CATALONIA CONGRESSESAND 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
CATALONIABioSphErE rEgioN
gASTroNomic rEgioN
BARCELONAin 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
BIOCATThE 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
CastelldefelsSitges
Reus
Girona
Barcelona
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
FRANCE
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NETWORk OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARkS IN CATALONIA
ECONOMIC CROSS SECTORSCatalonia
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
FOODGourmet products
ENVIRONMENTWaterWasteRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyWINES AND CAVAS
SPORTS INDUSTRY TOURISM AND LEISURE
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Girona
Barcelona
Tarragona
LleidaLloret de Mar
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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.
PortAventuraBusiness & Events
conference Destination 1 hour from Barcelona
Reuscommercial capital of the costa Daurada
LleidaLleida is the headquarters
FACILITIES
5-star hotels (40 rooms) 4-star hotels (487 rooms)3-star hotels (291 rooms)
1 conference centrePalau 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 CentreCapacity of the largest hall: 3,100 delegates.
Benchmark congresses
- Auto-distribution, Networks Congress - 1st International Family Tourism
Congress
NETWORk OF DESTINATIONSFor coNgrESSES AND EVENTS
Catalonia
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TarragonaTarragona, your event will go down in history
BarcelonaBarcelona, one of the world's main congress destinations
SitgesSitges anytime
Lloret de Marcosta Brava meeting point
CastelldefelsTourist destination with excellent hotels and gastronomy just 20 minutes from Barcelona and 10 from the airport.
Gironacity 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 centreMaximum 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 centresBarcelona 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 centreCapacity 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 centreMaximum 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 centreCapacity 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 centreMaximum 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)
4International 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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BArCELOnAEL PRAT
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Airport ofrEuS COSTA DAurADA
- 850,492 passengers per year
- 1 domestic and 5 international destinations
- 6 airline companies
4 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 TrAInHigh-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 PLAnECatalonia has 4 airports:
TImE FrEQuEnCY TrAIn TYPEBarcelona – 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 officesMadrid
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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 SERVICEDESTINED FOR THE ORGANISER
PERSONALISED CONSULTANCY which is both free and impartial,
regarding infrastructures, com-panies and services for organising congresses, meetings and events.
SUPPORT FOR THE PRESENTATIONof candidates for the awarding
of congresses.
PROVISION OF ALL DOCUMENTSboth of a tourist and
informative nature, on Catalonia for participants in the
events.
EXHAUSTIVE kNOWLEDGEof Catalonia and its tourism
resources geared towards business travel.
CONTACT AND DIALOGUEwith specialised companies and
bodies.
FACT-FINDING VISITSand information activities
concerning congress facilities within the territory.
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CCB at the EIBTM Trade Fair
Catalan Tourist BoardCatalunya Convention Bureau (CCB)
Passeig de Gràcia, 105, 3a planta08008 Barcelona
Tel. 93 484 99 00 · [email protected]/mice/ccb