B-Days: Discover Barcelona at incredible rates

Planning a visit to Barcelona? Check out our calendar and take advantatge of B-Days: the new incredible promotion at B-Hotel. For only 65€ per night, stay in one of our B-Rooms.

 Seamlessly blending avant-garde style with ultimate functionality, B-Rooms are equipped with the latest technologies and electronic devices; they also feature high design furnishings, minimalist decor, total luxury and excellent services, such as free Wi-Fi, natural lighting, and king size beds or two singles. Cots are also available.

B-Hotel in Plaza Espanya is a perfect place to stay when visiting Barcelona; it’s just ten minutes from La Rambla and Plaza Catalunya, as well as all the museums on Montjuïc. Its ideal location, in one of Barcelona’s most exciting areas, and just steps away from Fira de Barcelona fairgrounds, has made B-Hotel a key landmark during business meetings and trade conventions.

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The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Between 15 and 18 February, Barcelona is going to be the world capital of mobile telephony. The Mobile World Congress at the Fira de Barcelona will bring together the top leaders of this industrial technology, who are not going to miss the most important event in the world in this sector.

During the four days the congress lasts many activities, talks and events will be held, along with presentations of the latest advances in mobile technologies. It will also see the presentation of the Global Mobile Awards, the sector’s most prestigious awards.

Place:  Fira Barcelona  |  Address: Av Reina Maria Cristina, 2

Mobile World Congress Website

080 Barcelona Fashion, Indepedent Fashion

Hotel 1898 is one of the sponsors of 080 Barcelona Fashion.

Creativity and innovation are the concepts inspiring 080 Barcelona Fashion, a platform from which to offer visibility to independent fashion designers, with the aim to become a benchmark for international avant-garde fashion and design.

With the intention to earn its own place inside the independent fashion circuit, this event aims to transform the city of Barcelona into an inescapable first rate worldwide showcase for fashion and avant-garde design. 080 Barcelona Fashion is therefore committed to back Fashion Culture as a whole, pretending to become more than just a plain Fashion Show.

For its present fifth edition, held on January the 26, 27, 28 and 29th, the 080 Barcelona Fashion Showroom will be combined together with The Brandery; and work has continued to be done to achieve an extension of the commercial possibilities.

In this 5th edition, we could see the following catwalk shows: Bibian Blue, Cardona Bonache, Celia Vela, Crommorc, Heal Fashionlab, Jan Iú Més, Juan Antonio Avalos, Karlotalaspalas, Krizia Robustella, Manuel Bolaño, Martin Lamothe, Miriam Ponsa, Montse Liarte, Songzio, Stefania Borras, Tim Hamilton, Tramando y Yiorgos Eleftheriades.

Location: Pavilions 6 & 8 de Fira de Barcelona (Montjuïc)
When: del 26 al 29 de enero de 2010
More inf@: 080 Barcelona Fashion Website

The Children’s Festival during Christmas holiday

Immersing yourself in a mysterious jungle, painting recycled water bottles, taking part in a cart race, jumping on trampolines, playing on “Planet Basketball”, cooking fruit and vegetables, travelling through virtual settings, becoming a firefighter for a day, scaling artificial climbing walls and taking part in juggling, magic and circus workshops, are just some of the many activities you’ll be able to do at the Children’s Festival, which is being held from 27 December to 4 January at Fira de Barcelona’s Montjuïc site. This year’s event will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention on Children’s Rights.

Sport will be one of the Festival’s pillars. Children will find areas for playing football, basketball, climbing, skating, hockey, Olympic shooting, cycling, cart racing, athletics and taekwondo. Other highlights in the programme include game activities, such as merry-go-rounds, trampolines and games of every kind, plus shows, with this years featuring performances by clowns, magicians, storytellers, puppets, children’s theatre, human castle makers and Bollywood artists.

Children’s rights will have a place in several of the festival’s activities, which will be promoting creativity and solidarity among children in a playful and educational way, as well as encouraging sport, physical activities and healthy eating habits, instilling values such as respecting diversity, integration, healthy coexistence and looking after the environment.

47th Children’s Festival  |  From 27/12/2009 to 04/01/2010
Fira Barcelona -> Av Reina Maria Cristina, 2 | Sants-Montjuïc

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 will be attended by over 4,000 delegates from many countries and international observers with aim of drawing up a text for a possible agreement at the Convention of the Parties (COP15), which will take place in December in Copenhagen.

From 2 to 6 November, FIRA GRAN VIA, at carrer del Foc 47, Barcelona, will be the venue for the last preparatory sessions prior to COP15, which will take place in Copenhagen in December.

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 will be the last of the meetings established for 2009 in order to draw up an internationally deal to tackle climate change beyond 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires. These meetings were established under the Bali Action Plan agreed at COP13, in order to arrive at a future agreement regarding climate change beyond 2012.

The Bali Action Plan, or Decision 1/COP13, establishes that a comprehensive process be launched to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change through long-term cooperative action, now, up to and beyond 2012, in order to reach an agreed outcome and adopt a decision at its fifteenth session, to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009
Barcelona Convention Centre FIRA GRAN VIA -> Calle del Foc, 47

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Mascota Barcelona - Pet Exhibition

For the first time in Spain, three important events dedicated to pets will be held in the same exhibition centre and on the same dates:  Fira de Barcelona’s Mascota Show where the latest pet food and pet care products will be presented; the Southern European Veterinary Congress attended by around 5.500 experts; and the international reptile and amphibian fair, Expoterraria. From the 1st to the 4th of October his coincidence will turn Barcelona into a reference point for pet professionals and lovers.

Mascota, which arose from the transformation of Sizoo and the Festival de la Mascota, will showcase the latest trends in food, health, accessories and specialised services for domestic animals. Although a trade fair, the general public will have the opportunity to see these new products at the weekend, on the 3rd and 4th of October, in the Montjuïc exhibition centre, also the setting for the other two major events which, together, will occupy halls 2, 5, 7 and 8 and the Plaça de l’Univers.

The show’s list of proposals includes the Pets’ Fashion Catwalk where the new collections of pet fashion and accessories will be presented, featuring designers like Adolfo Domínguez, and a large variety of activities for the whole family such as aquarium and cat exhibitions, training trials, a dog beauty contest and children’s workshops with service dogs for persons with disabilities, among others.

At the same time, around 5.500 experts on animal health will attend the Southern European Veterinary Conference - 44th Congress of the Association of Spanish Specialist Veterinarians of Small Animals (AVEPA), which will feature 200 conferences and speakers from around the world. Topics at the event will include Leishmaniosis disease in dogs, new medical and surgical advances, clinic management and veterinarian assistant training. There will also be specialised workshops on diagnostic techniques and dog behaviour, among others.

www.salonmascota.com  1 & 2 october: only professionals  | 3 & 4 october: general public

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ESC Congress 2009 in Barcelona

The ESC Congress is an annual international congress held in Europe, represents the largest meeting in the world addressing issues in cardiovascular medicine. It is the largest medical meeting in Europe, gathering over 25,000 participants ever year.

The meeting, taking place over five days in 30 lecture theatres, provides a unique forum bringing together all the different disciplines and players involved in cardiology, including doctors, basic scientists, epidemiologists, nurses,  technicians and key opinion leaders.  An advantage  is that it covers both specific issues in the different disciplines as well as broader issues affecting all fields of cardiology.

The congress will provide delegates with great opportunities for education, including “Meet and Read with the Experts“, and for hearing about the latest research. There will  be valuable opportunities  for networking, including finding out about practice in different countries, exchanging ideas and getting to know a range of interesting new people. Let’s not forget our industry partners who will be holding over 80 satellite symposia and workshops and showcasing the latest innovations in pharma  and equipment in what’s probably the world’s  largest medical exhibition centre.

Barcelona is a truly wonderful venue. The city offers an excellent congress centre, good transport links, and is a really interesting place for delegates to take a bit of time out. You have magnificent Gaudi architecture, superb cuisine and a world famous football team. In fact it’s the  perfect mix – that’s so long as you don’t get too distracted from the Congress.

Fira Gran Via: Plaza Europa, Hospitalet - 08908 Barcelona  |  www.escardio.org

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Batman in Barcelona: 27th Comic Convention

The 27th International Comic Fair of Barcelona will be held in the pavilion number 8 of the Fira de Barcelona (Barcelona Fair Centre). The entrance is in Avenida Maria Cristina. The exhibition hall is 17,000 m2

To coincide with the world presentation of Batman: Barcelona. The Dragon’s Knight, Comics Festival of Barcelona will organize an exhibition containing the original pages of this comic illustrated by the artist Diego Olmos in the collaboration of the colorist from Zaragoza Marta Martinez. Jim Lee is the author of the cover of this comic. The adventures of Batman in Barcelona are at the same time a route along the streets of Barcelona and opportunity to visit the most emblematic places of this beautiful city. It will be the first time for the original pages of this comic book to be presented to the general public. The set of the exhibition will recreate some of the most emblematic buildings of the city.

The Festival will also hold an exhibition about Jim Lee, one of the most influential artists for the rest of American comics creators since the 1990’s. The exhibition will include a selection from the private collection of the author, who became popular thanks to the series such as Alpha Flights and Punisher War Journal and The Patrol–X. Lee obtained the record of the superheroes comics most sold in the history – 8 million copies. It was with the new series of the X-Man. Lee together with some other authors co-founded a publishing house – Image Comics and another one known as Wildstorm. The latter after some time was sold to DC Comics, where became responsible for Batman and Superman in sagas with very successful sales. At present Lee has been working on All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder written by Frank Miller, which in Spain will be published by Planeta DeAgostini Comics.

More inf@ in: www.ficomic.com  |  Opening hours:

• Friday 29th May: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Saturday 30th May: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Sunday 31st May: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Monday 1st June: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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