QATAR. Leading foreign exchange provider Travelex has opened its 13th retail location at Hamad International Airport (HIA) amid an expansion drive in Qatar and the Middle East region.
The new store is Travelex’s second location in the Arrivals Meet & Greet area at HIA. It offers exchange of up to 45 global currencies to inbound visitors purchasing Qatari Riyals, as well as the opportunity to send money to over 350,000 locations worldwide.
Along with nine conventional retail outlets, Travelex also operates four ‘on-the-move’ kiosks across the terminal, which can be relocated to serve busier areas at periods of high passenger traffic.
The store launch took place on 15 December and was attended by Ian Mason, Director for Business & Trade at the British Embassy in Qatar, Hamad International Airport VP Commercial Francois Bourienne and Travelex Qatar General Manager Nasir Lambe.
Travelex Middle East and Türkiye Managing Director Batu Dölay said: “We are very pleased to be taking the next step in our ongoing expansion across the State of Qatar, with our latest location at Hamad International Airport. This is an immensely exciting time for regional tourism and, as a global brand with international travel at its core, we intend to be at the forefront of this evolution.
“From outstanding architecture to unrivalled landscapes, travellers will find so much to marvel at in Qatar. For our part, however, we want to make a visitor’s trip as easy as possible by simplifying their access to travel money.”
Travelex said its expansion in Qatar is “a pre-emptive, strategic plan to meet the surging inbound tourism into one of the Middle East’s busiest airports”.
Hamad International Airport served 52.7 million passengers in 2024. ✈
