It is a recognised fact that business travellers have different needs from holidaymakers and hotel managers around the world know that delivering what this section of their customer base needs makes good business sense.

Some of the best business hotels in Barcelona do it particularly well, offering everything required for the business event or meeting, plus options for relaxing when it is over. Most offer valet parking, a concierge service and an express check in and out for business clientele.

Business Services

Most suites and rooms in Barcelona business hotels offer high speed wireless internet access, telephone and fax, plus 24 hour room service and a seating area for informal meetings.

Many Barcelona hotels also have business centres offering these and other facilities such as printing, photocopying and scanning. They all have a number of meeting rooms of various sizes, secretarial services and of course, delicious a la carte cuisine for banquets that won’t fail to impress your guests.

Business Packages

Some top business hotels offer specific packages to attract customers with different priorities. The Hotel Rey Juan Carlos, centrally located in Les Corts, has conference facilities with 291 rooms and an auditorium that seats over 2,000. It also has small, luxury meeting rooms and offers a ‘Green Meetings’ package where the focus is on energy efficiency and recycling. With a minimum of ten people, you can also book an outdoor meeting space in the hotel’s beautiful gardens.

Further from the centre, in Gracia, the unusual Casa Fuster GL Monumento, with 96 rooms, is part of the World Heritage Site celebrating the work of modernist architect Lluis Domènech I Montaner. Certainly somewhere to go if a memorable, off the beaten path experience is desired.

Seaside Business

If you prefer a sea view, you could choose the H10 Marina Barcelona, which has 200 rooms with panoramic views. Or at the end of La Ramblas in Ciutat Vella, the 291 rooms of the Eurostars Grand Marina Hotel GL overlook the sea and the port.

Après Business

After hours, you can choose to relax in the hotel’s indoor or outdoor pool if it has one, and many do, perhaps high on a rooftop with a bar and terrace restaurant; or work out in the fitness centre, take a massage or a spa treatment.

Help with Choosing a Top Business Hotel in Barcelona

These are just a few of the top business hotels in Barcelona. To find the one most suited to you, at the best possible rate, use a professional conference coordinator who knows the area intimately, and has well developed working relationships with booking clerks and hotel managers.

When it comes to choosing a hotel conference location in Barcelona, serious consideration needs to be given to which of the various ‘barrios’ or neighbourhoods to choose.

Each has its own merits and this mini guide provides a brief insight into which may be better suited to your specific needs and to the type of impression you are seeking to create for your delegates whilst in the Catalan capital:

Trendy and Smart:
Choose El Born; a trendy area boasting smart restaurants and cocktail bars and favoured by seasoned wealthy travellers.

Budget-Led:
Looking for an affordable conference hotel in Barcelona? Poble Sec in Montjuic district is a good place to start. Offering inexpensive accommodation and only a 10 minute train journey from the City Centre; Poble Sec is not so much a tourist attraction, but offers a friendly neighbourhood backdrop for your Barcelona conference.

Transport-Friendly:
Go for Sants. Barcelona-Sants, the city’s main train station, offers rail links throughout Europe and Barcelona Airport is on the doorstep, making it the ideal location for your Barcelona hotel conference. Sants is well known for its exhibitions, is atmospheric and picturesque with a lively night life and affordable accommodation to boot, so there is plenty of opportunity to combine your hotel conference with pleasure. Sants is also home to one of the world’s largest football stadiums, Camp Nou, which is also worth a mention on your Barcelona hotel conference itinerary.

Traditional:
Gotico is said to be the heart of Barcelona and is characterised by its authentic ancient streets. It is picturesque but has a lively night life too, as does Eixample, with its modern architecture and cultural hotspots, offering tranquillity whilst still entertaining a busy metropolitan lifestyle.

Whatever your taste and whatever your needs, there is something to suit everyone in Barcelona. All it takes is some research and your hotel conference in Barcelona will promise to be a memorable and successful event for all!

Once again, Conference Coordinator Spain are able to offer business class accommodation in Barcelona for the GSM Mobile World Congress, held between February the 15th and 18th. With our extensive network of business class hotels in Barcelona we have secured a variety of rooms.

The Congress is a leading leadership conference featuring visionary speakers and interesting panel discussions, industry seminars that highlight the most current mobile solutions and an exhibition with more than a thousand companies displaying their services, products and technology that will define the global mobile future.

We have negotiated accommodation with a number of Barcelona’s business class hotels resulting in an average saving of more than 10% compared to the hotel rack rates during the GSM Mobile World Congress. These rates are passed directly onto our clients with no add ons or fees whatsoever.

Conference Coordinator Spain have also negotiated meeting and event space at various business class hotels for pre and post event stays. We can organise meeting rooms and event space on your behalf should you be holding a networking event or business meeting during the GSM Mobile World Congress.

If you already know you’re going to attend GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we suggest you book your business class hotel accommodation as early as possible. Contact us and let us do the work on your behalf or book a hotel in Spain directly online.