BARCELONA

B A R C E L O N A

Popula'on:  1.700.000    

Languages:  Spanish  and  Catalan

Located  in  the  north-­‐east  of  Spain100km  south  of  French  border  in  the  Mediterranean  coast  ,  its  considered  the  capital  of  Catalonia.

Major  industries:    Services,  Finance,  Tourism,  Real  State.

Since  the  Olympic  Games  in  1992,  its  been  consistently  increasing  its  number  of  tourists,  becoming  right  now  a  woldwide  top  des'na'on.

BASIC INFORMATION

BARCELONA

B A R C E L O N AIf you go to Barcelona you should go to Camp Nou, and enjoy one football game

F.C.Barcelona

B A R C E L O N AIf you go to Barcelona, you should visit the Modernist buildings

B A R C E L O N AAnd don’t forget our mediterranean cuisine

B A R C E L O N A INFORMATION ABOUT TOURISM

Hostels   are   not  included   in   this  figures.

We   shou ld   add  1 . 5 0 0 . 0 0 0  bednights   ,   more  than   10%   of   total  overnights   in   the  city.

B A R C E L O N A INFORMATION ABOUT TOURISM

If  we  include  Hostels  in  this  figures  we  should  add  between  500.000  and  750.000  interna'onal  tourists.  (10-­‐15%  of  total  interna'onal  tourists  of  the  city  stays  in  hostels.  

**  If  we  add  this  500-­‐750.000  tourists  Bcn  will  become  the  3rd  European  City  and                                      the  first  non  capital.

Equity  Point  HostelsThe  company  currently   consists  of  9   hostels   offering   a  total  of  2.213  beds  distributed   in  Barcelona:  Equity  Point  Gothic,  Equity  Point  Sea  and  Equity  Point  Centric,   London:  Equity  Point  London,  Madrid:  Equity  Point  Madrid,  Marrakech:  Equity  Point  Marrakech  ,  Girona:  Equity   Point  Girona   ,   Lisboa:  Equity   Point   Lisboa  and   a   new  hostel   in   New  York:  Equity  Point  NY.

With   more   than   25   years   of   experience,   innova'ng   and   offering   quality   in   the   youth  sector,  we  have  a  clear  goal:  go  beyond  the  current  models  of  youth  lodging.  We  offer  “a  traveler   to   traveler”  approach   with   staff  hailing   from   the   5   con'nents,     a   full   range   of  FUNtas9c   ac9vi9es,   and   a  place   to  enjoy   sharing   your   experiences  with   people   from   all  over  the  world.

2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 2009 2009Barcelona(145  beds)

Barcelona(106  beds)

Madrid(320  beds)

London(400  beds)

Girona(166  beds)

Barcelona(400  beds)

Marrakech(160  beds)

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571

971

1.131

1.297  

1.863

2.013  

Growing  up

2010Lisboa

(150  beds)

2011

2.213  

New  York(200  beds)

THE HOSTEL SCENE IN BARCELONA

HOSTELS  :  60  proper'es  who  defines  themself  as  a  hostel.     (legally  opera'ng  less  than  20)

BED  and  BREAKFAST:  100  proper'es

APARTMENTS:  They  are  opera'ng  as  a  hostel  (impossible  to  quan'fy)

TOTAL  HOSTEL  BEDS:  5000-­‐6000  beds.

FORECAST  FOR  2013-­‐14:  At  least  1000-­‐1500  new  beds  under  construc'on.  Big  European  players  are  coming  to  town.

OCCUPANCY:  Between  70-­‐75%

PRICE  RANGE:  From  13-­‐16  in  low  season  to  26-­‐35  in  High  season.  Decreasing  in  low  season,  increasing  in  high  season.  The  difference  between  low  and  high  season  prices  has  almost  doubled  in  last  5  years.

Although hostels have a regulation in Catalonia, they are not by the Tourism Board of Catalonia but regulated by the Youth Department. This means that we are not in the city statistics, even when we represent between 10-15% of total bednights in the city.

The “non official” hostels/apartments in the city had been increasing in the last years.

In 2012 the Catalan Goverment is also studing to apply a “Touristic Tax” of 1€ per person per night.

THE HOSTEL SCENE IN BARCELONA

The   hostels   are   regulated   by   the   “Secretaria   General   de   Juventud”   and   “Consell  Comarcal”.

Apart  from  all  technical  installa'ons  being  regulated  as  usual,  they  specifically  look  at:

  -­‐  Square  meters  of  common  areas:  1  sqm  per  bed

  -­‐  Distance  between  bunk  beds:  Minimum  75  cm

  -­‐  Each  property  must  have  a  nursery.

  -­‐   Handicapped   access:   all   proper'es   must   be   accessible   and   must   have  

  rooms  100%  adapted  according  to  its  size.

  -­‐  No  bars  (alcohol)  are  allowed  in  the  hostels

  -­‐  Laundry  for  guests  and  a  drying  place.

  -­‐  1  toilet  for  each  6  people  and  1  shower  for  each  12  people  

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