According to ICCA, Barcelona has been in the worldwide top 5 cities in the organization of trade shows and congresses for more than 7 years, being the city with the most events in 2017. Why choose Barcelona? The city of Barcelona offers thousands of possibilities and is perfectly prepared to host large events thanks to […]
5 hours and 30 minutes is the average time a visitor spends at a trade show. How to get the most out of your potential client’s visit? With our visit to the Hospitality Innovation Planet 2019 in Madrid and the arrival of the Mobile World Congress 2019 to Barcelona, we want to dedicate this post […]
Arenal Sound 2018, which has taken place between 31st July and 5th August in Burriana (Castellón), has used Counterest’s automated people counting system. The festival has recieved 300.000 attendees in 6 days and has become one of the most massive in Spain. Counterest has experience in automated people counting in festivals as it […]
– There is no mandatory compliance to implement automatic crowd control by using sensors in Catalonia, while it is mandatory in other Autonomous Communities like the Valencian one, since last September – The Catalan company, Counterest, performs real time crowd control at large events, night clubs and pubs and provides predictions and indicators to […]
Counterest becomes an official crowd control provider We’ve won the tender opened by B:SM for crowd control technology providers. We’ll provide our crowd control solution in events and open spaces managed by B:SM. Moreover, the WiFi Tracking solution will be at their disposal for events when analyzing itineraries, measuring waiting times in each zone and […]
For the second year in a row, Barcelona’s City Council will automatically control capacity in one of the biggest events for children in the world, called “La Festa dels Súpers”. It takes place in “The Olympic Ring” this week-end, and it’s estimated to gather about 370.000 visitors. The laws that regulate capacity control in […]
It’s not rare to use automatic people counters with low accuracy when performing capacity control, and thats due to the incorrect estimation of the margin of error. It’s believed that using a 95% accuracy counter in an event where 50.000 attendees are expected generates a maximum error of +/-2.500 people counted (5% * 50.000 people), […]
Why is fundamental having a precise capacity control system in nightclubs and mega-events? Nowadays, is it mandatory to have an automated capacity control system in leisure venues? It is clear that for security reasons, a venues’ public never has to exceed its allowed maximum capacity; so why is this rule not always followed? In […]
Catalunya is small, but there is a tendency to organize mass events and one that is repeated annually, for 19 years now, is the ‘Festa dels Súpers’: children’s activities of all kinds and musical spectacles in a privileged environment – the Olympic Ring – that extend over an entire weekend. Counterest counted that the main […]
Finally, nice weather is here and music festivals seem to proliferate. Good music, warm weather, good company,…but also crowds!
