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2011 tourist perspectives for Catalonia and Barcelona are “exceptional” and records could be broken

April 9, 2011 07:19 PM | CNA / Gaspar Pericay Coll

Catalonia’s International Tourism Fair is currently taking place and will run until this Sunday. Barcelona broke all records in 2010 regarding visitors. 7.3 million tourists visited the Catalan capital and there were 14 million hotel nights booked by visitors. The Catalan Minister for Business and Employment, who is in charge of tourism, expects 2011 for Catalonia to be “exceptional”.

Barcelona becomes the World’s capital of mobile phone technology

February 14, 2011 10:19 PM | CNA / Paula Mateu

From this Monday to the coming Thursday, the Catalan capital is hosting the annual world’s most important cell phone technology event, the Mobile World Congress. About 55,000 people and 1,300 companies will attend the conference, which will generate more than 200 million euros of profit for the local economy. Barcelona needs to do its utmost best this year, as the host city from 2013 onwards is still not decided.

The world’s top cell phone trade fair will attract 55.000 people to Barcelona

January 13, 2011 01:27 PM | CNA / Alex Recolons / Jordi Pueyo

The Mobile World Congress will be held in the Catalan capital for the seventh time. It will take place between 14th and 17th of February and will bring have an economic impact of 200 million euros on the city. Visitors are predicted to occupy 30,000 hotel rooms, 25% higher than last year. However, Barcelona could lose the Mobile World Congress’ organisation contract as the current one ends and other cities put forward their candidature.