CATALONIA
CONGRESSES
AND EVENTS
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.
MEETINGS WITH A
MEDITERRANEAN SOUL
ITS OWN IDENTITY
SUSTAINABILITY
QUALITY
TRADITION
MODERNITY THE MEDITERRANEAN
WAY OF LIFE
Catalonia
Maremagnum (Barcelona)
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MORE THAN 3,300
foreign companies
CATALONIA
BioSphErE rEgioN gASTroNomic rEgioN
BARCELONA
in the Top 5 worldwide for cities organising meetings
cATALoNiA
56 Research Institutes 17 Teaching Hospitals 11 Universities offering
courses in Human Science
2 Extensive research facilities
12 Technological Centres 16 Science and Technology
Parks
BIOCAT
ThE cATALoNiA BiorEgioN
197 Biotechnology Centres 64 Medical -
Technological Centres 39 Pharmaceutical
Centres
111 Professional Services and Consultancy Centres
124 Suppliers and Engineering Centres 25 Inverse Centres
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CCB at the Buy Catalunya Meeting Incentives & Events
Catalonia
Catalonia is renowned for its high added-value activities, and is a leader in business cooperation.
DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND SOCIAL ENGINE
Lloret de Mar
Castelldefels Sitges Reus
Girona
Barcelona
MEDIT ERR ANE AN SEA FRANCE
Lleida
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NETWORk OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PARkS IN CATALONIA
ECONOMIC CROSS SECTORS Catalonia
ECONOMIC SECTORS
Parks in Barcelona - Parc Científic de Barcelona -Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de
Barcelona (PRBB)
-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
Bellvitge (IDIBELL)
-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
-Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) -Barcelona Synchrotron Park
Science and Technology Centre of the Universitat de Girona
TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme (TCM)
Cerdanyola del Vallès Parks -Parc de l’Alba
-Parc de Recerca UAB -Parc Tecnològic del Vallès Consorci Biopol’H Hospitalet de Llobregat
Parc de Recerca UPF – Ciències Socials i Humanes | Barcelona
Parc Científic i Tecnològic de Terrassa (Orbital.40)|Terrassa
Parc Tecnològic de la Catalunya Central| Manresa
Parc Aerospacial i de la Mobilitat Deltabcn |Viladecans
Parc Científic i Tecnològic de Tarragona| Tarragona
Parc Científic i Tecnològic del Turisme i del Oci| Tarragona
Tecnoparc, Parc Tecnològic | Reus Parc Científic i Tecnològic de la Indústria Enològica (VITEC) | Tarragona Parc Científic i Tecnològic
Agroalimentari de Lleida | Lleida Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia (PMT) | Castelldefels
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Agriculture
- Agricultural machinery Construction
- Building materials Food
- Food biotechnology - Sweet fruit
TARRAGOnA Chemical
- Petrochemical
Logistics
Food and Agriculture Medical
- Nutrition and cardiovascular BARCELOnA
Biotechnology Medical
- Medical technology Textile
- Clothes manufacture Pharmaceutical Jewellery Publishing Audiovisual Railway University
GIROnA Food
- Pork-meat sector
Cork Pottery nautical Medical
- Cardiovascular genetics area, Metabolism and Inflammation area, Neuroscience area, Oncology-Haematology area.
REGIOnS OF BARCELOnA
Textile
- Fashion textile Logistics Technology
- Mobility (GPS's) - Optics and Photonics Motor vehicles
- Motor vehicle components University
Chemical
- Chemicals for mass consumption
- Cosmetics and perfume Aerospace
Electronics
Industrial Packaging nautical Industry
FOOD
Gourmet products
ENVIRONMENT
WaterWaste
Renewable energy Energy efficiency
WINES AND CAVAS
SPORTS INDUSTRY TOURISM AND
LEISURE
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Costa Brava
Girona
Barcelona Tarragona
Lleida
Lloret de Mar
Roses
Castelldefels Sitges
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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.
PortAventura
Business & Events
conference Destination 1 hour from Barcelona
Reus
commercial capital of the costa Daurada
Lleida
Lleida is the headquarters
FACILITIES
5-star hotels (40 rooms) 4-star hotels (487 rooms) 3-star hotels (291 rooms) 1 conference centre
Palau de Congressos La Llotja with maximum auditorium capacity for 1,000 delegates.
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
FACILITIES
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)
1 Trade Fair and Convention Centre with capacity for up to 3,000 delegates.
Benchmark congresses - Digestology Congress - Pulmonology Congress
- IX Gotel Lymphoma Research Course
FACILITIES
4-star hotels (2,078 rooms) PortAventura Convention Centre Capacity of the largest hall: 3,100 delegates.
Benchmark congresses
- Auto-distribution, Networks Congress - 1st International Family Tourism
Congress
NETWORk OF DESTINATIONS
For coNgrESSES AND EVENTS
Catalonia
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Tarragona
Tarragona, your event will go down in history
Barcelona
Barcelona, one of the world's main congress destinations
Sitges
Sitges anytime
Lloret de Mar
costa Brava meeting point
Castelldefels
Tourist destination with excellent hotels and
gastronomy just 20 minutes from Barcelona and 10 from the airport.
Girona
city of history and
gastronomy with versatile congress facilities just 37 minutes from Barcelona
FACILITIES
4-star hotels (577 rooms) 3-star hotels (466 rooms) 1 conference centre
Maximum auditorium capacity: 1,145 delegates
Benchmark congresses - 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
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
5- and 4-star hotels (2,600 beds) 1 conference centre
Capacity of the largest hall: 1,380 delegates
Benchmark congresses
- 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
FACILITIES
5-star hotels (503 rooms) 4-star hotels (1,695 rooms) 3-star hotels (1,258 rooms) 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)
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 FACILITIES
4-star hotels (557 rooms) 3-star hotels (220 rooms) 1 conference centre
Maximum auditorium capacity: 350 delegates Benchmark congresses
- AXIS Communication - Trinity Haircare - MGC - Grope Seb
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UNIQUE AND ICONIC AREAS
ThroUghoUT ThE TErriTorY
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.
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.
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.
Santa Caterina Market (Barcelona)
Museu Dalí (Figueres)
Castell de Tamarit (Tarragona) Vall de Núria (Girona)
Catalonia
Terres de l'Ebre Wine Cellar (Tarragona)
Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Món Sant Benet (Barcelona)
CATALONIA CONNECTED TO THE WORLD
Montserrat (Barcelona)
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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
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
- 24,395 passengers per year - Operated by Air Nostrum - 1 destination: Palma de
Mallorca
- Access by bus and by road
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Reus Lloret Sitges Castelldefels
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91 Km 16 Km 256 Km 181 Km 190 Km 33 Km 129 Km 111 Km
174 Km 254 Km 19.5 Km 129 Km 110 Km 244 Km 159 Km 173 Km
118 Km 196 Km 99.3 Km 10.3 Km 3 Km 192 Km 71.9 Km 86.2 Km BArCELOnA
EL PRAT LLEIDA
ALGUAIRE GIrOnA
COSTA BRAVA
rEuS COSTA DAURADA Airport of
rEuS COSTA DAurADA - 850,492 passengers
per year - 1 domestic and 5
international destinations - 6 airline companies
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BY BOATPort 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.
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.
DISTAnCE CITY AIrPOrT (km) BY PLAnE
Catalonia has 4 airports:
TImE FrEQuEnCY TrAIn TYPE Barcelona – Madrid
Barcelona – Zaragoza Barcelona - Lleida Barcelona – Tarragona Barcelona - Málaga Barcelona - Seville Barcelona – Valencia Lleida – Tarragona Lleida – Zaragoza Lleida – Málaga Tarragona – Madrid Tarragona –Valencia Figueres/Vilafant – Paris
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Network of offices
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London Brussels
Frankfurt Milan
Helsinki Moscow
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Parc del Fòrum (Barcelona)
Catalunya Convention Bureau
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.
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!
A SERVICE
DESTINED FOR THE ORGANISER
PERSONALISED CONSULTANCY
which is both free and impartial, regarding infrastructures, com- panies and services for organisingcongresses, meetings and events.
SUPPORT FOR THE PRESENTATION
of candidates for the awardingof congresses.
PROVISION OF ALL DOCUMENTS
both of a tourist and informative nature, on Catalonia for participants in theevents.
EXHAUSTIVE kNOWLEDGE
of Catalonia and its tourism resources geared towards businesstravel.
CONTACT AND DIALOGUE
with specialised companies andbodies.
FACT-FINDING VISITS
and information activities concerning congress facilitieswithin the territory.
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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 · [email protected] www.catalunya.com/mice/ccb
