World Petroleum Congress - 2014

[lockmat]

They're trying to get it to come here, and apparently it's a huge event. Maybe some of you are familiar with it? Anyone ever been?

A delegation from the City of Houston, along with its tourism arm, the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau (GHCVB), is in Qatar seeking support for Houston’s bid to host the 21st annual World Petroleum Congress in 2014. Houston, the fourth largest city in the US, is in competition with Moscow and Bogota to host the prestigious event, the 2011 edition of which is scheduled to be hosted by Doha. “If we can get the 2014 World Petroleum Congress to come to Houston, we feel that the centre of the petroleum industry will have met in its two most important capitals one right after the other,” GHCVB’s senior vice president of tourism Jorge Franz said.

“The World Petroleum Congress 2014, which is expected to bring 9,000 people from across the world, would have an economic impact of over $25mn for Houston,” explained Franz who described both Doha and Houston as energy capitals.

“Business from Qatar is very important and highly valued by the City of Houston,” stated Abashawl, who expects a doubling of daily flights between Doha and Houston, given the increased growth in passengers, on account of stronger business and social ties between the two cities

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=352513&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

[crunchtastic]

It's pretty tiny compared to the OTC, but sounds like it would be a great fit for the city.

[KinkaidAlum]

Interesting to hear that he expects Qatar Airlines to go to double daily flights. I was wondering which airline would be the first to do that (QR or EK- Emirates) since both are doing VERY WELL with loads above 90%.