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Business Profile

Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al-Thani, began his business in 1964 with a small company that trades in automobile spare parts.Today his company has expanded to a multi-million dollar organization comprising over 30 companies employing 3000 staff located in various parts of the world.

Hospitality & Leisure

• Rydges Hotel  (Australian 4 Star Chain)

• Merweb Hotel  (Qatari 4 Star Chain)

• Indoor State of the Art Amusement Parks

• Travel Agents & Tour Operators

Under Construction

• Shangri-la Hotel (Asian 5+ Star Chain)

• Shangri-la Executive Apartments

• Marriott Renaissance Hotel (American 5 Star Chain)

• Courtyard Marriott Hotel (American 4 Star Chain)

• Marriott Executive Apartments

• Rotana Hotel & Towers (Gulf 4 Star Chain)

• Rotana Executive Apartments

City Center Doha

• 300,000 sqm

• The largest shopping mall in the middle east

• One of the ten largest in the world

• Managed by ECE, a subsidiary of the Otto Group

Property Division

• the largest & most exclusive residential compounds (over 500 villas)

• various residential apartments buildings

• various commercial complexes

• currently over five residential and office towers under development

Construction Division

• Gettco Contracting (Grade A construction company)

• Qatar Modern Maintenance Company (Grade A 

Electromechanical Contractor

• Gettco Road Constructions

• Gettco Ready-mix

• Gulf Rocks (Aggregate distributor)

• Lynx Qatar (GRC)

• Gettco Contracting Services

Education Services

• CHN University Doha (one of the top universities in the Netherlands)

• Gulf English School (one of the largest  private schools in Qatar)

Medicine (over 50% of Qatari market)

Agents for:

Medicine: Roche, Novartis, Janssen-Cilag, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Solvay, Julphar …

Medical Equipment: Drager, Aesculape, General Electric, Heine, Fisher, Albyn, Alaris …

Other: B.Braun, Johnson & Johnson…

Trading

Agents for:

• Bridgestone Tires

• Total Oil

• Paints 56% of Qatari market (AKZO Sikkens,PPG USA, R-M Paints, AME, Kemipol)

• Napco Consumer Products

• Others

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Services Provided:

• Refrigeration design, fabrication & installation

• Air-Conditioning supply & installation

• Catering Equipment supply & installation

• Maintenance

Agents for:

• Mitsubishi Electrics

• General Electric - GE

• Costane Refrigeration Equipment

Foodstuffs (3rd Largest Distributor in Qatar)

Agents for:

• Loacker

• Foster Clark

• Edible Oils Savola, Afia, Karan, Shams

• Al Alali Food Products

• Others

Transportation Services

• The largest land transportation company in

   Qatar, fleet comprising:

160 Mercedes, Hino, Man & Scania Trucks

180 Trailer Units (30 to 150 tonnes)

Cranes & Heavy , Moving equipment

• Qatar Trans Shipping Company

Sponsorship & Business Promotion Services

• Germanischer Lioyd

• Maersk Oil

• Securitas

• DHL

• Tanker Pacific

• Jotun Paints

• Baytur Construction

• Others

International Investments

• Al Rayan Algerian Bank

• Al Rayan Insurance

• International Real Estates

• World Trade Center Algeria

• Office Towers Algeria

• Tourist Village Algeria (Hotel, Retail & Residential)

• Office Building, Retail Complexes & Lands in other operating locations