DVD player causes hotel blaze

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An overheated DVD player caught fire in a hotel room last night (Sun).The manager of the resort in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol suffered minor injuries when he threw burning mattresses from the balcony. A neighbour had informed him about the smoke coming out of a window.Fire-fighters found out that an overheated DVD player started […]

Dutch tourists put partying Belgians in clinic

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A group of Dutch holidaymakers face bodily harm charges after attacking Belgian revellers, police in the Salzburg ski resort of Saalbach have said.Three tourists from the Netherlands injured the eight partying companions from Belgium after they refused to abandon the night-time binge-drinking session at their hotel room located above the Dutch skiers’ suite.The Dutch pals […]

Burglar bags cash as tenant takes a nap

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Cash and jewellery have been stolen from a flat in Linz while its tenant was fast asleep in the same room, it has been reported.Police in Upper Austria announced today (Weds) that the unidentified intruder, who is being sought, apparently entered the apartment by breaking down the front door.The criminal nicked around 450 Euros and […]

Salzburg hotel prices jump

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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 […]

Wave of Spanish guests ahead for Vienna

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Vienna is set for a strong increase of tourists from debt-ridden Spain, according to new research.The Vienna Tourism Indicator (VTI), which checks various tourism statistics, shows that the number of people from Spain visiting the Austrian capital will rise dramatically. The southern country currently has the highest unemployment rate among the European Union’s (EU) 16 […]

Graz and Linz up hotel prices

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Hotel prices in Graz and Linz are on the rise, a comparison portal has found.Travel website Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) announced today (Thurs) that a standard double room in the Styrian capital Graz – Austria’s second-biggest city – cost 110 Euros per night in October, up from the previous month’s 103 Euros.The website, which compares hotel prices […]

Austrians make Croatian holiday top three

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Almost one in 10 foreigners spending their holidays in Croatia are Austrians, new figures show.Croatia’s Central Bureau of Statistics announced today (Thurs) that Austrians had comprised nine per cent of overnight stays by foreigners between January and July this year. Only Germans (19.8 per cent) and Slovenes (13.7 per cent) had a larger share, it […]

Vienna hotel prices upped after overnight record

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Viennese hotels have increased their prices following a record number of overnights in the first half of this year.Online hotel comparison platform Trivago (www.trivago.co.uk/hotelprices) announced today (Thurs) a double room in the Austrian capital cost 125 Euros a night on average this month, up from 113 Euros last month.The development means Vienna is currently the […]

Vienna hotel prices drop

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Vienna hotel room prices have declined dramatically, new figures show.International hotel comparison platform Trivago said today (Tues) the average price for a standard double room in the Austrian capital dropped by 17 per cent to 108 Euros per night this month compared to June 2010.Viennese hotel rooms however remain more expensive than the European average […]