Cookies Policy
Last updated: July 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how Barcelona City Hotels (barcelonacityhotels.com), operated by Hamish Media Ltd., uses cookies and similar technologies. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and provide information to site owners.
Cookies We Currently Use
We keep cookie use to a minimum. This site uses strictly necessary cookies required for basic website functionality, and a small number of cookies related to our newsletter sign-up form.
Page caching for faster load times | Kinsta (hosting provider) | Strictly necessary |
Core site functionality (e.g. security, session handling) | WordPress | Strictly necessary |
Bot protection / security filtering | Cloudflare | Strictly necessary |
Newsletter form submission and spam prevention | HubSpot | Strictly necessary / functional |
Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent under GDPR/ePrivacy rules, as the site cannot function properly without them. Our newsletter form cookies are functional — they support the form you’ve chosen to interact with — rather than used for advertising or cross-site tracking. We do not currently show a cookie consent banner, as we do not use non-essential advertising or analytics cookies.
Cookies We Do Not Currently Use
We want to be transparent about what we don’t do. At this time, this site does **not** use:
– Analytics cookies (e.g. Google Analytics)
– Advertising or retargeting cookies (e.g. Meta Pixel)
– Third-party embedded content cookies (e.g. YouTube video embeds may set cookies if you interact with them directly — see note below)
Note on video embeds: Hotel review pages include embedded YouTube videos. If you click play, YouTube may set its own cookies in accordance with Google’s cookie policy, independent of this site. We do not control these.
Note on our newsletter form: If you submit our newsletter sign-up form, HubSpot (our email marketing provider) may set a cookie to recognize your browser and connect your submission to your visit to our site. This helps us understand how subscribers found us. It does not track you across other, unrelated websites.
Future Changes
If we introduce analytics, advertising, or other non-essential cookies in future (for example, Google Analytics to understand site traffic), we will:
– Update this policy in advance,
– Implement a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies before they are set,
– List the specific cookies, their purpose, and duration.
Managing Cookies
If you’d like to block cookies, you can do so through your browser settings, though this may affect site performance (e.g. slower page loads without caching) or prevent our newsletter form from working correctly.
Contact Us
Questions about this Cookies Policy can be sent to:
**Hamish Media Ltd.** Email: info@barcelonacityhotels.com