# @cnntravel on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqQRLort0vZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/5102305-cnntravel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-03-26T13:42:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CNN Travel (@CNNTravel) — https://gondola.cc/CNNTravel

## Caption

In Qatar, a country where the subway has a business class compartment and Friday brunch is a competitive sport, opulence is a mere baseline.

For a new hotel to really stand out here, its designers have to do something incredibly dramatic – like spend five years erecting a brand new building in the shape of the country’s national crest.

This new addition to the Doha skyline is called Katara Towers and is divided between two hotel brands, the Fairmont and the Raffles. Each occupies one half of the 300,000 square meter building, which is designed to resemble a pair of Qatari crossed scimitars.

Set alongside the aquamarine waters of the Persian Gulf, these fraternal twin hotels are each luxurious in their own ways.

Read more about the hotels at the link in bio.

📷: Fevzi Ondu/David Berridge

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CNN Travel | @CNNTravel | https://gondola.cc/CNNTravel | Television News Network |
| Sofia Barrett | @sofia_barrett | https://gondola.cc/sofia_barrett | Producer |

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