Barcelona capital of luxury

Barcelona stands as capital of luxury, a business that leaves almost 2,000 million

Barcelona capital of luxury

Barcelona continues as the ‘favorite’ luxury consumers, with 32% of sales, reported today at a press conference the president of the Spanish Association of Luxury, Cristina Martin.

The luxury sector in Spain reached in 2015 a turnover of 6,000 million euros, up 15% compared to 2014.

Bilbao has welcomed this morning in the presentation Bilbaína Society Association in a ceremony which was attended by the president of honor, Princess Béatrice d’Orléans, and in which also he participated the designer and member of the institution Teresa Busto .

The breakdown among the cities with the largest presence in this sector has not changed much over the previous year.

So Barcelona continues as ‘favorite’ city of the most affluent consumers, with 32% percent of sales, about 1,920 million if the calculation of the total, followed by Marbella, which accounts for 27% percent of the business is done . Madrid (16%), Ibiza (8.5%), Mallorca (6%), Bilbao (2.8%) and San Sebastian (1.5%) are the following preferred areas to buy.

Spain ranks fifth in the luxury market within the European Union, behind France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

“While most sectors have experienced declines in their levels of production and sales in the luxury sector remain and increase thanks to exports and tourists who visit us,”.

Products ‘gourmet’ and beauty offer the greatest sales volume in Spain, with 55% of the total business, and its turnover has increased by 4.8% over the previous year, stressed Martin.

Also, fashion and accessories, such as jewelry and leather goods, are two sectors that “increasingly become more weight in the luxury ‘made in Spain’ sector,” he stated.

With this call, which brought together eighteen of the sixty companies that make up the entity created in 2010, it has sought to publicize the association and the latest developments in the luxury sector.

The designer has opined that luxury is “excellence, to do the best, with love and effort, either bread or a bag”.

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Alimentaria Fair Barcelona

The fair, to be held from 25 to 28 April in the Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona, provides a higher economic impact of 170 million euros

Alimentaria Fair Barcelona

Alimentaria 2016, held from 25 to 28 April in the Gran Via de Fira de Barcelona, ​​addresses this year its most international edition coinciding with its 40th anniversary, when I expected to generate more than 170 million economic impact, similar the 2014 edition.

Also, the fair expects to maintain 42,000 140,000 visitors from other countries, while it will have 4,000 participating companies from 70 countries, up from 3,800 the previous edition. “The food industry and Spanish cuisine with creativity and work beyond what can be considered normal. We are a positive anomaly “, he stressed on Thursday at the presentation of the XXI edition of the Alimentaria Fair and president of Fira de Barcelona, ​​Josep Lluís Bonet.

Speaking to the media, Bonet added that the potential of the Spanish food industry allows it to be increasingly recognized internationally, so expect a “magnificent edition”, also thanks to the recovery of the Spanish economy is a fact , he has said.

Business Platform

The managing director of Alimentaria Exhibitions and lounge, J. Antonio Valls, Food erected as a business platform, so this issue has strengthened its program of international buyers and has invited more than 800 operators and importers from Latin America , Asia, USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

Under these business meetings and new this year, the fair has created the Intervin Business Meetings, a program with 180 international buyers in the wine sector, while in the Food & Drink Business Meetings interviews between buyers and European exhibitors will be made, and The Brokerage Event will serve to close commercial and technological cooperation between European companies and innovation centers agreements.

Alimentaria 2016 maintains its traditional lounges, as Intervin, Intercarn, Interlact and Restaurama and presents new exhibition areas, as ‘Multiple Foods’, which is claimed as the lounge of food trends and special and functional products, housing Expoconser, international pavilions , Lands of Spain, Snacks, Biscuits & Confectionary, Mediterranean Foods, Healthy Foods, Fine Foods, Bar olive oils and premium area.

‘Showcookings’ 40 chefs’

In the 90,000 square meters that will hold the show together in the gastronomic forum The Alimentaria Experience 40 chefs, among them Joan Roca, Angel Leon, Ana Merino and Beatriz Sotelo, who will perform cooking demonstrations with the new gourmet dining trends were also given.

In the Vinorum Think they will present the latest industry and the most internationally renowned hand sommeliers and winemakers Spanish wines, and in The Alimentaria Hub more than 200 activities will be held, 300 innovative products will be presented and will be held 10,000 business meetings with buyers from foreign markets. Alimentaria 2016 will also host the international conference The Food Revolution Forum, organized by Reimagine Food and bringing together 100 speakers and robotics experts who will discuss the future of food.

Power: first industry

Industry food and drinks has established itself as the leading industrial sector in Spain with a turnover of 93,000 million euros, 3% of GDP, and exports stood at 24.018 million in 2014, 5.9 % more. In addition, the sector employs half a million people directly in Spain, 2.5 million and five million indirectly throughout the chain, with the best industry that has withstood the impact of the crisis.

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Himalaya and Jordi Roca

Hilalaya & Jordi Roca

Jordi Roca, the best baker in the world, did not hesitate to accept the challenge of leaving the kitchens of El Celler de Can Roca to develop an exceptional menu for about only diners in a unique scenario: the Himalayas. The expedition led by mountaineer Carlos Soria, who at 76 is the oldest in the world, invited the renowned pastry chef to join their team and design a menu to be cooked high mountains over 7,000 meters high . A unique experience that can be seen in the documentary The Himalayan ice cream, which will hit Discovery MAX Wednesday November 25, at 23.30.

In March 2015, just one month before the devastating earthquake that devastated occurred Nepal, the Himalayas witnessed this exceptional meeting. The Himalayan ice cream recounts the process of culinary research under the Roca brothers to define a historic menu that had to be cooked for 76 mountaineer and his team during the 7 days of the ascent to the summit of Annapurna, the mountain most dangerous in the world.

The relationship between two endearing characters that are twice their age, the incredible scenery of the Nepalese Himalayas, and the physical demands of the stage frame an adventure that combines gastronomy, extreme sport, culture and the world of travel.

After the challenge, the youngest of the Roca brothers dedicated for months to perfect the freeze food conservation -method from freeze-drying of food-to achieve make a ‘gourmet’ menu that fits in a bag the size of an envelope.

Having passed the first test, Rock travel to Kathmandu to join the expedition led by Soria and teach them to cook this exceptional menu from the base camp located at 4,200 meters. This trip will serve to soak Rock of Nepali gastronomic tradition and surprise the members of the expedition with an artisan ice cream made with typical products of the region at room temperature, becoming the chef has prepared a higher altitude ice cream form natural.

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Mercat de Mercats (BCN) have to Peruvian cuisine as guest of honor at the 6th edition

From Friday 23th to Sunday October 25th at “Avinguda de la Catedral”stands the locals gather markets

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Peruvian cuisine is one of the protagonists of the Mercat de Mercats which comes as a guest country. From Friday 23th to Sunday 25th October at “Avinguda Catedral” host of this gastronomic shows that become the center of Barcelona in a street market where the locals market stallholders, restaurant owners and Catalan food and wine producers are concentrated.

During this 6th edition emphasis on Peruvian cuisine and inexhaustible pantry products from its vast geography will. Peru is one of the latest kitchens that have come to Barcelona as restaurants and great public success.

In the food fair they have scheduled a series of activities in classrooms and Gourmet Tasting, including presentations on the Lima ceviche or cause, among others, led by internationally renowned chefs as Victor Gutierrez (1 Michelin star and 2 suns Repsol), Jorge Muñoz (1 Michelin star) or Acurio and some members of his gang of “tiger’s milk”.

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