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New award for Madrid-Barajas Airport

After being recognised as the best airport in Southern Europe at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2017 in March, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas was named the best airport in Europe in several of the categories analysed at the thirteenth edition of the ACI Europe 2017, hosted last June 13th in the framework of the Annual Meeting… Read more »

Ifema Feria de Madrid gets its own metro station

As of June 26, the metro station formerly known as Campo de las Naciones, on Line 8 that joins the city centre with the airport, will take the name “Feria de Madrid,” as it is located by one of the accesses to the trade fair venue. With this initiative, announced in the framework of Global… Read more »

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27 June- 1 July. M&I Forums Europe Summer (Seville) 9-13 July. M&I Forums Eastern Europe (Helsinki) 2- 4 August. C&IT Agency Forum (London)

Callao City Lights venue, the first permanent Augmented Reality platform in Spain

The first permanent Augmented Reality platform launched in Spain was presented last April in Madrid by Callao City Lights, in collaboration with Wildbytes. This tool will enable brands to incorporate the latest advances in AR technology in their advertising campaigns on the outdoor screens at Cines Callao. In addition, as the platform is permanent advertisers… Read more »

The new Thyssen-Bornemisza websites: designed with you in mind

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s websites have changed; they’ve improved, they’ve been updated, new functions and content have been added and, most importantly, all of this has been done with the user in mind, that is, the regular visitor, the occasional tourist, the art lover, teachers, customers of the museum’s shop, members of the Friends of the… Read more »

The Adolfo SuárezMadrid-Barajas Airport, Skytrax 2017 Award

Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport was chosen by users as the Best Airport in Southern Europe at the World Airport Awards 2017 organized by Skytrax, an airport research and study consultancy firm. Barcelona-El Prat Airport took second place in the overall rankings, which means that users have ranked the two main airports in the Aena network… Read more »

Madrid accepted as the next official member of BestCities

Madrid Convention Bureau (MCB) was officially confirmed last 16th May as the twelfth partner of BestCities Global Alliance. The new signing will bring a truly dynamic international congress city and convention bureau to the alliance that now holds 12 members. With more than 3 decades of experience, Madrid has played host in the last years… Read more »

Madrid Convention Bureau: recent activities

In the months of March and April MCB provided logistical, media and institutional support to congresses, conferences and meetings associated with various fields and subjects, both national and international, most notably the 8th International Congress of the Iberian Association of Translation and Interpreting Studies (AIETI8), the Plant Autophagy Congress, the Joint Meeting of the Spanish… Read more »

Madrid Violet flies the European skies

The Madrid City Council and Iberia Express have joined forces once again to promote the capital’s main tourist attractions on an international level. In this new initiative, Madrid Destino is sponsoring a promotional campaign developed by the airline in regard to shopping in Madrid and “Made in Madrid” items, the most prominent of which is… Read more »