In spite of the social and health restrictions, the economic impact was € 34.8 million  Bilbao Exhibition Centre closed a complicated 2020 having held 94 events with the participation of 340,458 visitors and a total site occupancy over the financial year of 195 days. The conjunction of three important factors enabled BEC to counter the [...]

From 19th to 21st October 2021 at Bilbao Exhibition Centre Bilbao Exhibition Centre and Siderex, Cluster Association of Steelworks, present STEEL TECH, Congress & Expo, a biennial professional event which aims to become the leading international meeting point in Southern Europe for the steel sector. Technological advances throughout the whole value chain, promising ongoing research [...]

Xabier Basañez Llantada, General Director of Bilbao Exhibition Centre, has been re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. Basañez will start on 10 November, at the UFI General Assembly, which will take place during the organisation’s 87th Global Congress. According to the articles of [...]

The Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality declares that BEC is a safe space Bilbao Exhibition Centre has been awarded the “Safe Tourism Certified” seal by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE), recognising the health protocol implemented by the Basque centre against COVID-19. Thanks to this acknowledgement, BEC has now entered the list of Spanish [...]