FIRA DE BARCELONA
        
        
          | 2013
        
        
          REPORT
        
        
          Taxi Barcelona
        
        
          National Trade Fair for Taxi Professionals
        
        
          16-17/November
        
        
          Montjuïc. 9th event
        
        
          Companies in the industry, commerce and
        
        
          services related to the taxi gathered at the latest
        
        
          Barcelona event of the most important show
        
        
          of the sector, which receives the support of the
        
        
          main professional organizations, Barcelona City
        
        
          Council, the Government of Catalonia and the
        
        
          Taxi Metropolitan Institute. This public entity,
        
        
          and others like STAX and Taxi Companys, had
        
        
          their own stand.
        
        
          Worthy of special mention for this event
        
        
          was the more significant representation of car
        
        
          brands authorised to provide taxi services in the
        
        
          Barcelona Metropolitan Area, including the latest
        
        
          7-seater models and alternative fuel vehicles.
        
        
          Among the participating brands were Fiat,
        
        
          Volkswagen, Renault, Toyota and Peugeot.
        
        
          Also significant was the presence of
        
        
          companies promoting new mobile apps, which are
        
        
          successfully entering the sector to improve the
        
        
          interaction between driver and costumer, and
        
        
          the efficiency of radio taxi services.
        
        
          The Taxi Show hosted technical seminars
        
        
          supported by Mutual de Conductores, featuring
        
        
          special discussions on healthy habits for taxi
        
        
          drivers by Roberto Navarro and Dr. Eduard Estivill,
        
        
          who covered the topic of drowsy driving. As
        
        
          always, an especially hot topic was the subject of
        
        
          work hours regulation.
        
        
          A Cuban delegation invited by STAC visited the
        
        
          event, so that Cuban drivers could see how the
        
        
          sector works in Barcelona before facing
        
        
          the structural changes that the Caribbean country
        
        
          is planning to undergo.
        
        
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          AREA
        
        
          11,700 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          EXHIBITORS
        
        
          32
        
        
          TYPE
        
        
          Professional
        
        
          ACTIVITIES
        
        
          Technical seminars,
        
        
          demonstrations,
        
        
          children area
        
        
          ORGANISED BY
        
        
          Mosaik
        
        
          7
        
        
          seater, star car