Qatar’s home grown smartphone application EVENTLY launched
Efforts of the Digital Incubation Centre (DIC) & Ministry of Information and Communications Technology bore fruits, when a group of young minded individuals launched Qatar’s home grown mobile application, Evently.
Available across all three platforms, iOS, Android and Blackberry 10, Evently features all the events, exhibitions, conferences , workshops, sports events, tech talks and other public events.
"We are confident apps like Evently would play a major role in helping the global tourists and local residents keep abreast with the happenings in Qatar" said Mr. Ahmed Laiali, Head of Digital Incubation Centre (DIC).
"At DIC, we are focussed on supporting entrepreneurs, who dare to build businesses through solutions that would add value to the society and our nation," he commented.
Guided by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, DIC identifies the local Tech startups and incubates them, providing various facilities and trainings required through a 2 year period.
With more than 500 events including many global events happening in Qatar every year, EVENTLY aims to be the goto destination for people to discover the events far in advance.
Events happening in Katara, Museums, MIA Park and other organizations like Doha Film and other venues will be listed in EVENTLY.
Public lectures and Events inside the Universities in Education city can also be discovered and shared through Evently.
Currently categorized as Arts & Culture, Community, Entertainment, Sports & Fitness, Conference and Music Events, EVENTLY focuses on everything except the nightlife and Food Events.
Users will be able to access the details of the Events like Speakers and timings well in advance, eliminating the need for printed program guides.
The App users can also share the Events directly through social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and other direct messaging services like whatsapp.
"While Qatar is fast emerging as a family tourist destination with world class facilities and unique events, we strive to be a single source of information for all the events, conferences and happenings in the country. We are glad that our beta version was well received by the users and we are excited to launch our application," said Mr. Nasser Al Naama, Head of Communications, Evently.
"We keep our strategies closely aligned to the country’s larger vision. We believe our product will add value and support the country’s efforts in positioning Qatar as an exceptional family tourist destination," concluded Mr. Al Naama.
Evently is currently available in English and will soon be released in Arabic too.
The application is also planning to integrate a ticketing platform, providing an opportunity for users to purchase tickets conveniently from their smartphones.
Users can download the application from App store, google play store and blackberry app world or from www.evently.qa
