MICE Offering in Spain

Spain offers a wide range of destinations, which cover the organisational needs of all kinds of congresses, conferences, trade fairs, incentives, and other international events.

Our offering is so extensive that it perfectly meets event planners’ various needs. Our resources and attractions ensure high participation and meet the high expectations of international participants.

Spain offers great destinations: global tourism leaders (such as Barcelona and Madrid), modernist cities, villages in beautiful natural environments, and charming coastal towns.

Any event planner can find the suitable environment and infrastructures to organise a spectacular and highly productive event.

All Spanish destinations are fully interconnected, which makes it easy to combine different cities or towns for incentives programmes and other corporate events.

Convention Bureaux

All Spanish destinations have a Convention Bureau – a department specialised in meetings and events. International event planners can trust these bodies as an impartial partner that will provide advice on the various infrastructures and resources available at the destination, as well as on special activities that add value for international participants.

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Meeting Venues

Spain has a wide range of meeting venues. Most of these are highly versatile, multi-use facilities, equipped with the latest technology and audiovisual equipment.

Event planners can chose from among more than 40 conference and congress centres. Some of these are highly contemporary examples of avant-garde architecture, such as the San Sebastián Kursaal, or the work of world-famous architects, such as Norman Foster (Valencia) and Santiago Calatrava (Oviedo and A Coruña).

In addition to meeting venues, there are many auditoriums, multi-use venues, trade fair premises, and other non-conventional and alternative venues, such as universities, schools, museums, municipal buildings, sports centres, and other special venues.

Accommodation

Spain has varied, renovated hotels. There are more than 16,000 hotels, of internationally renowned quality.

Accommodation in cities is mainly 4- and 5-star hotels. The entire sector makes more than 350,000 hotel beds available to the market.

Of particular interest, due to its charm is the Parador Network. These are 90 unique, charming hotels distributed across Spain. They are strategically located in castles, monasteries, and palaces, and can help to achieve the perfect atmosphere for corporate meetings and events.

Special venues

All Spanish destinations have a wide range of special venues, historic or landmark buildings where amazing social events, welcome cocktails, or gala dinners can be held. Hold your event in such charming locations as wineries, castles, museums, palaces, theatres, or old monasteries.

Incoming Agencies

As a result of Spain’s extensive experience managing tourists and events, all destinations have a wide range of receptive agencies (PCOs and DMCs) which will help you with the event logistics.

These are receptive agencies with extensive experience, used to effectively manage all kinds of meetings and events. Their added value is that they are able to coordinate and make the most of local providers to cover the various event needs, such as communication, catering, audiovisual media, event hostesses, translators, stand assembly, stage design, and transport.

The excellent Spanish MICE industry professionals ensure that events are productive and with no surprises, achieving participants’ satisfaction.

Special activities for memorable times

Spain’s geographic and cultural variety provides many options to offer significant, unique activities and experiences that add value for meeting participants.

  • Outdoor activities such as golf matches, 4×4 routes, sailing races, and extreme driving lessons.
  • Cultural activities, including tours of tourist attractions and the participation in cultural events.
  • Special activities, such as being a farmer, a shepherd, or a wine grower for one day.
  • Flamenco or Spanish lessons.
  • Orientation workshops in a National Park.
  • Playing a football game with former Real Madrid or Barcelona players.
  • Balloon flights over World Heritage sites.

Theme routes for incentives

Spain has various theme routes that cross the country, focusing on pilgrim routes or the historic past of the different peoples who inhabited the Iberian Peninsula. These include:

  • Camino de Santiago (St James’s Way) (various routes)
  • Camino de Sefarad (Sepharad Way)
  • Vía de la Plata Route (Roman Silver Route)
  • Washington Irving Route
  • Don Quixote Route
  • Caliphate Route
  • Nazari Route
  • Almorávide and Almohade Route
  • Route of the Spanish language

Corporate Social Responsibility

Spain has many NGOs and charities with which your association or company can collaborate, adding value to the destination where your meeting or event will be held.