Spain

In just over a year's time, business travellers will finally be able to choose their rail operator in Spain. But for the government and the future operators, the future has already begun! Last December, the Council of Ministers approved a Royal Decree aimed at liberalising rail traffic in Spain. The...

The new Palma Convention Centre hosted 226 events, bringing together more than 76,000 participants over the course of 2018 - 76,678, to be quite precise. This is the first full year's results for the new infrastructure, which was inaugurated in April 2017 and generated 15.3 million euros...

Report Serge Barret / Photos Alain Parinet The Canaries are an apocalypse; a petrified chaos of seven main islands thrown into the Atlantic off the coast of southern Morocco. Practically at the tropic, then. They are all of volcanic origin, but each has a different character. Some are fairly flat and very arid, like Fuerteventura,...

50 % of gran canaria is totally unspoilt How do the expectations of the French business tourism market differ from those of other nationalities? Ines Jimenez Martin - They are indeed different from those of the German, British or Italian markets, which are our main visitors. The French attach a great deal of importance to...

IDENTITY CARD Time difference: - 1h. Best periods: With eternal sunshine, the Canaries can be visited all year round. Away from the major tourist flows, spring and autumn are the best seasons for corporate groups. GETTING THERE Vueling operates a direct flight between Paris Orly and Gran Canaria on Wednesdays,...

What is the profile of your business clientele? We cater for both sales staff and blue-collar workers who have travel packages at their disposal, and their bosses who appreciate the quality of our hotels, which are close to the higher categories, but at much lower prices. We have a very good market share in...

NH Hotel is about to change ownership. After acquiring 9.5 % of the Spanish hotel group's shares last May, Thailand's Minor International has just announced the purchase of the shares held by HNA, the parent company of Hainan Airlines, which also has stakes in Aigle Azur, Tap Portugal and Azul. This represents a total of 25.2%, which will...

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...

Luxury boutiques selling perfumes, watches and handbags follow a gourmet restaurant, a master chocolatier and an Italian ice-cream parlour. The crowd is dense, but it wanders just as it would in the shopping arcade of a very upmarket shopping centre. They take their...

Cathay Pacific is strengthening its position in Spain. As the Hong Kong airline prepares to launch a seasonal service between Hong Kong and Barcelona in July - operated with its brand new Airbus A350-900 - in addition to its four weekly flights to Madrid, Cathay Pacific has joined forces with Iberia to offer connections to...

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.

Following in the footsteps of many airlines, Iberia is now launching an intermediate Premium Economy class, called Turista Premium. Luis Gallego, Executive Chairman of Iberia, explains that this launch is part of "the company's Plan Futuro, which aims to increase revenues, while offering passengers a new option with greater flexibility.

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...

What is the state of French business tourism in Spain in general, and in the Malaga region in particular? Elena Valdés del Fresno - In 2014, Spain received 771,000 tourists from France, whether for business reasons or as part of meetings and incentives. This...

As if split in two by a vertiginous rift crossed by an equally vertiginous bridge, Ronda has seduced many an artist - Hemingway, Rilke, Welles - by its beauty and its typically Andalusian character. Day 1: Arrival in Malaga and check-in at your hotel. City tour on foot through the historic quarter of...

Thanks to its photogenic curves, impressive volumes and Calatrava's signature, the incredible Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències project has revolutionised Valencia's image and put the city firmly on the leisure tourism map, as well as the business tourism map. So it's hardly surprising that many...

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...

A European star in urban tourism, Barcelona has got into the habit, over the last fifteen years or so, of piling up construction sites to constantly surprise. But today, as in the past, the Eixample district remains the most active centre of this booming city. Of course, there's the timeless charm of the Barri Gòtic, the miracle of the...