Business Class to Barcelona (BCN), Spain

Visit Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress for the Latest Technical News

Hotels across the world look to be on the road to recovery after the economic downturn and it is business travellers who are key to the recovery due to increased travel and they are likely to spend more at their destination. Barcelona is a great destination for business travellers and tourists alike with much to offer including many attractions and events.

Barcelona is a city with some stunning architecture, sophisticated shops and a fantastic football team. However, each year the stunning architecture and even the famous footballers have to take second place to the Mobile World Congress which attracts around 500,000 visitors every year. Held each February in the large La Fira complex the event showcases the latest devices and technology from some of the biggest names in the industry. Over 1,300 exhibitors attend with stalls across 142,000 square metres. Whether it is hardware, device manufacturers, network infrastructure or software developers they will all be at the Mobile World Congress. Many companies launch their new products at the show.

Conferences outline the new developments that consumers can expect to see in the coming year and keynote addresses are given by top names in the industry such as Dick Costolo, the chief executive of Twitter. Research groups such as Gartner release reports on the latest industry trends. Recent figures revealed that 40 percent of users used their smartphones daily to update their status on social networking sites, this represents an increase of 63 percent in the 18 to 24 age group.