Hotels help ease pressure on hospital beds
Health authorities to double intensive care units by end of week and triple them next week
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Number of firms planning temporary lay-offs continues to shoot up
More than 210,000 jobs at stake, the vast majority of which are in the Barcelona area
UK advises British travelers to return from Spain by March 24
Foreign office statement says Spanish government will close all hotels next Tuesday as part of emergency measures against coronavirus
Over 2.2m visitors to Barcelona stayed in hotels this summer
Council figures show a 4.6% rise between June and August, with 84% of tourists to the city coming from abroad
Second best ever June for hotels in Catalonia
Some 6.4 million overnight stays last month just short of last year’s all-time record figure
Catalonia’s tourism sector looks forward to a bumper summer
From north to south and from east to west, visitor numbers are expected to match last year's record figures
Robert De Niro to open hotel in Barcelona in 2019
It will be fourth hotel of Nobu chain in Europe, and “benchmark” on the European continent
First joint Hotel and Restaurant Trade Show to be held in Barcelona
Bringing together “two of most important trade fairs in their respective sectors,” event kicks off on April 16
Central Catalonia, a top destination for Easter holidays
Region expects accommodation to be more than 80% booked up
Catalan coastal town attracts Mobile World Congress attendees
70% of hotels in Sitges already booked up for MWC
Barcelona hotel sector closes 2017 with record turnover
Despite “terrible” last quarter of year, the industry turned over 6% more than 2016
Second best October on record for Catalan hotels
4,6 million overnight reservations were made throughout month, 2.9% less than last year, according to the Spanish Statistics Institute
Record number of overnight hotel stays in Catalonia during September
3% increase of bookings recorded according to Spain’s National Institute of Statistics
Catalonia braces for record number of tourists
Coastal destinations to feel the brunt with occupancy rates of over 90%, while top inland choices expect 8 out of 10 rooms to be full in August
Construction of ‘BCN World’ project to start next summer with major changes
The Recreational and Tourist Centre of Vila-seca and Salou, the project which was originally named ‘BCN World’, will start to be built in summer 2017. The resort will be located between these two villages – Vila-seca and Salou – on the Costa Daurada, near PortAventura theme park. After numerous reorganisations and changes in the legislation, the project’s hotel surface area will decrease by 29.2% in comparison with the urban plan approved in 2015. The surface area designated for gambling and amusement activities will ultimately be 30,000 m2 instead of 60,000 m2. The surface area for commercial use and that designated for theatres and congresses has been kept the same. Thus, the total surface area of the project will be 750,000 m2 rather than 1,000,000m2. The project is expected to receive €2,500 million in private investment and will generate 10,000 jobs when fully operational.