Tony Anagor, Managing Director of LifestyleDMC writes…After exhibiting at the EIBTM for 3 years in a row, we decided to sit this one out and go as spectators this year. We attending as trade visitors and the mandate was very clear; study, watch and learn. I wanted to really evaluate the usefulness of exhibiting for a growing company like ours keen to stay ahead of the curve and remain innovative. Did we achieve our aim?  Well yes of course it’s good to go and see what the competition is doing, …

Accommodation Capacity
Barcelona has an abundance of hotels of different standards, from budget hotels to luxurious five-star hotels. Nevertheless it is important to remember to book well in advance to avoid the last minute hassle of finding enough free rooms for your group. The excellent public transportation system ensures that the location if your hotel doesn’t have the highest importance, as there are taxis, buses, trains and trams and several metro lines.
Fair, Conference & Meeting Facilities
Are you looking for a place for your meeting and you don’t want to settle for the …

Barcelona is a city with a busy schedule through the year. November has just started and it features a bunch of trade shows and fairs and here we can take a look at some of them.

Nivalia & Outdoor Sports show 2001
Skiing is probably not among the first things brought to your mind by Barcelona but it doesn’t mean that an exhibition of winter sports and mountain-related activities can’t take place here.  The event will showcase ski resorts in Andorra, Catalonia, France and the Italian Alps and it is the best …

 
Even though Halloween is not a big part of any Spanish tradition, it has gained a foothold here and in Barcelona you can find similar Halloween activities as in most of other significant European cities. People here don’t send their children wandering from door to door begging for candy but the costume shops are thankful for Halloween as people go in flocks to buy something extraordinary to wear for their Halloween parties. The non-Spanish population is particularly well presented in the celebration of Halloween but don’t think it only means …

Let’s take a look at something that truly defines the landscape of Barcelona; the mountain of Tibidabo. The city of Barcelona is basically located between it and the sea, which means from the top of the mountain you will have a spectacular view of all of the city. And if you want to get there from the center of Barcelona, the way our blogging team (= me) did it was to take a metro and ride it until the last stop, Av. Tibidabo.
After that you need to take a tram, a bus …