Barcelona Boat Show-2016

The event, which will take place from 12 to 16 October at the Port Vell

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The 55th edition of the Barcelona Boat Show will bring together the largest offer of sports and recreational boating in Spain sector. The event, which will take place from 12 to 16 October in the Port Vell, will attract major companies such as Beneteau, CNB-Lagoon, Conade, Fountaine Pajot, Jeanneau, Marina Estrella Marina Marbella, Metropol Marine, Yamaha or Zodiac, among others.

“The event will demonstrate its full potential as more main trading platform and meeting of sports and recreational boating sector in Spain,” he stressed the president of the hall, Luis Conde. This year, under the motto ‘Live the sea’, the show wants to establish itself as a space for fun and new experiences, both among fans in general and among those who are new in this world. For the show’s director, Jordi Freixas, “one of the main objectives is to spread the culture of the sea and show that there are multiple ways to enjoy it.”

The Boat Show will occupy the docks of Spain and Fusta of the Port Vell ; spaces that will host an extensive program of activities and experiences. Visitors will enjoy again both the floating sample, with boats from 8 meters, and the exhibition ground, presenting products and nautical services.

Meeting point for startups and investors

In this edition, entrepreneurs related to nautical sector gain in prominence with the organization of a day in which representatives of innovative companies emerging technology-based profile or present their projects to potential investors and firms in the sector. Another of the highlights is the round table dedicated to nautical sports, participate in key players involved in the sailing competition.

The event also bet on gastronomy. A catamaran will host the Show Boat Gastronomic where gourmets can make tastings of premium products, in addition to attending lectures on culinary trends.

Registrations up

The number of recreational boat registrations increased by 3.7% for new ships and 11.5% for the rental market in the first half of 2016. “This season enrollment growth has slowed relative to the last three years, however note that the change in business models and creating new companies, more oriented towards offering services and the incorporation of new technologies in management, continues to progress, “says Carlos Sanlorenzo, secretary general of the National Association of Marine.

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The light of the Asian giant

Chinese Lantern Festival, with over 500 figures silk giant illuminated from the inside, mixed with folk oriental elements with Catalan cultural and artistic references | The exhibition, 9,000 m2 and installed in the Forum Park, can be visited until March from Tuesday to Sunday

Chinese lanterns in Barcelona

Lighting has been embellishing the streets and squares of Barcelona during Christmas was a few days ago saying goodbye until next November but lovers of light and color are still a good alternative to the Forum Park: Festival of Chinese Lanterns, since the beginning of the Christmas period and until March brings locals and tourists to an ancient tradition of China, with a sample of more than 500 figures giant silk lit from within.

The Lantern Festival is one of the great festivals of China. Held at the height of the Chinese New Year, which this year will take place on February 18, according to the calendar lunar- and during the Moon Festival -a mid August-. These days, the lights are turned on and contemplate, in a tradition that goes back to the I.

In the Catalan capital, the Chinese Lantern Festival translates into a fantastic journey of 9,000 m2 of lights and colors that you visit at night -from 18 to 24 pm, Tuesday to sunday-. The lamps and metal structures, whether great energy saving LED bulbs covered with Chinese silk natural multicolor- measure up to six meters high and 25 meters long and can weigh a ton. The figures are an original design and are handmade by twenty artists from Chinese Zi Gong, in the province of Sichuan. From Thursday to Saturday, in fact, a craft workshop allows the public to learn the hands of two artists, the traditional method of creating lanterns.

From pandas to Gaudí

The route of the festival is divided into seven main areas: the city Traditional Chinese, Tea Zone, the Great Wall, the Chinese Water Garden, Four Seasons, Park Pandas and the Chinese Zodiac. The exhibition also pays tribute to the local art space dedicated to Antoni Gaudí, Miró and Pablo Picasso, with thirty lamps that reinterpret known works of three artists and their trends, such as the Sagrada Familia the woman and bird Park Güell.
Among eight entries and 18 euros can be purchased at the ticket office or http://www.festivaldefanalsxinesos.cat Forum Park.

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