Salzburg recorded more overnight stays in 2010 than in the previous three years, but the hotels’ occupancy rate is still low.Peoples Party (ÖVP) Vice Mayor Harald Preuner said today (Tues) that hotels and guesthouses in the city registered 2.2 million overnight stays between January and December 2010. He pointed out this was the best annual […]
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More than three in 10 men say garnering information online is “more fun” than reading books.Linz-based pollster Market found that 35 per cent enjoy bringing themselves up-to-date on the internet more than reading a book. The agency said those men also said reading the news online was “more fun” than reading books. Only 23 per […]
UNIQA eyes expansion after 2010 profits
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Insurance company UNIQA Versicherungen AG (UNIQA) said its 2010 performance could have been better than expected.The firm said today (Fri) that some weeks ago it expected profits of around 120 to 135 million Euros, while analysts predicted profits of 142 million Euros. Now the Vienna-based insurer has explained that it may have achieved a pre-tax […]
A group of Palestinian refugees detained in Romania said they were trying to reach Austria.Romanian border police put the five men aged between 23 and 25 into custody after they illegally crossed the border into Serbia near Jimbolia on Wednesday evening.Officials told the Romanian Times newspaper that the group planned to travel to Austria to […]
More than 300 natural gas cars were registered in Austria last year, it has been announced.Statistik Austria said today (Fri) that 333 gas-powered cars, 221 natural gas lorries and 48 buses equipped with natural gas engines were registered in 2010.The state agency explained these developments increase the overall number of natural gas vehicles in the […]
Tyres price hike warning issued
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Car tyres may get more expensive soon, an industry representative has warned.Continental AG board member Nikolai Setzer said today (Thurs) soaring rubber trade rates could lead to higher customer prices. He added price hikes of seven to eight per cent were possible if price developments on the global trading market do not calm down.Hanover-based Continental […]
Strabag SE chief Hans Peter Haselsteiner has rubbished speculations construction projects in 2014 Olympics host city Sochi are running late.The businessmans company is just one of a string of Austrian firms which were assigned to carry out building and infrastructure projects in the Russian Black Sea resort.Haselsteiner told the Kurier newspaper today (Thurs): “We are […]
A strong year on year surge of overnight stays in Vienna rescued the 2010 performance of the Austrian tourism industry.Figures presented by state agency Statistik Austria yesterday (Weds) show that hotels in the federal capital registered 10.86 million overnight stays last year, 10.3 per cent more than in 2009. The citys tourism businesses also did […]
Alpine Germany gets UAE order
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A leading Austrian building firms German branch has won a 82-million-Euro assignment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Alpine Bau GmbH (Alpine) said today (Mon) that its German representation Alpine Bau Deutschland AG will build office buildings, storage sites and production facilities in Abu Dhabi for Borouge, which is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi […]
The global economy will grow strongly in the coming years, a Viennese think tank has predicted.The Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) said today (Mon) it expected the world economy to grow by 4.5 per cent every year until 2015. Austrias economy will grow by 2.2 per cent every year until 2015, according to WIFO.WIFO announced […]