinations, flying via one of the world’s top 10 airports, Hamad International Airport in Doha. Passengers can now discover new destinations added to the airline’s network in 2016, including Los Angeles (USA), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), Sydney (Australia), Boston (USA), Birmingham (UK), Yerevan (Armenia), Atlanta (USA), Marrakech (Morocco) and Pisa (Italy).