Book Review: A Business Traveller's Handbook

Qatar: A Business Traveller's Handbook

A Gorilla Guide
by David Chaddock
Date of Publication: 2007
ISBN 978-1-90529-92-70
pp. 199
Published by Stacey International

Contents:

Qatar Yesterday and Today
Investigating the Potential Market
Getting to Qatar
The Ground Rules
Getting Down to Business
Major Industries
Establishing a Presence in Qatar
Where to Stay, What to Eat
A Break from Business
Useful Contacts
Language
Commercial Support for US Companies

Any business traveller who wants to digest a large amount of information in a short period of time will be delighted with Chaddock's book, Qatar: A Business Traveller's Handbook. Despite the huge oil and gas wealth of what is now the richest country in the world, this is the only book dealing with the complexities of visiting and doing business in Qatar. The book, one of Stacey International's Gorilla Guide series, covers the essential issues of researching your first trip, visiting Qatar, setting up a business, legal niceties and much more.

Despite the deceptively small size of this book, David Chaddock cuts through the usual traveller's waffle with a clear and concise style, organised to convey the maximum amount of information in the shortest space, and with just a smidgeon of humour and cynicism. Despite containing invaluable business information, a result of thirty years of working in Qatar and the Middle East, the book is also an invaluable guide to anyone considering living or visiting Qatar, whether they are planning on conducting business or not.

For a sample of David Chaddock's work online, read his article: Doing Business in Qatar.