Qatar Airways has been awarded the Best Business Class Airline in China at the China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards,which was held in Beijing.The airline's Senior Vice President Commercial Operations East Asia & South West Pacific, Marwan Koleilat received the honor from the Vice President of Ctrip.com, Shaw Ding.

The Travel & Meeting Industry Awards is prepared by Travel Weekly China, a chief trade journal in the Chinese travel industry. The award had its debut in 2002 and since then the awards have received extensive appreciation among industry people. Nearly 30,000 readers and subscribers of Travel Weekly China as well as 32,000 enterprises and travel buyers, who attended July's China Incentive and Business Travel Meeting Exhibition (CIBTM), participated in the survey.The eminent panel of judges included 20 peak industry specialists from every section of the travel as well as tourism industry.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker stated that it is a great privilege to receive this award for the best levels of service and hospitality offered by Qatar Airways. The airline at the moment operates 21 flights a week within 4 cities in China -, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong - its Doha hub.Inspite of class of travel, every traveler can benefit from a completely interactive in-flight entertainment system with a preference of hundreds of audio and video on demand options.

Qatar Airways operates a modern fleet of 69 aircraft to 82 chief business and relaxation destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Far East as well as North America.