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CATALONIA
CONGRESSES
AND EVENTS
Catalonia
MEETINGS
WITH A
MEDITERRANEAN
SOUL
CATALONIA, a Mediterranean
destiny with great
geographical diversity, an open
and innovative society which
has made a name for itself
as a pioneering territory and
for being truly dynamic in the
industrial, commercial and
service fields.
The different cultural expressions,
the wealth of its gastronomy, the
diversity of its marine and mountain
landscapes, the quality of its
infrastructures, the professionalism
of its organisers, the entrepreneurial
spirit and the warm welcome
its people give to visitors make
Catalonia an ideal destination
for holding congresses and
business events.
ITS OWN
IDENTITY
SUSTAINABILITY
QUALITY
THE
MEDITERRANEAN
WAY OF LIFE
TRADITION
MODERNITY
Maremagnum (Barcelona)
#1
CATALONIA
Biosphere Region
Gastronomic Region
CATALONIA
#2
BARCELONA
in the Top 5 worldwide for
cities organising meetings
#3
more than
3,300
foreign companies
#4 biocat
the CATALONIA bioregion
56 Research Institutes
197 Biotechnology Centres
17 Teaching Hospitals
64Medical Technological Centres
11Universities offering
courses in Human
Science
2Extensive research
facilities
12Technological Centres
16 Science and Technology
Parks
39 Pharmaceutical
Centres
111 Professional Services
and Consultancy
Centres
124 Suppliers and
Engineering Centres
25 Inverse Centres
CCB at the Buy Catalunya Meeting Incentives & Events
Catalonia
Dynamic
economy
and social
engine
France
2
Girona
Lleida
Lloret de Mar
14
8
3
7
4
6
1
Barcelona
9
13
Reus
12 11 10
Castelldefels
Sitges
5
Tarragona
Vila-seca i Salou
ter
Medi
r
a
Se
n
a
ane
Catalonia is renowned
for its high added-value
activities, and is a leader
in business cooperation.
Centre d'Observació de l'Univers
Syncrotron Alba
Economic cross sectors
Catalonia
FOOD
ENVIRONMENT
Gourmet products
Water
Waste
Renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Wines and cavas
SPORTS INDUSTRY
Network of
Science and
Technology Parks
in CATALONIA
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Parks in Barcelona
- Parc Científic de Barcelona
- Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de
Barcelona (PRBB)
TOURISM AND
LEISURE
- La Salle Technova Barcelona
– Parc de Recerca i Innovació de la UPC
(Parc UPC)
- Barcelona Advanced Industry Park:
Barcelona Activa
- 22@Barcelona
- b_TEC Barcelona Innovació Tecnològica
- Esade Creapolis
- BZ Barcelona Zona Innovació
- Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de
Economic sectors
Regions of
Barcelona
Textile
- Fashion textile
Logistics
Technology
- Mobility (GPS's)
- Optics and Photonics
Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
Barcelona
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques
August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
Biotechnology
Medical
- Medical technology
Textile
- Clothes manufacture
Pharmaceutical
Motor vehicles
- Motor vehicle components
Jewellery
University
Publishing
Chemical
- Chemicals for mass
consumption
- Cosmetics and perfume
Audiovisual
- Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
- Barcelona Synchrotron Park
2
Science and Technology Centre of
the Universitat de Girona
3
TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
(TCM)
4
Cerdanyola del Vallès Parks
- Parc de l’Alba
- Parc de Recerca UAB
- Parc Tecnològic del Vallès
Railway
University
5
Aerospace
Electronics
Industrial Packaging
Nautical Industry
Girona
Food
- Pork-meat sector
Hospitalet de Llobregat
Lleida
6
Agriculture
- Agricultural machinery
Parc de Recerca UPF – Ciències
Socials i Humanes | Barcelona
7
Construction
- Building materials
Parc Científic i Tecnològic de Terrassa
(Orbital.40) | Terrassa
8
Parc Tecnològic de la Catalunya
Central | Manresa
9
Parc Aerospacial i de la Mobilitat
Deltabcn | Viladecans
Food
- Food biotechnology
- Sweet fruit
10
Cork
Pottery
Tarragona
Nautical
Chemical
- Petrochemical
Medical
- Cardiovascular genetics
area, Metabolism and
Inflammation area,
Neuroscience area,
Oncology-Haematology
area.
Consorci Biopol’H
Parc Científic i Tecnològic de
Tarragona | Tarragona
11 Parc Científic i Tecnològic del Turisme
i del Oci | Tarragona
12
Tecnoparc, Parc Tecnològic | Reus
13
Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la
Indústria Enològica (VITEC) | Tarragona
Food and Agriculture
14
Medical
- Nutrition and cardiovascular
Parc Científic i Tecnològic
Agroalimentari de Lleida | Lleida
15
Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia
(PMT) | Castelldefels
Logistics
Catalonia
Andorra
C-13
N-230
N-260
NETWORK OF
DESTINATIONS
Lleida
Lleida is the headquarters
AP-7
C-16
Girona 9
Lleida
C-25
AP-7
A-2
N-240
A-2
8 Lloret de Mar
A-2
AP-7
Reus 2
C-12
C-32
7
Barcelona
6 Castelldefels
5 Sitges
4
3
Tarragona
PortAventura
Reus
Commercial capital of the
Costa Daurada
3
PortAventura
Business & Events
Conference Destination 1
hour from Barcelona
FACILITIES
5-star hotels (40 rooms)
4-star hotels (487 rooms)
3-star hotels (291 rooms)
5-star hotels (111 rooms suitable for the
MICE sector)
4-star hotels (11,574 rooms suitable for
the MICE sector)
3-star hotels (10,197 rooms suitable for
the MICE sector)
FACILITIES
1 Trade Fair and Convention Centre with
capacity for up to 3,000 delegates.
Benchmark congresses
Benchmark congresses
- XVII Symposium of the Sociedad
Catalana de Urólogos
- Interpera, V World Pear Congress
- XII AECOC Congress for prepared meat
products
- International Medieval Meeting
N-II
Palamós
C-32
N-340
AP-2
2
Costa
Brava
C-25
N-230
FACILITIES
1 conference centre
Palau de Congressos La Llotja with
maximum auditorium capacity for 1,000
delegates.
Roses
N-260
C-14
1
1
N-260
N-152
FOR CONGRESSES AND
EVENTS
Catalonia has a network
of destinations with
fantastic facilities for
holding congresses:
Fully-equipped conference
centres, hotels with the
highest standards of quality,
original places of great
architectural value and a
rich and varied selection
of cultural and leisure
activities.
AP-7
N-260
Benchmark congresses
- Digestology Congress
- Pulmonology Congress
- IX Gotel Lymphoma Research Course
4-star hotels (2,078 rooms)
PortAventura Convention Centre
Capacity of the largest hall: 3,100
delegates.
- Auto-distribution, Networks Congress
- 1st International Family Tourism
Congress
4
Tarragona
5
Tarragona, your event will
go down in history
Sitges anytime
FACILITIES
FACILITIES
4-star hotels (577 rooms)
3-star hotels (466 rooms)
5- and 4-star hotels (2,600 beds)
8
Lloret de Mar
Barcelona, one of the
world's main congress
destinations
Costa Brava meeting point
FACILITIES
5-star hotels (503 rooms)
4-star hotels (1,695 rooms)
3-star hotels (1,258 rooms)
5-star GL hotels (2,965 rooms)
5-star hotels (2,172 rooms)
Superior 4-star hotels (3,506 rooms)
4-star hotels (16,689 rooms)
3-star hotels (8,313 rooms)
4 conference centres
Barcelona has the capacity for holding
congresses for up to 90,000 delegates.
Benchmark congresses
- ESTRO Forum
- EAACI Annual Congress
- UEG Week Barcelona
- International Liver Congress (ILC) CIRSE
EACTS
FACILITIES
4-star hotels (557 rooms)
3-star hotels (220 rooms)
1 conference centre
Maximum auditorium capacity: 350 delegates
- XVIII IUPAC International Symposium
Organo-Metallic Chemistry directed
towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS)
- XIX IUSTI European Conference on
Sexually Transmitted Infections
- V World Sophrology Congress
- XII International Symposium on Viral
Hepatitis
- First Lego League
- Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science
- VII Iberian Cold Science and Technology
Congress and V Latin American Cold
Science and Technology Congress
- I International Forum on University
Teaching and Research (CIDIU)
FACILITIES
1 conference centre
Maximum capacity for 800 delegates.
Benchmark congresses
- European Forum for LGTB Families
2012. Lesbian and Gay Family
Association (FLG)
- International Amusement Park Congress
2012. International Association of
Amusement Parks and Attractions
(IAAPA)
- Mediterranean Maritime Heritage Forum
2013. Association of Mediterranean
Maritime Museums
- World Travel Blogger Exchange 2015
(TBEX). Travel Bloggers Exchange (USA)
Find more destination tips Other Destinations and Other areas.
Castelldefels
Tourist destination with
excellent hotels and
gastronomy just 20 minutes
from Barcelona and 10
from the airport.
Benchmark congresses
Benchmark congresses
Barcelona
6
1 conference centre
Capacity of the largest hall: 1,380
delegates
1 conference centre
Maximum auditorium capacity: 1,145
delegates
7
Sitges
Benchmark congresses
- AXIS Communication
- Trinity Haircare
- MGC
- Grope Seb
9
Girona
City of history and
gastronomy with versatile
congress facilities just 37
minutes from Barcelona
FACILITIES
4-star hotels (641 rooms)
3-star hotels (234 rooms)
1 conference centre
Capacity of the Symphonic Hall: 1,230
delegates.
Benchmark congresses
- XXIV Congress of the Catalan Digestology
Association
- XVIII Joint Winter Meeting of the SEPAR
areas
- VI Impulsa Forum
- VI Spondyloarthrosis Symposium SER
- XXXV ANAPORC Symposium
- V Gastronomic Forum
- XL SAEe Symposium
Catalonia
UNIQUE AND
ICONIC AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY
Santa Caterina Market (Barcelona)
Areas for artists and
geniuses like the modernist
architects Antoni Gaudí and
Lluís Domènech i Montaner,
and internationally renowned
contemporary architects like Enric
Miralles and Oriol Bohigas. Not
forgetting the museums and other
cultural areas dedicated to artists like
Salvador Dalí and Antoni Tàpies and
musicians like Pau Casals.
Vall de Núria (Girona)
Areas with character for
holding professional meetings, gala
dinners, cocktail parties, product
presentations or any other kind of
event.
Areas with a view towards the
Mediterranean Sea or the Pyrenean
Mountains, towards the traditional
rural interior and town centres with
vanguard and Heritage Site buildings.
Museu Dalí (Figueres)
Original historic, modernist,
contemporary, oenological and
gastronomic areas, as well as those
with great architectural, landscape or
urban value.
Sports facilities of the highest
level like the Circuit de Catalunya
and the Camp Nou, the stadium of
Barcelona FC.
Castell de Tamarit (Tarragona)
CATALONIA
CONNECTED
TO THE WORLD
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BY PLANE
Catalonia has 4 airports:
International Airport of Barcelona El Prat
- 37,558,981 passengers per year
- 87 European destinations and 25 domestic
destinations
- 27 transcontinental destinations
- 139 airline companies
Terres de l'Ebre Wine Cellar (Tarragona)
Airport of Girona Costa Brava
-2,160,745 passengers per year
- 13 international destinations (there are no
domestic flights)
- 9 airline companies
Airport of
Lleida Alguaire
Airport of
Reus Costa Daurada
- 24,395 passengers per year - 850,492 passengers
per year
- Operated by Air Nostrum
- 1 domestic and 5
- 1 destination: Palma de
international destinations
Mallorca
- Access by bus and by road - 6 airline companies
Distance city
BARCELONA
EL PRAT
airport (km)
17 Km
GIRONA
COSTA
BRAVA
91 Km
Girona
115 Km
16 Km
254 Km
196 Km
Lleida
169 Km
256 Km
19.5 Km
99.3 Km
10.3 Km
Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Barcelona
Tarragona
Lleida
Alguaire
174 Km
Reus
Costa
Daurada
118 Km
89 Km
181 Km
129 Km
Reus
95.1 Km
190 Km
110 Km
3 Km
Lloret
93.4 Km
33 Km
244 Km
192 Km
Sitges
28.9 Km
129 Km
159 Km
71.9 Km
11 Km
111 Km
173 Km
86.2 Km
Castelldefels
BY TRAIN
High-speed rail cities: Barcelona, Lleida and
Camp de Tarragona (Tarragona and Reus)
The Euromed and the Talgo link Barcelona and
Camp de Tarragona with Valencia.
TIME
Barcelona – Madrid
Barcelona – Zaragoza
Món Sant Benet (Barcelona)
Barcelona - Lleida
TRAIN TYPE
16
AVE (High Speed Train)
1 hr. 23 min
20
AVE (High Speed Train)
1 hr. 5 min
21
AVE (High Speed Train)
35 min
19
AVE/AVANT
5 hrs. 45 min
2
AVE (High Speed Train)
AVE (High Speed Train)
Barcelona – Tarragona
Barcelona - Málaga
FREQUENCY
2 hrs. 30 min
Barcelona - Seville
5 hrs.
3
Barcelona – Valencia
3 hrs.
12
Euromed/Talgo
26 min
12
AVE (High Speed Train)
Lleida – Tarragona
41 min
13
AVE (High Speed Train)
Lleida – Málaga
4 hrs. 29 min
2
AVE (High Speed Train)
Tarragona – Madrid
2 hrs. 12 min
10
AVE (High Speed Train)
Tarragona –Valencia
2 hrs. 5 min
12
AVE (High Speed Train)
Figueres/Vilafant – Paris 5 hrs. 17 min
2
AVE (High Speed Train)
Lleida – Zaragoza
4
BY BOAT
Port of Barcelona: Important logistics hub
and Europe's number one port for cruises.
Port of Tarragona: Industrial and freight port
with an important petrochemical industry as
well as cruises.
Port of Palamós: Fishing activity, leisure and
cruise port.
Port of Roses: Fishing activity, leisure and
cruise port.
Montserrat (Barcelona)
Catalunya Convention Bureau
Network of offices
1
Madrid
2 Paris
3 London
4
Brussels
5 Frankfurt
6 Milan
7 Helsinki
8 Moscow
9 Beijing
10 New York
11 Singapore
12 Sao Paulo
Parc del Fòrum (Barcelona)
A service
DESTINED FOR
THE ORGANISER
The Catalunya Convention
Bureau (CCB) was created
by the Catalan Tourist Board
to situate Catalonia as a
leading destination in the
tourism sector for meetings,
conferences, conventions and
incentive travel.
The CCB enjoys the participation
of those business sectors and local
administrations specialising in this
activity.
Personalised Consultancy
Fact-finding visits
which is both free and impartial,
regarding infrastructures, companies and services for organising
congresses, meetings and events.
and information activities
concerning congress facilities
within the territory.
Support for the presentation
Contact and dialogue
of candidates for the awarding
of congresses.
with specialised companies and
bodies.
The aim of the CCB is to simplify
the work of event organisers during
the process of identifying and
choosing the most suitable areas
and services for each congress in
accordance with the requirements
and expectations for each event.
The CCB is a tool for those
organisers looking for
guarantees for their business
event in Catalonia!
Provision of all documents
EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE
both of a tourist and
informative nature, on
Catalonia for participants in the
events.
of Catalonia and its tourism
resources geared towards business
travel.
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CCB at the EIBTM Trade Fair
Catalan Tourist Board
Catalunya Convention Bureau (CCB)
Passeig de Gràcia, 105, 3a planta
08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 484 99 00 · ccb.act@gencat.cat
www.catalunya.com/mice/ccb