National Congress of Business Travel

The 10th edition of the National Congress of Business Travel and MICE took place last week, on 21st and 22nd May, in Madrid, where more than 5,000 business professionals met.

The MICE sector is growing potentially in Spain and, in particular, in Andalusia. Spain now ranks 1st in Business Travel in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Andalusia has 19 state-of-the-art Congress and Conference Centres, located in main cities and able to accommodate events with up to:

• 3,200 attendees in Seville
• (2x) 1,500 attendees in Malaga
• 2,000 attendees in Granada

Andalusia also offers more than 550 hotels, 4* and 5* rated, many of them with meeting spaces, where you could host your event if you like to keep things simple. Many of these hotels also have spas and other facilities, being ideal for wellbeing and bleisure purposes after the main event.

[Update 26/03/2019 - The Spanish Association of Business Travel and MICE (IBTA), which organised this National Congress of Business Travel and MICE, came to Andalusia on a site visit to discover how slowly but surely, Malaga is becoming a predominant MICE destination in the South of Europe]

With wide international experience, the team at Meridional Events will be more than happy to help you organise your meeting, incentive or special interest group in Andalusia. We help you with your events from the initial stage at setting the goals for your corporate event, to continue with the organisation and management of the event, until it is finished.

Please contact us for more info.

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