IBERSOL Annual Report 2018

OTHER BUSINESSES The catering of the Ibersol Group, represented by the Palace Cater- ing and Silva Carvalho Catering brands, ended 2018 with a growth in sales relative to the previous year in the Porto and Lisbon mar- kets. Our brands held more than 770 events and served about 330,000 customers. We were chosen to cater to 23 congresses, including the Eu- ropean Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress, with around 5.000 participants per day, fol- lowed by the International Auto- immunity Congress, which had CATERING PORTUGAL around 1.800 participants per day and, finally, the Annual Assembly of the European Blood and Mar- row Society, with around 1.700 participants per day. Our participation in events organ- ised by GALP, Delta and Monte- pio, as well as our presence in Su- per Bock Super Rock, NOS Alive and Portugal Fashion are also worth mentioning. In 2018 we consolidated our ef- forts in terms of training staff in subjects such as event security, food safety and health in the workplace, and the Estádio do 92