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Congresses

In November, seven bids were submitted for international congresses to be held in 2016-2019 with a total potential participation of over 17,000 delegates, and eight bids were won, including confirmation of two editions of the same congress. Two inspection tours were made in relation to two bids for international congresses for the years 2016 (ITCH… Read more »

Madrid opens its Beer Museum

  In early October a project was presented at the Mahou San Miguel headquarters which will transform the Duke of Infantado palatial mansion into the first cultural centre devoted to beer. This will be another unique feather in Madrid’s cap, strengthening the range of its tourist attractions with a venue where the public can enjoy… Read more »

Jazz Madrid

  The Madrid International Jazz Festival, JAZZMADRID’15, was held in November with Conde Duque as its headquarters with the presence of great artists from this musical genre, new talents and, in this edition, creative women with unquestionable jazz authority. Richard Bona, the Cameroon bass guitarist opened this year’s Jazz Festival on 5th November, which was… Read more »

New flight connections

Air Europa launches flights to Paraguay Starting 16 December, Air Europa will connect Madrid to Asunción with two flights a week. Flights will depart Madrid on Wednesdays and Sundays and will arrive in Asunción on Thursdays and Mondays, leaving the Paraguayan capital on the same days bound for Madrid. Air Europa will use a 299-passenger… Read more »

ONLY YOU, the world’s best design boutique hotel is in Madrid

On 30 October, in the final stretch of 2015, a year of goals that were accomplished with the eagerly anticipated expansion of its premises, the ONLY YOU HOTEL & LOUNGE MADRID, a member of the Ayre Hoteles Group (the Palladium Hotel Group’s urban brand), once again shone more brightly than ever. At the 5th “WORLD… Read more »

October welcomes record number of tourists and overnight stays in Madrid

This October the capital received a total of 873,253 tourists, a new high which exceeded the previous record of October 2011 (794,423 tourists). Madrid receives the largest number of travellers and overnight stays in all of Spain. The month of October also set an all-time record for the number of overnight stays: 1,784,871, up 10.7%… Read more »

New Partners of Madrid Convention Bureau

    We want to welcome 6 new companies that have recently become partners of Madrid Convention Bureau:     Grupo Abasa                                       www.grupoabasa.com Conference Studio                          www.conferencestudio.eu… Read more »

IFEMA hosts CPHI Worldwide

  According to sources at IFEMA, the international pharmaceutical ingredients expo CPHI Worldwide, the industry’s leading global event, brought 150 million euros to Madrid as it swept through the capital city. The event drew 2,500 companies from the pharmaceutical ingredients sector and 36,000 professionals from 153 countries. 74 Spanish companies participated in this year’s edition…. Read more »

InterContinental Madrid, Spain’s Leading Business Hotel 2015

  For the second year running, InterContinental Madrid has received one of the awards commonly referred to as the “Tourism Oscars.” The World Travel Awards recognise excellence in all sectors of the travel and tourism industry. InterContinental Madrid boasts over sixty years of history. Since the very beginning it has been firmly committed to the… Read more »

Where to find us

  Where we will be: –              IBTM World (17-19 November), Barcelona , Spain –              M&I Eastern Europe Gulf & India (22-26 November), Vienna –              Connections Meeting Europe 2015 (9-12 December), Lisbon & Algarve Where we have been: –              IMEX America (13-15 October), Las Vegas – USA –              M&I Europe Autumn (19-23 October), St Julian’s, Malta… Read more »