Barcelona Hotel Terraces Week

“A vista d’hotel” is a new initiative designed by Gremi d’Hotels de Barcelona and Ajuntament de Barcelona by opening up the terraces at 36 city hotels to locals for free during five days, from 3 to 7 May.

It is not just a question of enjoying the views or open air, either. Each terrace will become a cultural setting and you will be able to enjoy them while all these events and activities are taking place.

The hotels have a special gastronomic idea for the occasion. They are all preparing a Mediterranean juice or non-alcoholic fruit cocktail. The recipe will be different on each terrace. Those of you who want to fill your stomach a little more will have a choice of aperitifs, tapas and food and wine tasting suppers.

Núñez i Navarro Hotels, offers their terraces: Hotel 1898 in Las Ramblas and the rooftop of B-Hotel in plaza Espanya:

- La Isabela, the H1898′s terrace, offers this Friday May 06, from 19h to 22h, lounge music with Dj session & live sax.

- The B-Pool, the terrace of B-Hotel, also on Friday May 06, from 20h to 22h, chill out music & remember session (80′s – 90′s) by Dj Mono.

At the same time a photo competition has been organised for people taking part in these activities. There are three categories: one for the picture that best illustrates the city from a terrace, another for the best picture of one of the terraces and the third for the picture that best captures the atmosphere of the terrace.

Shared Services. Cutting costs, Innovative Strategies.

Axiom Groupe, together with Ajuntament de Barcelona and Hotel 1898 presents its 3rd annual event in Barcelona.

‘Understanding key issues of SSC in a changing economy’
‘Innovative back office strategies to lower total business operating cost’
‘Constantly re-adjusting BPO to perform ROI and cash flow’

A two-days conference held at Hotel 1898 where you will learn and share experience with Schindler, Lafarge, BNP Paribas, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, UPS or Nordea Bank, among many other real Case Studies and Round Tables.

Ajuntament de Barcelona will be offering the End of Conferece Exclusive Cocktail, with Jordi William Carnes, Deputy Mayor for the Treasury and Economic Promotion of the city.

Detailed information can be found at Axiom Groupe website.

Discover Barcelona during the 60′s

Barcelona’s Photographic Archives, in collaboration with the Municipal Archives System Deparment, is presenting a selection of pictures in the exhibition Eugeni Forcano: My Barcelona. The exhibition features over 130 black-and-white, large format photographs and is being held at two separate venues, the Sala Ciutat and the Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona.

Eugeni Forcano, a self-taught artist, fascinated by the power of the image and how to capture it. He started very young, producing photoreports about local life in his hometown Canet de Mar, where he set up his first photographic laboratory. During the 60′s, Forcano worked for the weekly magazine Destino, and is one of the most awarded photographers of Spain.

Where: Sala Ciutat – Ajuntament de Barcelona. Ciutat, 2. <M> Jaume I
Where: Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona. Pons i Clerch, 2. <M> Arc de Triomf
When: Until January 2011.
More inf@: Free entrance. Detailed opening times can be found here.