Austrian jam and honey producer Adolf Darbo AG (Darbo) has achieved a five per cent year on year turnover increase in 2010.The company which is based in Stans, Tyrol said today (Fri) that its turnover was 107.65 million Euros last year, adding that 21 per cent of its annual turnover was generated in […]
Romanians are spending more than 100 Euros a day on vacations in Austria, it has been revealed.Austria’s national tourism office in Bucharest announced today (Fri) that holidaymakers from the country were spending an average 129 Euros a day during holidays in Austria in the winter. The average daily expenditure of Romanian holidaymakers in Austria in […]
An Austrian wine came out top in a blind tasting of 75 Rieslings from all over the world in Great Britain.A Riesling from 2004 by winemakers Hirsch in Kammern, Lower Austria, made first place ahead of a wine produced by German winemaker Egon Müller-Scharzhof and a 2007 Riesling by the Prager family in Lower Austrias […]
Two leading automotive companies are recalling thousands of cars in Austria.Suzuki said today (Thurs) that it has asked thousands of owners of its Swift compact car to get their cars to a garage for repairs of the suspension struts. The firm explained the devices could corrode due to inefficient protective cladding.Subaru announced similar problems may […]
Sacher bosses are irritated after a leading ice cream company has presented a Sachertorte flavour.In what is considered as an attempt to tackle Sachers unique reputation regarding its famous cake production, ice cream maker Eskimo brands the new product as the perfect birthday surprise.Enjoying a piece of Sachertorte which was invented by Franz Sacher […]
The federal government has decided to withdraw a new law regarding the purchase of beverages just one month after it went into effect.Shoppers and branch representatives were outraged by the stricter regulation enforcing customers to identify themselves at the till when they bought two or more bottles of schnapps, more than 20 litres of beer, […]
Opposition politicians in Upper Austria have welcomed news that a private railway service provider is planning to offer a direct service between Linz and Graz.Westbahn confirmed yesterday (Weds) it has been holding talks with Upper Austrian decision-makers about logistical details regarding a possible service between Linz, the provincial capital, and the city of Graz in […]
TUI Travel, Europes leading travel company, is bracing for immense losses due to the riots in Egypt.TUI Austria, the German companys Austrian subsidiary, announced today (Thurs) that the whole company is expecting to make a loss of between 29 million and 35 million Euros in the first quarter of 2011 due to the thousands of […]
Andritz Hydro, an affiliated firm of leading plant construction company Andritz AG, has received a string of assignments worth an overall 80 million Euros.The firm said today (Thurs) that it was contracted to deliver electromechanical equipment for new hydropower facilities in Sweden and India. Andritz Hydro added that it was asked to modernise existing plants […]
A leading hotel chain has decided to part company with executive board chief Rudolf Tucek.Vienna International Hotel Management AG (VIH) announced yesterday (Weds) that its supervisory board decided to remove Tucek from power. Reports have it that business partners and customers were irritated by his “energetic decision-making” regarding the management of existing hotels and VIHs […]