Madrid

Pop, rock or flamenco: it's a very musical atmosphere that the Barcelo group is offering with the inauguration of its new five-star hotel in Madrid, the third in the Spanish capital. Located in the Chamartin district, very close to the train station and the Plaza de Castilla, the Barcelo Imagine - no doubt in a nod to the...

With the inauguration, within a few days of each other, of hotels in Moscow and Madrid, the Hyatt group has just strengthened its offer in two of Europe's key business metropolises. To make its debut in Madrid - and indeed on the Spanish market - the American hotelier has chosen its lifestyle brand Hyatt Centric and has opted for a prime location for its...

For a long time, Madrid worked in the shadows, humbly assuming its status as the country's administrative and financial capital while leaving the honours of the tourist magazines to other Spanish destinations. Those days are over. Away from the turmoil in Catalonia - between anti-tourist demonstrations and pro-independence protests - Madrid has become a destination in its own right...

Report and photos by Florian Guillemin. If you've got an hour... You might as well know, Madrid's business district is not renowned for its cultural offerings. It is, however, here that one of the city's great symbols stands, and one whose aura has reached a global dimension: the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. A visit to the...

HOTELS Melia Castilla [tararama ids="67225,67637,67639,67641,67643" auto="true" pause="4000"] This is undoubtedly the benchmark hotel for professionals who converge on Madrid's business district. The hotel's capacity has a lot to do with this, with 915 rooms making it the largest hotel in the country at the time of its inauguration. Since then, other jumbo jets have...

How do you explain Madrid's rise as a business and tourism destination? David Noack - Madrid was never Spain's favourite destination for travellers, but ten years ago the city decided to make a serious commitment to business tourism. The local industry...

Larger and better equipped, Iberia's new Madrid lounge now covers an area of 2,500 m², or 25% more than the previous version of the lounge. This surface area enables it to accommodate up to 500 business travellers at the same time, with an average of 1,200 guests a day. [caption id="attachment_67873" align="aligncenter" width="700"] The...

Madrid has more than confirmed its position as Spain's leading MICE destination. In fact, seven of the biggest international congresses will be held in the Spanish capital in 2017. Some of them have been very enthusiastic about the city, such as the World ATM Congress, which is now in its fifth year in Madrid and has decided to base itself here...

Iberia is strengthening its services between Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez and Barcelona-El Prat by joining forces with low-cost carrier Vueling to jointly operate this strategic route. The two airlines, which are both subsidiaries of the IAG group, will create a real air bridge - hence the name of the shuttle, "Puente Aereo" - between the two cities.

Hotel W Madrid, due to open in two years' time, will have a total of 120 rooms and 21 suites. It will be housed in a 19th-century building on the Plaza de Canalejas. The establishment will join its Catalan counterpart inaugurated a few years earlier: the W Barcelona, whose sail-shaped silhouette has become a symbol of the...

For its arrival in the Spanish capital, the Hotel Indigo brand has opted for a sure-fire hit with business travellers: a strategic location. When it opened its doors yesterday just a few metres from Gran Via Avenue, the new representative of the InterContinental Group (IHG) was keen to pay tribute to the famous...

Don't call it Barajas any more... This week, Madrid airport, one of Europe's main hubs for business travellers, changed its identity. No major changes for business travellers heading for the Spanish business destination, as the IATA code remains unchanged (MAD). Adolfo Suárez, who died on 24 March, was considered to be the...

Hotel Suecia is dead, long live Hotel Suecia! The Madrid hotel, which will be replaced in 2014 by an Innside by Meliá establishment, will nevertheless remain in the Spanish capital's hotel portfolio under a new identity: the Innside Madrid Suecia. The third representative of the brand in Madrid after the Innside Madrid Genova and Innside Madrid...

The self-check-in service offered by Iberia is currently used by 60% of travellers. This is not enough for the Spanish carrier, which intends to rely on a new, more efficient system to achieve an adoption rate of 90%. The new tool was officially launched on 2 August in terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas, and is due to be rolled out to other terminals...

The acronym AZCA stands for "Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial de la Avenida del Generalísimo" (Mixed Association for Compensating the Manzana A of the Avenida del Generalísimo Commercial Area). It's easy to see why the people of Madrid have chosen this acronym for the city's main business district, which officially runs along the Paseo de la Castellana between the Nuevos Ministerios buildings and the...