Yearly Archives: 2017

From 15 to 17 January, Hilton Madrid Airport hosted the Regional Meeting held by HelmsBriscoe Europe, the biggest purchaser in terms of volume in the Meetings and Events Industry. More than 200 Meetings Tourism professionals met at this hotel to examine future sector trends. HelmsBriscoe picked Madrid as host city for this event, specifically the… Read more »

The Meliá Galgos presents THE LEVEL, an exclusive service with 75 spacious and elegant rooms and a 500sqm lounge area where design and customer service come together, turning this space into a unique location, offering five-star service right in the heart of the Salamanca Neighbourhood. In the new THE LEVEL Meliá Galgos, located on our… Read more »

As of January this year, Madrid Convention Bureau has eleven new member companies: The hotels H10 Tribeca 4*(www.h10hotels.com/es/hoteles-madrid/h10-tribeca), H10 Puerta de Alcalá 4* (https://www.h10hotels.com/es/hoteles-madrid/h10-puerta-de-alcala) and the NH Collection Madrid Suecia 5* (www.nh-hoteles.es/hotel/nh-collection-madrid-suecia). The COEM exhibition and meeting centre (Madrid Association of Dental Surgeons and Stomatologists, www.coem.org.es) MPA 361º travel agency (www.mpa361.com) Special venue Faunia (www.faunia.es)… Read more »

The Meeting Space Spring (Conpenhaguen. 23 to 25 February) SMU (New York. 10 to 12 March) M&I Forum Europe Spring (Paris. 28 March to 1 April)

During this past month, the Madrid Destino Tourism Department, through MCB, provided logistical, media and institutional support for congresses, conferences and meetings on different topics in a range of fields both at home and abroad, including the International Marketing Trends Conference and Inner Peace Day. In advance of the FDI World Congress in Madrid in… Read more »

On 18 January, at the Globalia stand at FITUR, the Vice President of Honduras, Ricardo Álvarez; Air Europa Chairman Juan José Hidalgo; and the Minister of Tourism for Honduras, Emilio Silvestri, presented the year’s first tourism milestone, namely the new route to San Pedro Sula due to be operated by the airline once a week… Read more »

Barceló Hotel Group has recently opened Barceló Torre de Madrid 5*. One of the city’s most iconic buildings has been converted into an avant-garde luxury hotel with a mission: to connect with Madrid both differently and unconventionally. Madrid is a city that knows how to live, which is why its visitors should be able to… Read more »

From 22 to 26 February, Madrid turns into the global capital of contemporary art as it hosts its annual fair, now in its 36th edition. The International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid kicks off a new edition with a clear aim: to establish itself as a fair where collectors and industry professionals can discover new… Read more »

In June 2016, Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport won the “highly commended airport in the ‘over 25 million passenger’ category” award for its A-CDM implementation and network strategy in particular, at the 12th Annual ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards of the 26th ACI EUROPE General Assembly, Congress & Exhibition, hosted by Athens International Airport. Additionally, AS… Read more »