Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 19 October, 2016 1:30 pm |

For a limited time only Qatar Airways travellers from United Arab Emirates can redeem a discount of up to 10 per cent off flights across the airline’s global network when booking through their smartphones or tablets.

Travellers can simply type qatarairways.com into their device’s browser and use the promotional code MOBILE to book flights to more than 150 places across the world. From 17 to 24 October 2016 travellers can book travel via Qatar Airways’ mobile site, for travel between 20 October 2016 and 14 June 2017, from weekend getaways to surprise visits to friends and family.

Organise your business travel or book your next family holiday while you’re on the move. Passengers can book fares as low as  AED 1,720 to London, AED 3,270 to Atlanta, AED 2,310 to Barcelona and fares starting from AED 4,160 to Sydney.

Qatar Airways is offering the exclusive promotion as part of a campaign to introduce its newly-refreshed mobile website, which is now available in 12 languages. With an innovative range of mobile services, Qatar Airways is making it even easier for its passengers to explore the world and make big plans on small screens. In its new form, the mobile website allows travellers across the world to take more control of their journeys on the go.

Qatar Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Dr. Hugh Dunleavy, said said: “More of us are conducting business on the go – reading the newspaper on our smart phones, paying bills via apps, and fitting those personal tasks in when we can. Our travellers  want the convenience to book and adjust their travel arrangements when they want to, in the language they prefer. As we continue to expand our network and destinations around the world, we are proud to offer travellers  access to our world-class services in 12 of the most commonly spoken languages in the countries we fly to, through our mobile- website. This, of course, is in line with our commitment to provide our travellers  with a superior experience from the moment they book their journey right through to its end. To celebrate this with our travellers , we are offering a special 10 per cent discount for all tickets sold via our mobile site from United Arab Emirates between October 17-24.”

Qatar Airways’ new mobile website, accessible at www.qatarairways.com through handheld Apple and Android devices including smartphones and tablets, is available in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Turkish. Through the mobile website, passengers can make new bookings amend the dates and destinations of their existing bookings, check in online, purchase excess baggage, select seat and meal preferencesmodify special service requests, redeem Qmiles, and perform a variety of other functions. Travellers will also be able to check flight status, become a member of Qatar Airways’ Privilege Club, and subscribe to newsletters.

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 Adelaide (Australia), Atlanta (USA), Birmingham (UK), Boston (USA), Helsinki (Finland), Los Angeles (USA), Marrakech (Morocco), Pisa (Italy), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), Sydney (Australia), Windhoek (Namibia) and Yerevan (Armenia). Krabi (Thailand) and the Seychelles will join the airline’s routemap in December.