Vigo

The city is in an excellent position to offer excellent conference venues, which will lay the foundations to expand its positioning in other segments such as cruise ships, cultural tourism, nature tourism, and shopping tourism.

The existence of the Vigo Convention Bureau, a meeting point for sector professionals, institutions, and public administrations makes it possible to offer event planners technical and professional services that guarantee the success of any meeting or event held in the city.

The infrastructures and equipment which Vigo makes available to meetings and events include:

The Pazo de Congresos “Mar de Vigo”, with a large capacity and an auditorium that seats 1,421, together with various multi-use meeting rooms.

The Instituto Ferial de Vigo, IFEVI, has 3 open-space pavilions, with more than 30,000 square metres for exhibitions, with experience in the planning of all kinds of events (trade fairs, conferences, sports, music, etc.) An auditorium that seats 506, equipped with the latest technology, sound system, and simultaneous translation equipment, as well as other meeting rooms of different sizes.

The Centro Social Fundación, with a surface area of more than 13,000m2 distributed into 5 floors, has an auditorium with the latest technology, capacity for 350, a conference room seating 120, several meeting rooms, a reception room, and an inner garden.

The Centro Cultural Fundación Vigo, located in the heart of Vigo, comprises a Theatre / Concert Hall with 994 seats distributed between the seating area and three amphitheatres, an Auditorium with 461 seats, a Conference Room seating 145, Seminar Rooms, an Exhibition Hall, a Reception Room, and a Library.

In addition Vigo offers 19 hotels, ranging between 3 and 5 stars, with a total capacity of more than 3,300 beds.

In addition, it should be pointed out that Vigo, as a central city in the Atlantic hub and the largest city in Galicia, has an extraordinary network of infrastructures that link the city to large urban Galician and Spanish cities and international hubs. Vigo has an airport, motorways, railway (future high-speed train), and harbour, which offer an extensive and diverse range of possibilities for business tourists.