We say goodbye to 2018, a great year to remember

We say goodbye to 2018, a year full of networking days, fairs, workshops and events, where the Associació Passeig de Gràcia has enjoyed and created new significant synergies for the development of 2019.

We can remember the first networking meeting of 2018 in the Don Jaime room of La Vinoteca Torres, a private space where more than 30 associates met and enjoyed great moments to strengthen professional ties and join opinions within the sector. Other days of networking took place in the well-known Banker’s Bar of the Mandarin Oriental Barcelona Hotel, one of the most charming and glamorous places on the Passeig de Gràcia, or admiring the wonderful views of the Sky Bar BCN, the terrace of the Hotel Iberostar Paseo de Gracia. They were special moments where knowledge and experiences were exchanged, as well as enjoying the atmosphere and the most exquisite gastronomic proposal.

Another crucial moment of 2018 was the award to the Associació of the Medal of Honor of the Urban Guard from the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau. The Associació Passeig de Gràcia understands security as a collective responsibility, which implies working for the community, improving citizen coexistence and security in the city. On another occasion, members of the Association attended two security workshops that were organized in collaboration with the Mossos d’Esquadra and Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona, and in which agents of these two security bodies explained techniques to prevent thefts and other similar crimes in the Passeig de Gràcia establishments.

The Association also participated in Emotions, the trade fair specializing in experience tourism. International travel agencies specialized in high level clients met in this event to promote different and unique experiences.

We were at the Roadshow that the Catalan Tourism and Tourism Agency of Barcelona carried out in the United States and Canada in order to publicize the hotel, gastronomic, cultural and commercial offer of Barcelona to the American tourist sector.

We can not forget the great success of Passeig de Gourmets, the first edition of the Passeig de Gràcia gastronomic festival exceeded the expectations of the restaurants participating in the initiative, promoted by the Passeig de Gràcia Association.

We can also remember the families and travel agents who have come to visit us and who enjoyed the routes through the shops and restaurants of Passeig de Gràcia.

It has been a year that has exceeded the expectations of the Association, and above all, it has given us more than enough energy to make way for a 2019 full of goals to achieve.