‘ THE UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA IS COMPETITIVE ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL , RANKED IN THE 61-70 RANGE , STANDING OUT IN UNIVERSITY-COMPANY COLLABORATION AND OVERALL GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY ’ a record high with regards to cargo volume , passengers , and vessels ; in the same year , Barcelona ’ s airport was named by the Airports Council International as Europe ’ s seventh busiest airport . Moreover , Barcelona provides a centre for industry and manufacturing . Approximately a third of all Spanish exporters have headquarters based in Barcelona , while approximately a third of all foreign companies operating in Spain base themselves in the city .
Information and communications technology is another leading sector in Barcelona , accounting for over 7 % of the city ’ s economy , according to Meet Barcelona , which matches CNN ’ s figure for the amount that hotels and catering bring in . Not only does Barcelona host the yearly Mobile World Congress , but it is home to particle accelerator facility ALBA synchrotron and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre . King , owned by Activision Blizzard and the developer of the widely-popular game Candy Crush , opened large offices in the city in 2012 .
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