Hotels in Linz were identified as the most expensive among Austrias five largest cities.Hotel price comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) found today (Mon) that a standard double room in the Upper Austrian capital currently costs an average 138 Euros significantly more than what hotels in Innsbruck (116 Euros) and Graz (101 Euros) are charging.Hotels in […]
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 […]
Five-star hotels in Austria achieved the highest occupancy rates in the past holiday periods both in summer and winter, new figures show.Statistik Austria announced today (Weds) that 49.3 per cent of beds in the most expensive hotel category were booked in the 2009/2010 winter season, while 52.1 per cent were occupied in the summer months […]
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 […]
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 […]
A controversial hotel conference hall building project has been given the go-ahead by Viennese officials.The majority of members of the Vienna-Leopoldstadt construction affairs council approved the Hilton Vienna Danube hotels plan to set up a hall for 18 million Euros. The site will be used for various events like balls and conferences, according to managers […]
Hotels in the city of Salzburg have upped their prices by more than 25 Euros, it has been revealed.International hotel comparison website Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) said today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the holiday hotspot currently costs 129 Euros a night, up from 102 Euros last month.Thousands of skiers spending their holidays in the […]
Vienna has another luxury hotel as the Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom started operating this morning (Tues).French architect Jean Nouvel created the design of the five-star resort located on the Donaukanal (Danube Canal) in Vienna-Leopoldstadt.The 18-storey building, which features 182 rooms costing between 250 and 3,000 Euros per night, also includes a carpet dealer and an art […]
By Mary PenmanEver wanted to sleep in a converted sewer pipe, stay at a genuine Colorado ranch, or spend the night in an 18th century former prison? The 2011 edition of hotel guide “Unusual and unique overnight” is full of out of the ordinary places to stay, and would make a perfect Christmas gift for […]
An elderly Frenchman has been put in custody after failing to pay at a petrol station in eastern Austria yesterday (Tues).The 85-year-old driver was stopped on the A4 eastern motorway in the province of Burgenland shortly before the Austrian-Hungarian border.CCTV footage revealed that he fuelled his car for around 40 Euros and took one can […]