FIRA DE BARCELONA
| REPORTS 2012
Mediterranean Diet
Alimentaria also hosted the IX International
Congress on the Mediterranean Diet, organized by
the Mediterranean Diet Foundation. The foundation
is designated as World Heritage by UNESCO, for
not only its food model but also its true philosophy
of life - a set of customs and traditions related
to eating, which also makes it possible to lead a
healthy, balanced life.
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Antiquaris
Modern and Antique Art Fair
24/3 - 1/4
MONTJUÏC. 36TH EVENT
Area:
13,000 m
2
Exhibitors:
50
Type:
professional and public
Organised by
Flaqué Internacional, in
collaboration with Fira de Barcelona, the
Antiquarians' Union of Catalonia and Agrupación de
Anticuarios de las Reales Atarazanas.
5,000
years of art history
Once again the Modern and Antique Art Fair stood
out for its quality, bringing over 25,000 visitors over
nine intense days. The efforts of the organization
were rewarded by a remarkable response
from collectors, experts, art enthusiasts and
the general public.
5,000 years of art history embodied in works from
different ages, artistic trends and price ranges,
featuring artists as diverse as Picasso, Dalí, Miró,
Tàpies, Barceló, Sorolla, Botero, Rusiñol, Casas,
Nonell, Clavé, Blanchard, Chillida, Fortuny, Togores,
Zuloaga, Gargallo, Torres-García, Sert, Mir, Anglada
Camarasa, Hernández Pijuan, Ràfols Casamada,
Cuixart, among many others.
Visitors had the opportunity to admire masterpieces
from vanished cultures, African ritual pieces and
masks, Baroque works, Avant-garde paintings from
the 19th and 20th centuries or other appealing
contemporary items, which shared space with
Romanesque and Gothic carvings, modernist, art
déco and nouveau wonders, high jewellery, furniture
from all ages and styles, or scientific and nautical
antiquities.
The MNAC Museum also held a unique exhibition
of works from its permanent collection, featuring
works from the Romanesque to the Modernist
period, thanks to a sophisticated technology of
digital printing. The Museum of Modernism, in turn,
presented collection pieces, some of them shown
for the first time.
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Auto Retro Barcelona
Antique Cars and Motorcycles Exhibition
05-09/12
MONTJUÏC. 29TH EVENT
Area:
30,580 m
2
Exhibitors:
300
Type:
public
Activities:
auctions, anniversaries, tributes,
meetings, presentations
Organised by
Promobil Group.
750
unique vehicles
Auto Retro hosted 300 exhibitors from fifteen
countries with 750 unique vehicles on display.
This Antique Cars and Motorcycles Exhibition
attracts a very loyal audience every year, mainly
from Catalonia, but also from other Spanish and
southern European regions.
The show held the first classic car and sport car
auction ever to take place in Spain, by Stanislas
Machoïr, which sold 62% of the exhibited vehicles.
The highest bid (140,000 euros) was for the
Toyota Celica 4WD, owned by Spanish World Rally
Championship winner Carlos Sainz.
On this occasion, tribute was paid to Antonio
Zanini, driver and trainer, and Elvira Beloso, retired
Managing Secretary at Seat and efficient custodian
of the historical heritage of the Spanish brand.
The show commemorated the 60th anniversary
of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL and the 50th
anniversary of the roadster MGB. Likewise, the first
Seat 127 was displayed along with other historical
units to celebrate this model’s 40th anniversary.
Worthy of special mention is the participation for
the first time of Harley-Davidson, iconic firm that will
soon be celebrating its 110th anniversary. Also in
the sphere of motorcycles, the Catalan brand from
the fifties, Mymsa, organized a historic display of 20
motorcycles owned by the Aragall family.
As usual, the market of spare parts and
accessories, as well as the classic Car-Corral, a
space displaying classic cars for sale, took place.
Another attraction was the giant slot track, a replica
of the Montjuïc circuit.
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Barcelona Meeting Point
International Real Estate Show
17-28/10
MONTJUÏC. 16TH EVENT
Area:
20,000 m
2
Exhibitors:
265
Type:
professional and public
Activities:
conferences, seminars and prizes
Organised by
the Barcelona Consorci
de la Zona Franca.
2,500
professionals at the Symposium
A large audience, both general and professional,
visited the new edition of Barcelona Meeting Point
(BMP), a show hosting more than 265 real estate
businesses, banks and public administrations.
According to the organizers, this year’s event came
as a breath of fresh air for the sector.
BMP turned out to be the best showcase for
exhibitors to sell part of the assets in their
properties portfolios, since the show took place less
than two months before Spanish tax benefits for
purchase of real estate expired, as well as for the
participation of important international purchasers.
A total of 17 investment funds took interest in
the Spanish real estate offer. According to the
organization, the volume of business surpassed
2,500 million euros, higher than the 2011 figures.
As in previous years, BMP centred around the
International Symposium, which brought together
2,500 professionals in 21 sessions, as well as the
Professional and General Attendance Exhibitions,
which took place over the weekend.
The show hosted the third Russian Meeting Point,
which summoned a significant number of Russian
investors, and it also presented the building plan
of 70,000 new houses, and the restoration of
140,000 more, in Bogota, the capital of Colombia,
which was this year’s guest city.
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Barcelona International
Boat Show
26-30/09
PORT VELL. 51ST EVENT
Area:
16,300 m
2
(rough)
Exhibitors:
267 companies, 700 boats
Type:
Professional and public
Activities:
Boat Parade, training, boat testing,
traditional sailing workshops, regatta presentations,
conferences, awards
700
boats
20
boats at the Boat Parade
Featuring around 700 boats, this year’s edition of
the Barcelona International Boat Show was the most
maritime, as it concentrated its entire offer at the
Port Vell. This exceptional location was the perfect
showcase both for the water display –with boats
starting at 8 meters long– and the dry-land display,
with all kinds of nautical products and services,
ranging from electronic devices and motors to paint,
sails, trailers, fishing products, charter services or
sports harbours, as well as small boats.
Altogether, 267 companies took part, including
leading brands such as Astondoa, Bavaria, Belliure,
Beneteau, Furuno, Garmin Iberia, Green Power,
Jeanneau, Marina Estrella, Rodman Polyships, Sessa
Marine, Sunseeker, Touron, Yamaha or Zodiac.
This new show format allowed visitors to see,
touch and even test the boats at sea and the
new nautical sports products. It also made it
possible to sail into the future, since the event
adapted itself to the needs of exhibiting brands
and visitors, who responded very positively
to the change.
Once again, the Boat Show placed special
emphasis on innovation and the uses of new
technologies in the boat industry. One of this
year’s greatest successes was SmartPort, a
harbour management platform and social network
for boat owners and cruise passengers created
in Barcelona for smartphones and tablets. Also
remarkable were the wireless remote controls for
anchoring or the control levers that replace the
traditional steering wheel.
Companies also presented new ideas to cope with
the recession. For instance, new charter services,
one of the booming segments in the boat industry.
