I interview the Joaquim Clos, CEO of the Derby Hotels chain, at the Os-kuro restaurant, inside the Claris Hotel in BarcelonaWe spoke specifically about the restaurants in the hotel chain he manages, founded in 1968. In each hotel, in Barcelona, Madrid, and London, he has opted for a different offering, but there's one characteristic that unites them all: bread with tomato, ham, and Spanish omelet at breakfast. And what perfect, delicious bread with tomato you can find in both Madrid (Hotel Urban and Hotel Villa Real) and London (The Caesar Hotel). He tells me that the average price of a room at the Hotel Claris is 280-290 euros, a price based on the average for the low season—January and February.– and the high –Starting with the Mobile World Congress, which next year is from March 2nd to 5th.

The Derby Hotels Collection group will invest approximately 7 million pounds (approximately 8 million euros at the current exchange rate) in the second phase of the renovation of its London hotel, The Caesar. In a meeting with journalists, the group's general manager, Joaquim Clos, explained that this second phase of the renovation should begin in mid-November and that the work has a completion period of approximately 14 months. In the first phase of the renovation, this family-owned group has invested approximately 11 million pounds.