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Articles tagged “barcelona”

SkiftX

Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia gets a digital makeover, just because

Whether its a legendary design like Gaudi's or Cinderella's castle at Disney World, turning architecture into a surface for digital media gives filmmakers and technicians the opportunity to bring an object to life in stunning new ways.

Tourism

Will the Euro crisis lead Catalonia to declare itself Europe’s newest nation?

It’s unlikely Catalonia will ever secede from Spain, although one benefit would be the rush of tourists looking to visit the world's newest country and sweet marketing materials the come from such a title.

Will the Euro crisis lead Catalonia to declare itself Europe’s newest nation?

Tourism

The El Clásico snub: Sands picks Madrid over Barcelona for the $65 billion EuroVegas project

Even though Barcelona is a bigger tourist city, Madrid gets the nod. Lot depends on how the Euro and Spain's own economic crisis turns out, before the project finally gets off the ground.

Hotels

Hotel brands think Barcelona plus the debt crisis equal a smart investment

The worst thing that could happen for consumers is that competition between 4- and 5-star properties push prices down across the board or force some of them to retrofit for middle-class shoppers.

Tourism

Sharp decline in local tourism in Spain; tough summer ahead?

Much like everywhere else in Europe, no one knows what the heck's going on. Spain's huge tourism industry could taildive, or not. Meanwhile this confusion will surely hurt tourism dev efforts.