Madrid is a friendly city where everyone feels at home. It’s a place for business and new trends, a safe setting where taking time out and doing business are equally enjoyable. Its rich artistic and natural heritage, cutting-edge transport network, quality accommodation, fine cuisine, and the passion locals show when enjoying their city’s day and night life, make it one of the most attractive destinations in the world.
Madrid hosts the head offices of 90 percent of the major companies that operate in Spain. The city also ranks third among European metropolises in terms of the presence of multinationals, making the capital a great setting for the presentation of products and an ideal location for proposals.
[I]f Madrid has a distinguishing feature it is its ability to make work meetings pleasurable
Combining cutting-edge facilities and one of the highest-quality hotel ranges in the world with excellent value for money, devoted professionals and modern infrastructure, Madrid allows you to show guests and clients superb quality, making every event a unique experience.
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However, if Madrid has a distinguishing feature it is its ability to make work meetings pleasurable. In Madrid, the line between business and pleasure blurs, making it possible to hold meetings and close business deals while enjoying the city’s unbeatable entertainment, food and cultural agenda. Conventions here don’t have to be conventional.
Meeting in Madrid
Each year, the world and its media turn to Madrid as the city hosts a series of notable events including International Tourism Fair FITUR, ARCO, the Mutua Madrid Open and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. With four huge convention, congress and trade fair centres, Madrid is the perfect setting for all these important occasions.
In 2013, the city welcomed an impressive 7,536,791 visitors, of which 1,073,983 were meeting tourists, attending one of the year’s staggering 13,272 meetings. These included: Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, with 14,000 delegates; World ATM Congress, with 6,000 delegates; Convention Microsoft TechED Emea, with 4,000 delegates; and the Mix & Shake Convention, with 4,000 attendees. Overall, Madrid earned second position in the official 2013 rankings of the International Congress and Convention Association.
The volume and success of such events owes much to Madrid’s excellent accessibility. Visitors can fly directly from 172 destinations and more than 2,600km of high-speed rail network connects Madrid to 30 main Spanish cities. Once everyone arrives, the 300 metro stations, spanning 293km of underground rail, put the whole city within reach.
City of culture
Madrid is the greenest European capital. It boasts 6,480 hectares of green space and 26 percent of its surface is part of the natural reserve of Monte de El Pardo. There are also eight golf courses in the city and a further 19 in the surrounding region. Fortunately there are also 2,710 hours of sunshine per year, so visitors can make the most of the outdoor sites.
But entertainment isn’t restricted to the great outdoors. Madrid is a cultural hub and tourists can explore the historical and contemporary contributions of the city’s cultural elite at one of its 88 museums. The annual Art Walk joins the Prado, the Thyssen Bornemisza and the Reina Sofía museums. Within one hour’s drive of Madrid there are also six UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Alcalá de Henares, Aranjuez, Ávila, El Escorial, Segovia and Toledo.
To end a hectic day of business, or to carry on entertaining your guests, stop for dinner at one of Madrid’s 15,766 food and drink establishments. With an incredible 16 Michelin stars in the city, even the most discerning diners will be satisfied.
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