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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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

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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

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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

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FOODGourmet products

ENVIRONMENTWaterWasteRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyWINES AND CAVAS

SPORTS INDUSTRY TOURISM AND LEISURE

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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

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Castelldefels

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BArCELOnAEL PRAT

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DAURADA

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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Catalan Tourist BoardCatalunya Convention Bureau (CCB)

Passeig de Gràcia, 105, 3a planta08008 Barcelona

Tel. 93 484 99 00 · ccb.act@gencat.catwww.catalunya.com/mice/ccb