Today King Felipe VI inaugurated a new 2024 edition of Alimentaria
The inaugural tour began shortly after 11 in the morning. The King was accompanied by ministers Jordi Hereu and Luis Planas; the Government delegate in Catalonia, Carlos Prieto; the mayor of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Núria Marín. The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, joined the delegation after 12 noon, after participating in the first meeting of the PSC executive after the celebration of the party congress this weekend. Who has not participated in this delegation is the president of the Generalitat, Perè Aragonès, who has also appeared at the fairgrounds after signing the decree calling for elections to the Parliament, but who has not joined the King's group.
The president of Fira de Barcelona, Pau Relat, was also present at the inauguration; the director general of Fira de Barcelona, Constantí Serrallonga; the general director of Alimentaria Exhibitions, José Antonio Valls; the president of Alimentaria, Antoni Llorens, and the president of Hostelco, Pere Taberner.
In total, this delegation of honor has visited twenty spaces spread over the seven pavilions of the fairgrounds, such as the stand of The Alimentaria Hub, the Pavilion of Spain and the stand of Danish canners, where Felipe VI met with the president of the Catalan employers' association Foment del Treball, Josep Sánchez Llibre.
Other stands visited by the King and his companions are those of Damm, Coca Cola, Welbilt, Estrella Galícia, El Pastor, Quesos La Vasco Navarra, that of the Junta de Castilla y León, Carnia, Noel, El Pozo, Grupo Jorge, Aljomar , Vall Companys, Casa Tarradellas, Vicky Foods, Nestlé, Gallina Blanca, Cola Cao and Adam Foods.
The King is now participating in a lunch at the same Fira de Barcelona venue with various personalities linked to this congress, which from today until Thursday will bring together some 100,000 people.
