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BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK celebrates its 20th anniversary reinforcing its international leadership as the showcase for bridal fashion

The reference platform on the calendar of worldwide shows, which represents 98% of the Spanish sector, will once again open its doors to the leading companies in quality, design and exporting potential which back this event in the Catalan capital.

The fashion parades in the PASARELA GAUDÍ NOVIAS, the stage on which the great names in fashion reveal the latest trends, will take place from 18th to 21st of May, preceding the international professional show NOVIAESPAÑA, which will take over from the 21st to the 23rd, with full occupation envisaged.

BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK will celebrate its 20th anniversary as the most notable showcase for the bridal fashion sector and as an unarguable international point of reference, with the support of most of the leading companies.

This important event on the calendar of international shows, which represents 98% of the Spanish sector, converts Barcelona into the world capital of bridal fashion and offers a positive response to the current situation of the market, thanks to the loyalty of its exhibitors, visitors and professionals of the specialist media who attend the two main events of the BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK year after year: the PASARELA GAUDÍ NOVIAS and the NOVIAESPAÑA international show.

This year, once again, the fashion parades of the PASARELA GAUDÍ NOVIAS will be the setting in which the great names in the world of bridal fashion will reveal the new trends. They will take place from Tuesday 18th until Friday 21st of May in Pavilion 8 of the Gran Vía Venue of Fira Barcelona. The NOVIAESPAÑA international show will then take over from the 21st to Sunday 23rd of May with the presence of the best manufacturers of fashion for brides, grooms, parties, ceremonies and accessories.

20 years as an international point of reference

BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK, which is working on preparing the different commemorative activities for the twentieth anniversary for the sector, visitors and the media, has consolidated itself as the only show which, for the last twenty years, has brought together the quality and creativity that make the Spanish bridal industry a point of reference the world over, as well as offering exhibitors and visitors alike the necessary conditions to be able to advance in the same direction.

The greatest exponent of the leadership of our companies and their great exporting potential is found at this Barcelona event which, since its creation, has become the leading international bridal fashion show thanks to its ascending career, starting out with 55 companies, 78 brand names and 7,500 m2 and reached 136 companies, 215 exhibiting brand names —40% of which were international— and 30,000 m2 of surface area in 2009.

More than 13,000 professional visitors from purchasing centres attended the 19th edition, of which almost 60% came from abroad, showing the international scope of BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK which, in 2009, brought together some 500 representatives from the specialist press from all over the world.

www.barcelonabridalweek.com – One and a half million hits

In 2009, the website www.barcelonabridalweek.com has received one and a half million hits, demonstrating the interest that the event awakens and the fact that the website is an efficient virtual tool for finding all the information concerning the prestigious platform.

In addition to practical and relevant matters aimed at exhibitors, visitors and journalists, the images of the collections for the PASARELA GAUDÍ NOVIAS, with the latest proposals that were presented by prestigious Spanish and national designers, have a significant presence on the website, along with those of past editions.

 

BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK - January 2010