Barcelona Hospitality Growth

Barcelona has managed to consolidate its image as a top tourism destination especially in the professional meetings business. A flurry of new hotel inaugurations is expected over the next few years with some 30 hotels due to open, including an expected 8 new openings due by the end of 2011.The investments are a clear sign of optimism in the hotel and tourism business in Barcelona. By the end of 2011, Barcelona’s hotel park will have reached 336, with over 32,200 rooms -three times more than in 1990- and the majority of these in the four star category. Most of the new openings planned for the forthcoming years will be smaller establishments, many of these in restored buildings in the centre of the city.