Reuters fact check
Reuters fact check
An image spread on social media shows a luxury hotel in Doha, Qatar, not a hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as reports claim. Katara Towers is currently under development in the Lusail Marina district in Doha.
The caption on one post describes the image as “Hospital in Dubai !!!!!” (here). Other posts that incorrectly identify the structure are seen here, here and here.
According to global hotel owner Katara Hospitality’s website, the towers will open in 2022 (here). Qatar describes the towers as ‘symbolically intertwined with the heritage of Qatar’, and the structure is an architectural translation of the national seal of Qatar, representing the traditional scimitar swords. ‘
An image of the coat of arms of Qatar can be found here.
According to Architectural Digest, the towers will become a ‘hotel with a Fairmont and Raffles unit, which will open in time for the Persian Gulf country to host the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022’ (here).
There will be 493 rooms and suites available for booking, plus 49 luxury residences at the Raffles, a ‘six star’ hotel.
In November 2020, Katara Hospitality announced that the towers would be Qatar’s first hospitality project to be certified five stars at the design stage by the Global Sustainability Assessment System (here).
VERDICT
Failure. This image does not show a hospital in Dubai, but a hotel in Doha.
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