A third cruise ship was hired by World Cup organisers in Qatar on Monday to operate as a soccer fan hotel docked in Doha Port to add much-needed rooms for the tournament. Geneva-based MSC Cruises ...

Unlike Qatar, where limited alcohol sales were allowed during the 2022 World Cup, Saudi Arabia enforces stricter laws that prohibit alcohol even in luxury hotels. Read More: It's Official!

The World Cup was expected to attract more 1.2 million visitors, but Qatar only had 30,000 hotel rooms, 80% of which were booked in advance by Fifa for football teams, officials and sponsors.

A particularly "vexed conundrum" for the organisers is who will be found to build the stadiums, transport links and 185,000 extra hotel rooms ... report into the Qatar World Cup over workers ...

Qatar’s influence on Europe can be felt from the Claridge Hotel to Al Jazeera to the 2022 World Cup, from hacking attempts to corruption scandals in Brussels. But there is one area that is very ...