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  Following the Spanish Tourism Quality certification renewal audit conducted in 2013, the second follow-up audit was held in October. Madrid Convention Bureau passed again this year, achieving a score of 900,5357

  Madrid Convention Bureau held an event in Chicago, presenting the city of Madrid as a destination for business, congresses, meeting and incentive tourism for the top incentive agencies and firms in Chicago and its surrounding area.   Nine companies associated with MCB also took part in the event, which steered away from traditional formats… Read more »

  On 5 and 6 October, Madrid celebrated its 2015 Shopping Tourism & Economy Summit. It was the first European summit devoted exclusively to shopping tourism, recognising the phenomenon as one of the main drivers of urban economic development in the years to come due to its added value, its capacity to create jobs and… Read more »

  World Tourism Day took place on 27 September. To foster the associated economic stimulus for the capital, Madrid City Council organised a number of special activities designed to showcase the city’s main tourist and cultural attractions as well as the services that it offers to visitors. Services were stepped up in all of the… Read more »

  Royal Air Maroc launches a new route between Rabat and Madrid in October Since 26 October, flights have been running three times a week between Rabat Airport and Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport. The Moroccan airline is offering flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in a 160-passenger Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Ethiopian offering direct flights between… Read more »

  Savouring delicious seasonal dishes in an emblematic building in Madrid, on a terrace in front of the Royal Palace, at the bar of a famous tavern alongside the Retiro Park or at the high tables of a trendy gastro-bar in the city centre, were just some of the options offered by participating restaurants in… Read more »

  Having completely renovated the hotel in 2009, renowned interior designer Thomas Urquijo has returned once again to undertake the refurbishment of the Junior Suites. Overlooking Paseo de la Castellana, the eight Junior Suites enjoy the natural light that streams through the windows during the afternoon hours and the living rooms have also been enhanced…. Read more »

  Built in 1947 and continuously updated, this four-star hotel can be found at number 53 on one of Madrid’s major thoroughfares, Gran Vía. It is one of the capital’s major urban landmarks. Part of the Lope de Vega Building, it boasts 232 guest rooms, including two suites and 12 meeting and banqueting rooms suitable… Read more »

  SAGARDI Group is now present in Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana in with the opening of the second SAGARDI Cocineros Vascos restaurant  in the city. Sagardi Castellana is located in a prime location, close to Plaza Colon in the heart of the Salamanca district. This is the seventh restaurant under this brand in Spain… Read more »