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The Continental, a hotel with a lot of history
Hotel Continental testimony of the golden age of hotels in the city and of history The Hotel Continental, located on La Rambla 138, in front of the Canaletas Fountain, has witnessed much of the city’s history portal since the end of the 19th century Discover in this documentary, made and broadcast by Betevé, the most relevant episodes of super history, the most illustrious guests and meet Our family of hotel tradition for almost 200 years! The golden age of the great hotels in Barcelona We transcribe here the text published on the Betevé website and from here we want to thank you for having dedicated a special program dedicated to…
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Three world congresses leaders in their sectors meet in Barcelona in 2021!
Mobile World Congress, ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) and See Food Congress 2021 world events in Barcelona We celebrate that three world relevance congresses meet in Barcelona next 2021. Without a doubt, great news for our sector and for Barcelona! We would like to share with you in this post why they have chosen Barcelona, when they will take place and how they will develop taking into account the current situation. So you will no longer have an excuse to prepare your bags!! The organizing companies have made ag great effort to ensure the protection of visitors and exhibitors. Mobile World Congress (June 28 – July 1, 2021) As you probably…
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Continental Palacete: The perfect location for your shootings and showrooms
A wonderful place for your photo shoots and your showrooms Did you know that the Freixenet ad “Celebra tu Ritmo” was recorded in the Centennial Hall of the Continental Palacete? The lounges and the light of the Continental Palacete make it an ideal place for fashion photo shoots, accessories and for reports so that your clients can be photographed in a splendid place. Here we invite you to relive the great moment of a magical Christmas party with Freixenet! Enjoy it! Vogue, Woman, Hola, Lecturas have also chosen our hotel for their reports with famous faces An adaptable space that does not need too many retouching and that gives your reports…
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5 Reasons + 1 to visit Barcelona this autumn: you wont’ have any excuse!
Escape to Barcelona this Fall We know that we will have to live with Covid19 still some time and we also know that if our behaviour is responsible, everything will be fine. Fallen leaves of the banana trees, sea breeze on walks along the beaches, sunset from the Montjuïc National Palace, beer in good company, “chocolate and churros” on Petritxol street, shopping on Paseo de Gracia, visits to museums and wonderful places to enjoy in our beloved city Barcelona! Add here the whole list of the 5 relevant dates that await you in Barcelona between September and December. You no longer have an excuse to cheer up, overcome your fears…
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Bravo for F1! In Circuit de Catalunya from 14 to 16 August
Formula 1 ARAMCO GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2020 this weekend Congratulations to the Circuit de Catalunya and the organization of the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2020 for organizing this important event for Barcelona, ??for Catalonia and for the world leading racing category that is taking place this weekend. We celebrate that, in the current context, this Grand Prix is ??being held, which brings together 22 world teams that are already coming to Barcelona and which will obviously be without an audience in accordance with government requirements. Barcelona, ??our hotels, restaurants, shops … safer than ever As we have been repeating in our previous publications, our beloved Barcelona…
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Barcelona Safe City
Common sense, responsibility, and trust Today, allow me to be the first-person narrator. I need to share with you the enormous concern that we Barcelonans feel about the alarming news released by our “authorities” which, as is usual in all the media, are amplified, dramatized, and try to search at all costs for the most negative side of things. To make us feel fear and desolation. In line with this, a few days ago, my friend Paula Fernández Ochoa wrote a post on LinkedIn that reproduced my thoughts in an exemplary way, here I share it with you: #ICannotNorWantMoreOfThisGarbage ?Enough is enough? There is no right on public television to…
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Hotel Continental Barcelona is open to welcome you!
On July 3 the Hotel Continental Barcelona reopened its doors We are ready to welcome you and offer all security and protection measures in this “atypical” summer. All our facilities have been adapted to guarantee your well-being and protection, in addition, our staff have received specific training on how to implement and guarantee protection measures according to the comprehensive Covid19 system established by the Spanish Hotel Business Confederation (CEHE) and the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations (CEHAT). Freshly painted and facilities improvement The Continental Hotel has taken advantage of these closing months to renovate its buffet area and lounges. Thanks to our painter Manolo, a great professional in-house…
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Honesty with Staff and Customers: true Corporate Social Responsibility
Hotel Continental is proud of building trust for 200 years Nowadays, when we are living moments of economic fragility and uncertainty for tourism, hotel sector and for the global economy, it is when Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) becomes more relevant. Honesty is one of the key values ??from which CSR is born. It is having the courage to always tell the truth of the facts, to be reasonable and fair with your actions. Honesty is our letter of introduction with people abroad, it takes our actions as reference points, what we say and the way to react to any scenario. Thus honesty is the value that builds trust. When there…
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We are safe hotels: Covid19 integral system
Hotel Continental Barcelona and Hotel Continental Palacete implement the Covid19 Integral System established by CEHE and CEHAT With the ambition of reaching the maximum commitments to guarantee the safety and protection of our clients and teams, our hotels: Continental Barcelona and Continental Palacete have just implemented the comprehensive prevention management system Covid19 jointly established by the Spanish Hotel Business Confederation ( CEHE) and the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodations (CEHAT). A Responsible Declarations about all requirements needed for a ‘safe hospitality’ The first requirement that the obtaining of this distinctive requires is the signing of the responsible declaration of commitment with the fulfillment of the cleaning, health and…
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The emotional farewell of the Indian Group
“From the bottom of my heart, I am very happy to feel part of the family of the Hotel Continental Palacete” This is part of the message that one of the members of the group from India sent us. 23 crew members who have been staying at our Hotel Continental Palacete for 71 days, coinciding with the confinement and closing of borders due to Covid19. “I miss you and sorry if at any time we did not behave well or broke some hotel rules. But from the bottom of my heart, I am very happy to feel like part of the family of the Hotel Continental Palacete. A sincere thanks…
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“Clean & Safe” our commitment to Covid19
Feel “Clean & Safe” at the Hotel Continental We present in this post the seal “Clean & Safe”, a way to show to our customers and the whole society, our effort and commitment to the cleanliness and safety of our hotels and whose purpose is to establish all measures needed. Specifically, we focus on the “Good Practices for Workers and Establishments in the Tourism Sector Guide”, jointly edited by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. This guide details: Generic prevention measures: personal hygiene, hygiene in the workplace, protocol in case of suspected contagion, recommendations to the traveller and surface cleaning procedures. Specific prevention measures…
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Guests and Shipwrecked: article in La Vanguardia Newspaper
Thank you Oscar Múñoz, journalist at La Vanguardia for spreading the story Following to our previous post “Homage to our confined dear guests from India”, La Vanguardia was interested in our history and decided to publish an article to share the history of these “Guests and Shipwrecked” forced to remain confined in our Hotel Continental Palacete. We reproduce here the article, prepared by the journalist Oscar Muñoz, whom we thank for his exquisite treatment and the quality of the article that was published on April 18, 2020. You can see the original publication here. Twenty-three Indian crew members, confined for almost a month in a hotel in Barcelona “The…
