FIFA organisers and government officials had previously “blocked off 80 percent of the country’s standard hotel rooms”.
Thousands of hotel rooms in Qatar which had previously been blocked off by FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 organisers are being released to the general public for booking, Bloomberg reported. Some properties are “still under construction,” Bloomberg said, with only two months to go before kick-off.
The Qatar Supreme Committee and the FIFA governing body had previously held back the rooms, in order to prioritse the teams in the competition, sponsors and their guests, royal guests, officials and fans who had booked hospitality packages.
Additionally, hotels are expected to open more rooms in early October. “The availability picture will become much, much broader,” Guy Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive of Rotana Hotel Management Corp., said in an interview with Bloomberg.
Hutchinson added: “A lot of those concerns are going to be answered in the very short term.” He expects occupancy at his properties to be 90 per cent or higher for the duration of the tournament, Bloomberg said.
