FIRA DE BARCELONA
        
        
          | 2013
        
        
          REPORT
        
        
          Cosmobelleza
        
        
          International Fair on Hairstyling, Aesthetics and Wellness
        
        
          02-04/February
        
        
          Gran Via. 19th event
        
        
          The show for professionals from the aesthetics
        
        
          and hairstyling business closed with a
        
        
          positive assessment and reaffirmed itself as
        
        
          meeting point of the sector. This year, the event
        
        
          emphasized its professionalization, with
        
        
          a new online pre-registration system,
        
        
          continuing training, the internationalisation,
        
        
          and the promotion of business to foster the
        
        
          beauty market.
        
        
          This event received 20% of foreign visitors,
        
        
          coming from France, Italy, United Stated,
        
        
          Germany, China, Taiwan, Ukraine, Russia and
        
        
          Hong Kong, among other countries.
        
        
          Besides the exhibition area, which showcased
        
        
          the latest trends in hairstyling, aesthetics,
        
        
          cosmetics and wellness, the event also offered
        
        
          several training opportunities. For three days,
        
        
          more than 35 talks, workshops, shows,
        
        
          demonstrations and conferences were presented
        
        
          by top experts and attended by more than 6,000
        
        
          professionals.
        
        
          Worthy of special mention was the Congress
        
        
          of Aesthetics and Hairstyling, which covered the
        
        
          new trends in figure reshape, massage techniques
        
        
          used in spas all over the world, the latest trends
        
        
          in make-up and manicure for the 2013 spring-
        
        
          summer season, as well as hairstyling innovations.
        
        
          Also very popular were the sessions hosted by
        
        
          engineer José Vidal and lawyer Gonzalo Fuster-
        
        
          Fabra on how to make the most of personal talent
        
        
          and how to find new business opportunities to
        
        
          face the economic crisis.
        
        
          The «Barcelona Hair Fashion» catwalk was
        
        
          another highlight of the show, presenting the
        
        
          latest trends in colour tones, hairstyles and
        
        
          haircuts by renowned stylists, as well as the Body
        
        
          Make-up Competition.
        
        
          +info
        
        
        
          AREA
        
        
          31,850 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          EXHIBITORS
        
        
          180
        
        
          TYPE
        
        
          Professional
        
        
          ACTIVITIES
        
        
          Conferences, awards,
        
        
          training sessions,
        
        
          catwalks, Pasarela Hair
        
        
          Fashion Barcelona
        
        
          ORGANISED BY
        
        
          Grupo Cosmobelleza
        
        
          20%
        
        
          foreign visitors