Barcelona to host Interihotel’s 15th edition in October
Following its previous edition in Madrid in November 2024, Interihotel 2025 will return for its 15th year on 21-23 October, this time in Barcelona.
Under the slogan ‘The Power of Encounters’, this year’s edition vindicates design as a space for connection between ideas, cultures and business models, consolidating itself as the hospitality design fair with the largest international attendance, with more than 10,000 professional visitors from more than 50 countries.
An environment designed to facilitate relations between professionals, Interihotel’s exhibiting brands are industry leaders specialising in the development of comprehensive projects and the manufacture of a wide range of products and materials for the contract industry, offering solutions that cover all areas of a hotel or restaurant interior design project.
This latest edition – named ihBCN25 – will be held at Fira Barcelona – Gran Vía, one of the largest and most modern trade fair venues in Europe. Interihotel will occupy 20,000m2 at Pavilion 4, representing a 25% increase in exhibition space compared to last year’s edition.
Interihotel is the only international event for hotel and restaurant design professionals held in Spain. Organised by AMBIT Living Spaces Cluster, the event has secured itself as a vital event that brings together hotel companies, restaurant groups, real estate investors and interior design and architecture studios specialised in hotel and restaurant design looking for the latest trends and innovative solutions for the sector.
Its value proposition, focused on design, sets it apart as it materialises through a mix of mediums, including an international event with more than 10,000 professionals, a congress with more than 180 speakers, an innovation and trends hub in the form of talks, Concept Rooms and laboratories of ideas, awards and business.
‘The Power of Encounters’ will focus on three key topics that reflect the major challenges and opportunities of the industry:
- October 21: Cultural encounters – Every hospitality project is an opportunity to tell a local story in a global language. This thematic line will explore how design can preserve the identity of a destination, reinterpreting traditions and connecting with the visitor from the authentic.
- October 22: Sustainable encounters – Design that not only welcomes, but also cares. This topic will address how design, materials and business strategies can generate positive environmental and social impact, driving a more conscious and responsible industry.
- October 23: The business of encounters – Design is also strategy. This topic will analyse how collaborations between designers, hoteliers and investors are redefining business models, generating new standards and unlocking unprecedented opportunities in the sector.
With more than 300 brands expected to exhibit, the highest number in the event’s history, Interihotel BCN25 has already confirmed the participation of prominent studios such as Space Copenhagen, Javier Plazas, Estudio B720, Mesura, Ricard Trenchs, Astet Studio, Núria Moliner or MRGO, among the more than 180 speakers who will participate in the congress. The event will also showcase a selection of Concept Rooms with leading international design studios, including ILV* and PhiBa Architecture.
Interihotel incorporates in its DNA the importance of design as a generator of bridges between cultures, innovation in business models and the need to adopt sustainable and regenerative practices.
“At Interihotel we create relationship environments for specifiers, hospitality project developers, investors and brands,” says Interihotel director, Toni Zaragoza. “It is the event where innovations and new trends in hotel and restaurant design are presented and where professionals meet to get inspired and learn about new solutions for their projects. It is, without a doubt, the event to be at”.
