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Also, the promotion of affordable year-round boat
rentals and new formulas to allow boat owners to
rent their boats during certain seasons to cover
maintenance costs.
Many recreational activities
In addition to the commercial exhibit, the event
also hosted a large program of activities in order
to promote interest about nautical activities. Once
again, the Funch Beach Area hosted training
sessions where visitors could learn the basics of
yachting, kayaking, canoeing, paddle surfing or
even virtually flying over the sea with a new aquatic
gadget called Flyboard.
One of the most spectacular activities was the
Boat Parade, night boat parade which attracted
hundreds of people. On the first event, more
than 300 sail and motor boats, between 11
and 25 metres long, presented the latest
trends in design, electronics, motors and safety
from national and international brands. The
boats sailed at a speed of 3 knots in a light and
sound show.
Likewise, for the third consecutive year, the Village
at Moll d’Espanya became a meeting point for
representatives from different areas of economy,
society and sports.
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BCN Bridal Week / Salón
Noviaespaña / Pasarela Gaudí
Novias
Bridal Fashion Catwalks / International Fashion
Salon of Bridal, Ceremonial, Communion Wear
and Accessories
08-13/05
GRAN VIA. 22TH EVENT
Area:
26,600 m
2
Exhibitors:
235 brands
Type:
professional
Activities:
bridal fashion catwalks
Organised by
FFF Flaqué Internacional
63%
international visitors
BCN Bridal Week, hosting the Noviaespaña show
and the Gaudí Novias catwalk, once again turned
Barcelona into the world capital of wedding
fashion. Leading companies for quality, design
and export potential in the bridal, ceremony and
accessories sector once again supported the
Catalan show.
The event of May 2012, which exhibited more than
235 brands, half of them foreign, reaffirmed itself
as one of the leading shows in the field. More than
15,300 professionals, 2% over the 2011 event,
63% of which came from abroad, visited the show
and consolidated its international dimension.
Most of the visitors were Italian, followed by German
and French.
Worthy of special mention was the increase of
purchasers from Russia, The Netherlands, Greece,
Belgium, the United States and Eastern European
countries. Several professionals came from New
Zealand, Australia, The United Arab Emirates,
Portugal, Sweden, Angola, Croatia and Finland.
Leading brands in bride and groom fashion, wedding
party and ceremony fashion and accessories
exhibited their creations in the 18 catwalks hosted
by Gaudí Novias, which brought together 14,000
participants. Four intense days revealed the models
of Rosa Clará, Jesús Peiró, Victorio&Lucchino,
Yolancris, Inmaculada García, Raimon Bundó, Franc
Sarabia, Jordi Dalmau, Matilde Cano, Hannibal
Laguna, Patricia Avendaño, Joana Montez y Patricia
de Melo, Fuentecapala, Cabotine by Gema Nicolás,
Sonia Peña, Ana Torres, Carla Ruiz and Pronovias.
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Bebés & Mamás
Baby and Mother Trade Fair
05-06/05
MONTJUÏC. 13TH SHOW (1ST TIME IN FIRA)
Area:
13,400 m
2
Exhibitors:
80
Type:
public
Activities:
conferences, baby massage workshops,
yoga for pregnant women, baby care sessions
Organised by
Feria Bebé
1st
time in Fira
Families had the chance to get to know what is new
in the world of babies and expecting and recent
mothers. After 12 shows in Cornellà, Bebés &
Mamás was hosted by Fira de Barcelona for the first
time, a change of premises that allowed the show
to reach a new record number of visitors.
New dads and moms could approach the universe
of new-borns and share their experiences with more
practiced families. They also got familiar with the
latest trends in maternity and childcare through the
leading brands of the sector.
Baby bottles, pacifiers and diapers were displayed,
as well as all the necessary products for childcare:
food, high chairs, bath tubs, carriages, strollers,
gyms for pregnant women and babies, services
of umbilical cord blood stem cell collection and
storage, and cars featuring all kinds of appliances
for travelling with children.
The show presented the latest trends, such as
new baby carriers, kid’s furniture, the first Spanish
online shop selling products for pregnant women
and babies, a labelling device to label children’s
belongings with a photograph, and a natal chart
writing service for new-borns, among others.
Among the activities programmed, the most popular
was the conference “Comer y dormir, dos hábitos
que podemos enseñar” (“Eating and Sleeping,
habits we can teach”), by the pediatric specialist
Doctor Eduard Estivill. Also worthy of mention were
the childcare sessions, the baby massage and yoga
for pregnant women workshops, the play area and
the breastfeeding corner, among other.
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Bizbarcelona
Entrepreneur Exhibition
13-14/06
MONTJUÏC. 2ND EVENT
Area:
19,000 m
2
Exhibitors:
87
Type:
professional and public
Activities:
lectures, workshops, finance
marketplace, Global Entrepreneurship Competition,
SIME Barcelona, Pecha Kucha Talks, ACC1Ó Tech
Market, Tormo Franchise Forum, Agents&Brokers
and Wall of Ideas.
1,000
counselling sessions
The promotion of business activities and the
entrepreneurial spirit has been the raison d’être
of BIZ Barcelona since the beginning. The second
event encouraged networking and meetings between
entrepreneurs and investors, while hosting more than
150 lectures by experts on different fields.
BIZ Barcelona structured its activities and contents
around nine major thematic areas: finance,
innovation, internationalization, business strategy
and management, sales, resource optimization,
managing skills, marketing and communication tools,
and franchises. In addition, it hosted a business
exhibit area where companies offered their products
to SMEs, self-employed workers and entrepreneurs.
The show held more than 1,500 meetings between
entrepreneurs and investors, around 1,000
counselling sessions, and offered solutions and new
financing methods, in a time of credit restrictions.
Also of interest were the seminars devoted to
crowdfunding, a new way of obtaining funding for
projects using online platforms to encourage small
donations from individuals and businesses.
BIZ Barcelona hosted the 4rth edition of the Global
Entrepreneurship Competition, a contest where
the best 16 international business plans competed
to win funding for their projects. The winner was
Awak Technologies from Singapore, with a project
of wearable dialysis that enhances the lifestyle of
millions of End Stage Renal Disease patients.
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The Brandery
Urban Contemporary Fashion Show
27-29/01 – 13-15/06
MONTJUÏC. 6TH AND 7TH EVENTS
Area:
18,000 m
2
(January) / 19,000 m
2
(July)
Exhibitors:
135 (January) - 92 (July)
Type:
professional and public
Activities:
catwalks, concerts, workshops,
technical seminars, lectures, exhibitions
15
catwalks
160
business meetings
Brands, catwalks, workshops and concerts were the
protagonists of the winter event of the show, which
consolidated the model established in the previous
event: the combination of a business area, reserved
for professionals, and “Brandtown”, a space open
to the public.
In addition to being a significant business platform
for the 135 participating firms, 26% of which were
foreign, The Brandery Winter hosted 15 catwalks
by 26 brands and 26 live music shows by first-rate
bands, such as Dorian, Fangoria or 2manydj’s,
who sold out and turned the show’s catwalk into a
loudspeaker for new musical trends.
